The surname - URIG - could very well be UHRICH as I know it. Pauline Brungardt Dudek Kolb Village VC RUS-SARATOV-FRANK-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > RUS-SARATOV-FRANK-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 11 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [Rus-Frank] [Fwd: [GV] Walter & Ur [jenkinsgen@nwinfo.net] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from RUS-SARATOV-FRANK-D, send a message to > > RUS-SARATOV-FRANK-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the RUS-SARATOV-FRANK-D list administrator, send mail to > RUS-SARATOV-FRANK-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [Rus-Frank] [Fwd: [GV] Walter & Urig from the village of Frank] > Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 18:57:45 -0800 (PST) > From: jenkinsgen@nwinfo.net > To: RUS-SARATOV-FRANK-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear Listers, > > Maybe one of you can help this person. > > Gene Jenkins > List Administrator > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [GV] Walter & Urig from the village of Frank > From: Patrice Miller <patrice@attbi.com> > To: GER-VOLGA-L@rootsweb.com > > I am forwarding this message to the German Volga mail list from Michael > Miller. > Patrice Miller > ********************************************************************** > > Reply directly to: Hedwig Arbesmeier > hedwig.arbesmeier@gmx.de > > I am forwarding your message to the American Historical Society of > Germans > from Russia, Lincoln, NE, and to the Volga German listserve. Perhaps they > may be some help there from person emailing to you directly. > > Good luck with the search, > > Michael > > Michael M. Miller, Bibliographer > Germans from Russia Heritage Collection > North Dakota State University Libraries > P.O. Box 5599 > Fargo, ND 58105-5599 USA > > On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Hedwig Arbesmeier wrote: > > > Dear Mister Miller, > > > > I am writing this e-mail for an aquaintance, who is trying to find a > > very long lost brother. We found your name on a list of addresses of > > organications of Germans from Russia. We are hoping that you could give > > us advice how we can procide and whom we can contact to get more > > information. > > > > The woman I am writing for is a Volga German. She (Frieda Walter, born > > on 3/30/23) and her brother (Johanes Georg Walter, born 12/8/20) were > > born in a village called Frank in Russia at the river Volga (german > > spelling is Wolga). Her brother was a Russian soldier in the World War > > II. As far as Frieda knows, he became a prisoner of war with the > > Germans in 1941. That is the time when the family lost contact. A > > citizen of the same village who came back after the war reported that > > he had seen Johanes at a later time. Very few prisoners of war actually > > returned to their homes after the war having to fear that they would be > > killed by the Russians. > > Frieda believes that there could be a good chance that her brother like > > a lot of others in the same situation had the opportunity to immegrate > > to the United States. Her hope is that he or some descendants are still > > be alive. > > > > Frieda herself and her family were deported to Siberia after World War > > II. She had the opportunity to immegrate to Germany a few years ago and > > is living here now. > > > > It might be useful to also give you the dates of Frieda's and Johanes > > parents: > > Father: Georg Walter, born 6/14/1882 in the Village Frank > > Mother: Katharina Margarethe Walter (maidenname: Urig), born 6/14/1882 > > in Village Frank > > > > Even though we don't expect that you can help us directly, we would > > very much appreciate if you could help us with your advice how to > > proceed. > > > > Thank you very much in advance! > > Best regards, > > Hedwig Arbesmeier > > > > -- > > GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. > > http://www.gmx.net