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''[[Germans from Russia|Germans from Russia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Church Records'''<br> | |||
Many churches keep records of baptisms, christenings, confirmations, marriages, burials, memberships, admissions, and removals. Some keep minutes of church meetings and the histories of their local churches. Each church has its own policies on record keeping. | Many churches keep records of baptisms, christenings, confirmations, marriages, burials, memberships, admissions, and removals. Some keep minutes of church meetings and the histories of their local churches. Each church has its own policies on record keeping. | ||
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Records from churches in the Volga River district are kept in Saratov and Engels Archives. The [http://www.ahsgr.org American Historical Society of Germans from Russia] works with a Dr. Pleve to extract family lineage charts from those records with significant cost and long wait periods associated with the project. Full details are on their website. | Records from churches in the Volga River district are kept in Saratov and Engels Archives. The [http://www.ahsgr.org American Historical Society of Germans from Russia] works with a Dr. Pleve to extract family lineage charts from those records with significant cost and long wait periods associated with the project. Full details are on their website. | ||
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'''The Evangelical-Lutheran marriages in Smolensk 1834-1870''' | '''The Evangelical-Lutheran marriages in Smolensk 1834-1870''' | ||
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The article "Evangelisch-Lutherische Trauungen in Smolensk 1834-1870" appeared in ''Archiv für Sippenforschung'', Jahrgang 19, Heft 5 (1942), starting with page 97. The periodical can be retrieved through FamilySearch, Family History Library catalog, call number 943 B2as. | The article "Evangelisch-Lutherische Trauungen in Smolensk 1834-1870" appeared in ''Archiv für Sippenforschung'', Jahrgang 19, Heft 5 (1942), starting with page 97. The periodical can be retrieved through FamilySearch, Family History Library catalog, call number 943 B2as. | ||
<br>'''Mennonites''' | <br>'''Mennonites''' | ||
Three important repositories are: • Mennonite Heritage Centre 600 Shaflesburg Rd Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 0M4 CANADA In 1966 they filmed all the Mennonite records in Odessa for the southern Russian Empire, including revision lists. • Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies in Canada 169 Riverton Ave Winnipeg, Manitoba R2L 2E5 CANADA • Mennonite Library and Archives Information and Research Center Box 366 North Newton, KS 67117 USA The follow book provides background information: Unruh, Benjamin Heinrich. ''Die niederlandisch-niederdeutschen Hintergrunde der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 17., und 19. Jahrhundert'' (The Netherlands-Low German Background of the Mennonite Migration to the East in the 16th, 18th and 19th Centuries). Karlsruhe: Unruh, 1955. Text in German. A history on the Mennonite movement into Russia; provides lists of families according to the town in Russia where they settled and time period, including in many cases birthplaces in Germany or Poland. | Three important repositories are: • Mennonite Heritage Centre 600 Shaflesburg Rd Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 0M4 CANADA In 1966 they filmed all the Mennonite records in Odessa for the southern Russian Empire, including revision lists. • Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies in Canada 169 Riverton Ave Winnipeg, Manitoba R2L 2E5 CANADA • Mennonite Library and Archives Information and Research Center Box 366 North Newton, KS 67117 USA The follow book provides background information: Unruh, Benjamin Heinrich. ''Die niederlandisch-niederdeutschen Hintergrunde der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 17., und 19. Jahrhundert'' (The Netherlands-Low German Background of the Mennonite Migration to the East in the 16th, 18th and 19th Centuries). Karlsruhe: Unruh, 1955. Text in German. A history on the Mennonite movement into Russia; provides lists of families according to the town in Russia where they settled and time period, including in many cases birthplaces in Germany or Poland. | ||
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[[Category:Germans_from_Russia|Church Records]] [[Category:Lutherans]] [[Category:Roman_Catholics]] [[Category:Mennonites]] | [[Category:Germans_from_Russia|Church Records]] [[Category:Lutherans]] [[Category:Roman_Catholics]] [[Category:Mennonites]] | ||