Hello: I'm not sure I understand your references in items 2 and 3. Do you know what HBR stands for? If it's Heimatbuch der Deutschen Aus Russland, those journals should eventually be available through interlibrary loan from the North Dakota State University Germaans from Russia Heritage Collection. (http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/gerrus/ )Actually, that goes for just about any German/Russian journal or reference, so even if HBR stands for something else, you should still check it out. I say eventually because the NDSU library is still recovering from a flood and I'm not sure what kind of requests they are honoring right now. The Heimatbuch is also in the collection of the Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS) ( http://www.grhs.com/ ) but if I recall correctly they don't do interlibrary loans, though they can arrange for someone to do research in their collection for a fee. Since I surmise you are located in Germany, interlibrary loan from the US may be difficult to arrange, so perhaps having someone in the GRHS do the research for you would be the way to go. However, one would think the journals would also be available at numerous libraries in Germany as well. To answer question number 1, you may want to post your query on the Germans from Russia Genealogy Discussion Group, which can be joined from this link: http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/gerrus/listgerrus2.html The people who post there are the real experts on anything dealing with Germans from Russia. Some of them are located in Germany, and they would probably know if there are copies of the references you need available over there. I read the list regularly, and in fact, if you want, I would be happy to repost your query to the list if you don't want to join. (But joining is easy.) You may want to check out some of the other links at this site, which belongs to yet another German/Russian organization, the AHSGR: http://www.ahsgr.org/ahsgrwww.html In particular, notice the link to Odessa: A German-Russian Genealogical Library, which is a full-text searchable online archive of documents concerning Germans from Russia. http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/odessa.html -----Original Message----- From: Frank Hummel [mailto:eningen.germany@juno.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 9:13 PM To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PFALZ] Hummels to Russia from Germany Hi: Hummels to Russia While reading “From Catherine to Khrushchev” I came across the following items that I wish to pursue. Any help would be appreciated. 1) Talks about a village named Brockhousan (Hummel) that is on the east side of the Volga (The Volga and Karaman Villages on the Wiesensat). They do not give much information but for some reason they renamed the village from Brockhousen to Hummel. I would appreciate knowing the Why, When and Who. 2) Would like to obtain copies of the following: Lutheran Separatist in south Caucasus (Helenendorft) it suggest for the history of the Church and school in south Caucasus see “Hummel HBR 1995 and HBR 1961” 3) Also looking for the following articles; Schrenk & Hummel, HBR 1954,and pp 35-38: Schrenk, F. HBR 1961 pp. 20.21 I am attempting to trace my great-ggg Uncle JOHN GEORGE HUMMEL who was born in Eningen unter Achalm, Wurttemberg, Germany. He left for RUSSIA in 1817. Would appreciate any direction, help suggestions. Thank you, Frank Hummel Visit my web site. http://members.xoom.com/EningenGer/Hummel