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*'''1870-1945''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/420683?availability=Family%20History%20Library Auswandererkartei von Rußlanddeutschen nach Argentinien, 1870-1945], images of index cards, arranged alphabetically by surname, for German-speaking emigrants from Russia to Argentina. Provides information on place of origin, state of allegiance, birth and death date and place, religion, date of emigration, destination abroad, profession, full name of spouse, birth and death date and place, place and date of marriage; names, birth places and dates of children, their residences and spouses' names. Information often incomplete. | *'''1870-1945''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/420683?availability=Family%20History%20Library Auswandererkartei von Rußlanddeutschen nach Argentinien, 1870-1945], images of index cards, arranged alphabetically by surname, for German-speaking emigrants from Russia to Argentina. Provides information on place of origin, state of allegiance, birth and death date and place, religion, date of emigration, destination abroad, profession, full name of spouse, birth and death date and place, place and date of marriage; names, birth places and dates of children, their residences and spouses' names. Information often incomplete. | ||
====Germans from Russia==== | ====Germans from Russia==== | ||
*In '''1763''' Catherine the Great of '''Russia''' offered free land, no taxes for thirty years, freedom of religion, and other incentives to encourage Germans to settle her vast, sparsely populated domain. Dozens of German colonies were established and grew until World War I. '''Many Russian Germans moved to the United States, Canada, or South America beginning in 1874.' | |||
*'''1899-2012''' {{RecordSearch|2367299|United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012}}, index. | *'''1899-2012''' {{RecordSearch|2367299|United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012}}, index. | ||
*[http://www.odessa3.org/ Odessa Digital Library] | *[http://www.odessa3.org/ Odessa Digital Library] | ||