I have prepared a web page which has information on getting research done in the Russian Archives: http://www.dobrinka.org/archives/ There is information there on what is contained in the archives, and what records (by village name) are stored at the Engels and Volgograd Archives. What's not listed is generally at the Saratov Archive. There may be some additional records at Engels and Volgograd. The records which may not be available are church records for some of the newer and more remote daughter colonies. In some cases records have not been found, or were never recorded. Census records, as far as is known, where last taken in 1857 or 1858. It appears that a census was not taken in those years for daughter colonies founded in 1855 or later. Also, church records for some villages are not all continuous, they do not start when the village was founded, or they do not go into the early 1900's. On my web page, the information for Mila Koretnikova for Volgograd isn't available, but will be within the next 2 or 3 days, as soon as she verifys the cost of getting records from Volgograd. The prices for research at Volgograd are considerably cheaper than research at Saratov. Her sister is in the process of trying to get access to the Engels Archive, and if that happens, I will add that information to the web site. Mila and her sister can obtain copies of church records, and copies of census records for a surname. Mila can provide translation service, as indicated on the information page. This service will be much faster than current services available, with records usually delivered in 2 to 3 months, depending on how fast the archives delivers the records to Mila's sister. Get in touch with me if you are interested in the service Mila provides for getting records from the Russian Archives. Gary Martens Dobrinka & Schilling Villages VC