In Touch with Prairie Living September 2004 By Michael M. Miller Germans from Russia Heritage Collection North Dakota State University Libraries, Fargo The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection (GRHC) at the NDSU Libraries in Fargo reaches out to prairie families and former Dakotans. In various ways, it affirms the heritage of the Germans from Russia as an important part of the northern plains culture. The Germans from Russia music documentary, now in production, will premiere in March, 2005 on Prairie Public Television. Filming will be done on September 9 at the Blueroom, Strasburg, ND beginning at 9 pm: including a dance with the Marv Zander Band of Mandan and accordionist Victor Schwan of Bismarck, a Strasburg native. The dance is free and open to the public sponsored by Prairie Public Television. Prairie Public will film also during September in Colorado and Wyoming relating to the music of the Volga Germans. The concert choirs of the University of Mary, Bismarck, and Jamestown College, ND, are closely involved with the production of this fourth documentary in the "Germans from Russia Series" of Prairie Public Broadcasting. I will be attending the Schmeckfest events at Eureka, SD, for Saturday, September 18, 10 am to 5 pm. GRHC will have displays and information tables at Eureka Schmeckfest. I recall attending the Eureka Schmeckfest in September, 1999 when we filmed for Prairie Public TV's 2000 documentary, "Schmeckfest: Food Traditions" of the Germans from Russia. The Eureka Schmeckfest weekend in September has become one of the premiere events in the Dakota celebrating the heritage and culture of the Germans from Russia. Before arriving in Eureka, I plan to visit on September 17 the Department of History, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD, to explore cooperative ideas. The "Life" magazine issue of August 2, 1937 states: "Eureka, S.D. was the wheat capitol of the world. With 42 grain elevators handling 4,000,000 bushels a year, Eureka became the Milwaukee's most profitable station, with earnings of $100,000 a month. Eureka became the funnel into which the wheat fields of the Dakotas emptied. Into this prairie terminal came also trainload after trainload of Russian-born German immigrants. Of fine farm stock, intelligent, sturdy and pious, these pioneers,who for three generations had withstood the efforts of the Czar to Russianize them, found in South Dakota the freedom they coveted. They staked out their claims, build sod houses and broke the prairie soil. In their new-found freedom they thrived, grew well-to-do, raised large families, husbanded big farms. So prosperous was the community that 32 commission houses had agents there to buy in the grain crop." For the complete "Life" article including photographs, go to: www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/media/magazines/articles/life1.html. GRHC has published a new book, "The Last Link: Dakota Territory, Logan County 1887 - Old North Dakota Memories & The Weispfennings & Muellers: Our Early American Experiences in Dakota Territory", by Thomas G. Mueller, Jamestown, native of Napoleon, ND. Mueller shares: "While I was writing my family history story, `The Last Link', I realized that I had hundreds of stories I could tell, especially about my time spent on my Aunt Hulda and Uncle Martin Ehmann's farm, southeast of Gackle, ND. The author includes: 1) the clay brick house; 2) farming the old-fashioned way; 3) stacking hay on the prairie; 4) shocking oats in the 1950s; 5) receiving the German Brauche; 6) Otto & Mathilda's wedding dinner; 6) the flat white cooking rock; and 7) Gravewitching for Great Uncle Joahnn Weispfenning. "The Last Link" is available by contacting GRHC or go to www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/order/nd_sd/mueller.html. GRHC has published an important new cookbook, "Cookbook for the Germans from Russia", by Nelly Daes, translated from German to English by Alex Herzog, and edited by Janice Huber Stangl who writes: "This book contains not only recipes, but also humorous and heart- wrenching anecdotes from the German Russian diaspora. It is an essential addition to every household." The new cookbook is available at: www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/order/cookbooks/daes.html, or contact GRHC. Three award-winning documentary videotapes are still available: "The Germans from Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie" (1999); "Schmeckfest: Food Traditions of the Germans from Russia" (2000); and "Prairie Crosses, Prairie Voices: Iron Crosses of the Great Plains" (2002). Each videotape includes bonus video footage not shown in the one-hour documentary. The 11th Journey to the Homeland Tour, sponsored by the NDSU Libraries, to Odessa, Ukraine and Stuttgart, Germany is scheduled for May 26 - June 6, 2005. For further information about Germans from Russia heritage, donations to GRHC including books, videotapes, cookbooks, and tours, contact Michael M. Miller, NDSU Libraries, PO Box 5599, Fargo, ND 58105-5599 (Tel: 701-231-8416; E-mail: michael.miller@ndsu.nodak.edu; GRHC website: www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc). September, 2004 column for North Dakota and South Dakota newspapers.

Is it Ada, Butte Co. SD or Ada, Perkins Co. SD Or? I have located Ada township, Perkins County but nothing with Ada, Butte Co ... although there is an Ada Cty also... TIA ;j.

Hello, My name is Kathy Brehm LaPella. My website is: www.Lapella.net<http://www.lapella.net/> My main families are: Yost/Jost - Norka (I have Dr. Pleve's chart-also I ordered it thru 1906) Brehm - Norka (I have Dr. Pleve's chart-also I ordered it thru 1906) Schmer & Helzer I have some information on. Scheidt - Stahl (I have Dr. Pleve's chart) Sinner - Stahl (I have a chart on order) Fries - Stahl (I have a chart on order) Donis - Stahl (I have Dr. Pleve's chart) I would love to add information on these families. Thank you, Kathy Lapella@msn.com<mailto:Lapella@msn.com> Harold Brehm Sam Brehm & Katie Scheidt Nicholas Brehm & Margaret Yost Peter Scheidt & Pauline Sinner Ludwig Brehm & Dorothea Helzer Georg Christian Scheidt & Marie Cathrina Fries Peter Yost & Anna (Alice) Schmer Johann Gottfried Sinner II & Marie Cathrina Donis

I also descend from a KREIS - Magdalena married in Alexanderhilf to Friedrich KAYSER/KAISER. Half of the family was born in Russia, the other half in SD, Bon Homme Co. Grandma was 3 year old when she came to America in 1871-72. Laura GENTNER DUNWALD I'll answer "Roll Call" in a couple days - just got an "empty" computer back from repair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "JM on Telus" <jmeeuwig@telus.net> To: <GermanRussian-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 3:45 PM Subject: [GERmanRUSsian] KREIS in CANADA > Hello Ila, > > I see U have KREIS in Alexanderhilf, and are also interested in ROSENFELD... > > There were KREISes in Rosenfeld also. Some have ended up in CANADA. > < for instance in Calgary > > > And somewhere i have an Onkel Karl KREIS... > i believe married to someone related to or a MAYER > > Onkel Karl is dead now, so i can't ask him... :-( > > May i make a small correction? It's Neuburg, not Neuberg... > See your > Liebental District Census in 1812 > There are a few typos under > Bessarabian Census: too. > > Btw. How do U like the EWZ information??? > > Jay > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ila Johnson" <johnsonila@sbcglobal.net> > To: <GermanRussian-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 6:04 PM > Subject: Re: [GERmanRUSsian] Roll Call > > > > > > > > Ila Johnson <johnsonila@sbcglobal.net> wrote: VILLAGE OF HOFFUNGSTAL, > Kherson, South Russia > > > > Fiechtner/Fichtner; Harsch; Voellm; Bauer; Bitsch; Burkle & Kienzle. > > > > VILLAGE OF EIGENFELD, Kherson, South Russia (Dau colony of Hoffnungstal) > > > > Fiechtner/Fichtner; Bauer; & Gieck. > > > > VILLAGE OF GLUECKSTAL > > > > Fink/Finck > > > > VILLAGE OF ALEXANDERHILF, Kherson, South Russia > > > > Kreis/Kreiss; & Berg. > > > > VILLAGE OF BERLIN/NEU BERLIN > > > > Fink/Finck; & Renner > > > > VILLAGE OF PETERSTAL > > > > Huether; & Schock. > > > > VILLAGE OF TEPLITZ, Bessarabia, South Russia > > > > Fiechtner/Fichtner; Fink/Finck; Gieck; & Erfle. > > > > VILLAGE OF MAKAROWKA > > > > Berg; & Fichtner > > > > VILLAGE OF FREUDENTAL > > > > Freuer > > > > VILLAGE OF NEUHOFF > > > > Harsch > > > > VILLAGE OF NEU BERESINA > > > > Freuer > > > > VILLAGE OF KASSEL > > > > Mueller > > > > VILLAGE OF NEUDORF > > > > Weinz > > > > VILLAGE OF ROSENFELD, Kherson, South Russia > > > > Fiechtner/Fichtner; Schock > > > > VILLAGE OF HOFFUNGSTAL, Bessarabia, South Russia > > > > Aldinger > > > > VILLAGE OF BERGDORF > > > > Scheuffle > > > > My families also lived in Paulsthal, Lubuski, and Grossliebental. > > > > The following came to America: Jacob Fichtner married to Anna Maria > Harsch, North Dakota then Saskatchewan, Canada; Heinrich Fichtner married to > Katharina Berg, North Dakota then Montana; Karl Fiechtner married to Paulina > Freuer, North Dakota, Montana, and North Dakota; Konrad Fichtner married > Elisabeth Mueller, North Dakota and Montana; Luisa Fichtner married to > Johannes Erfle, North Dakota, Montana and Washington; Heinrich Fink, > Washington and North Dakota; Friedrich Berg married to Christina > Kreiss/Kreis, North Dakota and California(had four brothers also come to > America); Johann Berg married to Katharine Scheuffle, North Dakota and > California; Jakob Aldinger married to Louisa Kalensky, South Dakota and > North Dakota; Simon Schock married to Eva Overhauser, North Dakota; Jacob > Mueller married to Elisabeth Huether, North Dakota;others remained in Russia > and their descendents starved to death or where shipped to Siberia. I have > found some on the EWZ files and am looking still for others. > > > > I have the following Census records and family church books and would be > glad to look up information. > > > > 1858 Census,Kherson > > Kassel; Glueckstal; Helental; Neudorf; Neu Freudetnal; Peterstal; > Alexanderhilf; Freudental; Grossliebental; Hoffungunstal. > > > > Teplitz, Bessarabia 1835 Census > > > > Bessarabian Census:Beresina 1850, Borodino 1850; Brienne 1834; Frienstal > 1850; Hoffnungstal 1850; Kloesitz 1850; Leipzy 1850. > > > > Liebental District Census in 1812 > > Fransfeld; Freudental; Josephstal; Mariental; Neuberg; Peterstal > > > > Family Church books 1841-1860 & 1861-1880 for Freudental and have ordered > the ones for Peterstal. > > > > Ila Johnson > > > ==== GermanRussian Mailing List ==== > You may BROWSE our Archives anytime by going to: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/germanrussian >

Grossliebental - KALMBACH, LAUER, MUENCH(MUNCH) AltNassau - KELM Kaisertal - RENNER Bijetsch - FUST

In response to the request for roll call, the primary names and locations I am researching are: HOPPE <Volhynia> TOBER <Neudorf Wolhynia> SAWATZKA <Heimtal Parish> Gloria Hoppe Researching on behalf of my husband, Al.

Hi, i have only looked for one so far, a [person born in THORN... But i don't think i want to follow that like... The person that may be of help could/would likely be Ingrid REULE in Germany... Ingrid Reule <ingrid.reule@t-online.de> ----- Original Message ----- From: Racnestle@aol.com To: JM_on_GR_genealogy@telus.net Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:28 AM Subject: Re: Parents of SPRECHER, Friedrich Jay, Thank you so much for the response!! Have you had any success searching for relatives in Poland? Do you know of any records for Lorenzdorf, Poland? Cathy Clemens

Although Ingrid Reule specializes here on Klöstitz, this information will be most useful to those researchers who have roots in the same areas... I ) Herkunftsorte der { Klöstitzer } Siedler auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Deutschlands: www.ingridreule.de/karten/herkunftsorte_kloestitzer_siedler_deu.htm II ) Herkunftsorte/Zwischenstationen der { Klöstitzer } Siedler auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Polens: www.ingridreule.de/karten/herkunftsorte_zwstat_kloestitzer_siedler_pol.htm And of course the entire website is at www.ingridreule.de which is one of the best, if not THE BEST i have seen with information on KLOeSTIZ ! "Reule" is strictly a Bessarabian name, it does not show up in Cherson, or the "Odessa Gebiet".

Name of author; Location Written on: Published: Pg Film *** Remarks: Stappler, Philipp Onaka Faulk Co. SD 08/10/1915 15/10/1915 10 14 05 3969 P Stappler son of Martin Stappler, Philipp Devils Lake Ramsey Co. ND 17/06/1915 01/07/1915 9 49 05 3969 P Stappler son of Martin Stappler, Valentin Hosmer Edmunds Co. SD 22/03/1915 08/04/1915 9 37 04 3969 *** I believe these are available at the State Archives / ND Heritage Center in Bismarck ...

At least the last two of these letters published in der Staats-Anzeiger are now available in the archives of the translated letters on the GRHS website. -----Original Message----- From: JM_on_GR_G [mailto:JM_on_GR_genealogy@telus.net] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 4:54 PM To: GermanRussian-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GERmanRUSsian] Letters from Stappler Name of author; Location Written on: Published: Pg Film *** Remarks: Stappler, Philipp Onaka Faulk Co. SD 08/10/1915 15/10/1915 10 14 05 3969 P Stappler son of Martin Stappler, Philipp Devils Lake Ramsey Co. ND 17/06/1915 01/07/1915 9 49 05 3969 P Stappler son of Martin Stappler, Valentin Hosmer Edmunds Co. SD 22/03/1915 08/04/1915 9 37 04 3969 *** I believe these are available at the State Archives / ND Heritage Center in Bismarck ... ==== GermanRussian Mailing List ==== RootsWeb's mailing lists are filtered and most SPAM is intercepted.

George, would it make sense that Odessa, WA s/b Odessa, SK ? on the SS Roon records? And Foschim is likely Joachim? See: ~~~~~~~~~~~ Ship: SS Roon Depart: Bremen 5 July, 1913 Arrive: Halifax/NY 15 July, 1913 .... Stappler Lorenz 48 Odessa WA Barbara 48 Foschim 12 Eva 6 COMPARE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ship: SS Willehad Depart: Hamburg 15 August, 1913 Arrive: Quebec 30 August, 1913 ... Stappler Johann 18 Odessa SK

Duane, Well i will dig up what i can; will have to go back to an Exel file i was editting ... With names it's like "triggers", i have some names associated with certain people ... so when i see something "unusual" i say "HEY!" and e-mail it off. And as U likely know, i LOVE all those different spellings! Are the Stapplers U found in Saskatchewan? Or was it Bow Island in Alberta? *** Likely U have alraeady come across: Bessarabian Village Birth Records, 185x Stabler, Johann Jacob 28 Mar 1851 Beresina Georg Stabler && Sperle, Eva 1883181/1 288 24 Stappler, Nicholaus 3 Aug 1853 Beresina Georg && Sperle, Eva 1883188/1 312 47 from Strassburg When i first saw that one, i thought it a "scribe" variant... didn't realize it actually "survives"... Turns out the EWZ records are full of Stapplers; they are catholics as far as i can tell. There is a good chance that the "from Strassburg" above also indicates same. I have other Stappler stuff if U are interested. Jay *** See: June Eleanor Stappler Bow 563 Bow Island, Alberta T0k 0G0 Canada jstappler@yahoo.com per: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/a/June-E-Stappler/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-Index.html#Stappler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duane Stabler" <destabler@integraonline.com> To: "'JM_on_GR_G'" <JM_on_GR_genealogy@telus.net> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 8:27 AM Subject: RE: Differnet spelling!!! Jay, No, I've not seen that but I've recently made contact with a Stappler family in Canada. The information would be of interest. Thanks, Duane -----Original Message----- From: JM_on_GR_G [mailto:JM_on_GR_genealogy@telus.net] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 12:15 AM To: Duane Stabler Cc: GerRus Subject: Differnet spelling!!! Duane, Have U ever seen: Stappler, Philipp Devils Lake Ramsey Co. ND USA, ND 17/06/1915 01/07/1915 Stappler son of Martin It's a record abt someone who wrote a letter to Der Staats-Anzeiger Jay

George, This is the record of a DORSCHER who wrote to Der Staats-Anzeiger: Dorscher, Anton Grand Forks Grand Forks Co. ND USA, ND 12/07/1910 21/07/1910 Jay

Duane, Have U ever seen: Stappler, Philipp Devils Lake Ramsey Co. ND USA, ND 17/06/1915 01/07/1915 Stappler son of Martin It's a record abt someone who wrote a letter to Der Staats-Anzeiger Jay

Thanx Art! I have meanwhile tracked down the history of GRANT Cty. ... It was "organized" Nov 28th 1916 < out of Morton > .... If anyone wants to see a neat lil map and document to this effect let me know. I can not post an attachment here at Rootsweb, but will be happy to send a copy, as i have it in electronic form. The US Post Office Department turns out to be a terrific source for some of this info!!! JAy PS Now what of Odessa in > > Benson Co. ND or > > Wells Co. ND ??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Sprecher" <arthursprecher@verizon.net> To: "JM_on_GR_G" <JM_on_GR_genealogy@telus.net> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [GERmanRUSsian] Which Cty. ? > There was a Odessa Morton Co. N.D. but the Co. changed to Grant Co. and the > town no longer exists. > Art sprecher > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JM_on_GR_G"

Wasn't looking for where Lehr is... i was making the point that it was&is in TWO counties... ;) Or to quote a cousin: "Yep, Lehr is in McIntosh and Logan County - very confusing at times!" I wonder how many more places are like that... for one can come across the same town name, and find it identified with several counties < i have found up to three... ; don't know if it's correct > for instance for Odessa in ND. It has been showns as : > > Odessa Benson Co. ND > > Odessa Morton Co. ND > > Odessa Wells Co. ND And then to think that Morton became Grant.... ;) < Thanx Art Sprecher for pointing that one out! > But thanx for the pointers, Harlow. JM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harlow Stillings" <harlow@hutchtel.net> To: "JM_on_GR_G" <JM_on_GR_genealogy@telus.net> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [GERmanRUSsian] Which Cty. ? > Lehr is in the middle of the State. Try Bismark or ND Historical Society, > Bismark > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JM_on_GR_G" <JM_on_GR_genealogy@telus.net> > To: <GermanRussian-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 1:24 PM > Subject: Re: [GERmanRUSsian] Which Cty. ? > > > > Thanx Donn! > > > > I wasn't sure how this one went... > > for i think there are also some places > > that literally straddle a county border... which gives no end of > > confusion, eh, unless U are "from there"... > > > > I think Lehr, ND may be such a place... ......................................................................snippe d

Thanx Donn! I wasn't sure how this one went... for i think there are also some places that literally straddle a county border... which gives no end of confusion, eh, unless U are "from there"... I think Lehr, ND may be such a place... What about Pickerville/Pickersville, SD is it Pickersville Ziebach Co. SD or Pickerville Brown Co. SD etc. Likewise for Onaka Edmunds Co. SD or Onaka Faulk Co. SD ??? And how many Odessa-s are there in ND? Odessa Benson Co. ND Odessa Morton Co. ND Odessa Wells Co. ND Did these county borders get "adjusted" a lot? Say around WW-I? ----- Original Message ----- From: <DonnKoenig@aol.com> To: <GermanRussian-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [GERmanRUSsian] Which Cty. ? > > In a message dated 8/28/2004 10:53:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, > JM_on_GR_genealogy@telus.net writes: > > > Is there a "Dodge" in Mercer Cty. , ND, as well as in Dunn Cty., ND ? > > > > Dodge is located within Dunn County, but within a mile or so of Mercer > County. Thus a Mercer County farmer can easily list his home town as > Dodge. > > Donn > > > ==== GermanRussian Mailing List ==== > You may SEARCH our Archives anytime by going to: > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GermanRussian > >

Curt, In 1872/73 many German colonists from Prischib, Hochstädt, Eugenfeld and Alt-Schwedendorf founded small colonies and chutors in the county of Elisabethgrad (Kirowograd). The settlers having had paid 18-20 Rubel per Desjatine soon became wealthy and bought larger estates in the East part of the county. In 1890 the prices had increased tenfold. A new emigration wave begun towards Orenburg and the Don area where the emigrants could gain from the sale proceeds of their estates a much larger land area. Source: · Die Evangelisch-Lutherischen Gemeinden in Rußland, I. Band: Der St. Petersburgische und der Moskowische Konsistorialbezirk. Herausgeber: Zentral-Komite der Unterstützungskasse für evangelisch-lutherische Gemeinden in Rußland. St. Petersburg 1909 I assume, the same happened in Neu-Danzig. There was another GERBERSHAGEN in Neu-Danzig: Heinrich G. married 1870 with Charlotte MUELLER. Their first child Dorothea was born 25.10.1871 in Neu-Danzig. Then there is a gap. Six more children: Heinrich *01.01.1874 in Neunassau, bapt. in Elisabethgrad. Then they lived in Elisabethgrad. Jakob, *23.09.1875, Maria * 20.02.1878, Katharina *29.02.1780. Then the moved to Woronino. Friedrich *28.01.1882 and Theodor *08.02.1884. And finally Magdalena/Helene GERBERSHAGEN, daughter of Georg G. and Christina EBERT from Neunassau married 06.02.1848 in Hochstädt the potter Jakob LITTIG (also Luettig or Littich). Their first child Jacob was born 05.12.1870 in Neu-Danzig and baptized in Elisabethgrad. For further details you may visit my hompage where a new book is announced: ------------------------------------------------------ http://de.geocities.com/kolb_bw/ ------------------------------------------------------ Regards, Walter ----- Original Message ----- From: <RWheelerst@aol.com> To: <Walter.Kolb@t-online.de> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [GERmanRUSsian] Roll Call | Walter, | Thank you for your inquiry. | While I find the births of Friedrich and Karolina in the Neu Danzig records, | I am sorry to say that I have no other information on this family. | I cannot explain just why but, there seemed to have been a large influx of | families from other villages in the late 1860's and early 1870's. I've not | extracted those family lines, primarily because the record also indicates many of | those families disappear from the record after a few years and I have no idea | if they may have moved on to another village or stopped having children. | I will keep your inquiry and if I ever should find something pertaining to | the Gerbershagen line, will contact you. | Regards, | Curt.

Here are my hames and villages: GUTHMUELLER, WEISSER, MARZOLF - Neudorf FERDERER - Karlsruhe FLECK, SCHNELL - Landau MUELLER, TERNES, WAGNER, DRESSLER - Krasna POPP - Speir KINDLEBURGER, BEY - from Wingen, Germany Thanks for any help. Pat Ferderer patgf@cox.net

In a message dated 8/28/2004 10:53:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, JM_on_GR_genealogy@telus.net writes: > Is there a "Dodge" in Mercer Cty. , ND, as well as in Dunn Cty., ND ? > Dodge is located within Dunn County, but within a mile or so of Mercer County. Thus a Mercer County farmer can easily list his home town as Dodge. Donn