GR villages, for the most part, all had both German names, and Russian names. The Russian names date back to when the villages were founded, and the German names, for many villages, were the surname of the first German "mayor" of the village. In the case of the daughter colonies, for the most part, they just took the name of the village were some of the settlers came from, with Neu (New) attached to the front of the name. Variations are daughter colonies with names like Alexandertal which was also known as Neu-Schilling. I notice another variation, Alt-Weimer, which was founded in 1861, and Neu-Weimer was also founded in 1861. Typically Alt (old) was only attached to older villages, like the original Schilling became known as Alt-Schilling. Gary Martens On 21 Aug 2007 at 15:11, Charles Parcels wrote: > Was wondering if anyone knew what the Ust means in Ust-Solikha ? does it mean east? Second part of the question is, was this the name of Messer origionally, or named this after the Volga Germans left? > Charles Parcels > > > --------------------------------- > Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for the information, that was a big help. gpmartens@sbcglobal.net wrote: GR villages, for the most part, all had both German names, and Russian names. The Russian names date back to when the villages were founded, and the German names, for many villages, were the surname of the first German "mayor" of the village. In the case of the daughter colonies, for the most part, they just took the name of the village were some of the settlers came from, with Neu (New) attached to the front of the name. Variations are daughter colonies with names like Alexandertal which was also known as Neu-Schilling. I notice another variation, Alt-Weimer, which was founded in 1861, and Neu-Weimer was also founded in 1861. Typically Alt (old) was only attached to older villages, like the original Schilling became known as Alt-Schilling. Gary Martens On 21 Aug 2007 at 15:11, Charles Parcels wrote: > Was wondering if anyone knew what the Ust means in Ust-Solikha ? does it mean east? Second part of the question is, was this the name of Messer origionally, or named this after the Volga Germans left? > Charles Parcels > > > --------------------------------- > Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.