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Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm. This Wiki page describes the major repositories of genealogical and historical records and sources for researching Germans from Russia. | Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm. This Wiki page describes the major repositories of genealogical and historical records and sources for researching Germans from Russia. | ||
Although the records you need may be in a foreign archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/ | Although the records you need may be in a foreign archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] may have a digital or microfilm copy of them. Check the ''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog]'' before writing to or visiting archives in Russia, Ukraine, former Soviet countries, or Germany. You may also want to check the holdings of major genealogical societies such as the [https://www.ahsgr.org/ American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR)], the [https://www.grhs.org/pages/home Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS)], or the [https://sggee.org/ Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (SGGEE).] For more information about these societies, refer to the [[Germans from Russia Societies]] page on the Wiki. | ||
Archives can generally be contacted via email or letter correspondence. To learn more about writing to an archive see the section '''Writing to an Archive''' in this Wiki article. Occasionally archives do not have the funding to respond to correspondences. In these cases, researchers must either visit the archives personally or hire an agent to do research for them. If you plan to visit one of these repositories, check their website, or contact the organization and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, fees, and whether they allow visitors. For tips on visiting archives in Russia, Ukraine, and the Former Soviet Union, please see the section '''Visiting an Archive''' in this Wiki article. | Archives can generally be contacted via email or letter correspondence. To learn more about writing to an archive see the section '''Writing to an Archive''' in this Wiki article. Occasionally archives do not have the funding to respond to correspondences. In these cases, researchers must either visit the archives personally or hire an agent to do research for them. If you plan to visit one of these repositories, check their website, or contact the organization and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, fees, and whether they allow visitors. For tips on visiting archives in Russia, Ukraine, and the Former Soviet Union, please see the section '''Visiting an Archive''' in this Wiki article. | ||
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|Black Sea, Caucasus, and Volga | |Black Sea, Caucasus, and Volga | ||
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Finding aids for Lutheran and Catholic parish records in the Volga region (Nikolaevsk and Novouzensk uyezdi) are available online through the [http:// | '''Metrical Books - Lutheran and Catholic (Nikolaevsk and Novouzensk uyezdi)''' | ||
Finding aids for Lutheran and Catholic parish records in the Volga region (Nikolaevsk and Novouzensk uyezdi) are available online through the [http://sar-archive.ru/bd/metr_bd/index.html Saratov Archives]. To view which records are available for your ancestor’s Lutheran or Catholic parish in the Nikolaevsk and Novouzensk uyezdi (Volga region), visit [http://sar-archive.ru/bd/metr_bd/index.html http://saratov.rusarchives.ru/bd/metr_bd/index.html] This web page is in Russian, but can be easily translated using the Google Chrome browser. Simply right click anywhere on the page and select the option '''Translate to English'''. To view the finding aid for Catholic records select the option beginning with '''Index to Metric books of the Roman Catholic Churches (Указатель к метрическим книгам римско-католических)'''. To view the Lutheran finding aid, choose '''Index to the Metric Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Churches (Указатель к метрическим книгам евангелическо-лютеранских церквей)'''. Keep in mind that although Google Translate may have translated it as “index,” this resource is not an index to church records, but rather, an index to the archive’s holdings. | |||
Both the Catholic and Lutheran finding aids are organized alphabetically according to the Cyrillic alphabet. If you don’t know the name of the parish in Russian, please refer to Locating the Town with Websites and Gazetteers. The name of the parish/colony will appear first, followed by alternate names in parenthesis and then the name of the uyezd. For example, the entry for the Catholic colony of Mariental appears as follows: '''Мариенталь (Тонкошуровка, Советское), с., Новоузенский уезд'''. In English, this would read: Mariental (Tonkoshurovka, Sovetskoye), Novouzensk uyezd. Clicking on the entry brings up a chart with three columns. The first column, '''Год''', or year, records information regarding the years of record coverage. The next column, '''Номер описи''', lists the opis number. The final column '''Номер ед.хр.''' is the storage unit number. This information can be used to contact or visit the archive to retrieve the desired record. | Both the Catholic and Lutheran finding aids are organized alphabetically according to the Cyrillic alphabet. If you don’t know the name of the parish in Russian, please refer to Locating the Town with Websites and Gazetteers. The name of the parish/colony will appear first, followed by alternate names in parenthesis and then the name of the uyezd. For example, the entry for the Catholic colony of Mariental appears as follows: '''Мариенталь (Тонкошуровка, Советское), с., Новоузенский уезд'''. In English, this would read: Mariental (Tonkoshurovka, Sovetskoye), Novouzensk uyezd. Clicking on the entry brings up a chart with three columns. The first column, '''Год''', or year, records information regarding the years of record coverage. The next column, '''Номер описи''', lists the opis number. The final column '''Номер ед.хр.''' is the storage unit number. This information can be used to contact or visit the archive to retrieve the desired record. | ||
You can also visit the complete archive's finding aid found at: http://sar-archive.ru/gaso_bd/index.html | |||
'''Roman Catholic Diocese Records''' | |||
A finding aid for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiraspol/Kherson is available at http://sar-archive.ru/bd/herson/pred.html. This web page is in Russian, but can be easily translated using the Google Chrome browser. Simply right click anywhere on the page and select the option '''Translate to English'''. To view records by location, click on '''Geographic Index (Географический указатель)'''. Locate the name of your parish from the list (additional letters of the alphabet can be chosen from the list at the top). The table tells you the name of the location, date of the record, and delo number. Click on the delo number to view additional details about the record. Note these records are not available online, but this resource does let you know what kinds of records are available, and the fond, opis, and delo number of the record which is essential to locating it in the archive. | |||
===State Archive of the Orenburg Oblast (GAOO)=== | ===State Archive of the Orenburg Oblast (GAOO)=== | ||
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===Central Historical Archive of the Republic of Georgia | ===Central Historical Archive of the Republic of Georgia === | ||
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'''''East German Genealogical Study Group''''' [''Arbeitsgemeinschaft ostdeutscher Familienforscher (AGoFF)''] specializes in ancestors east of the Oder-Neiße line and east European settlements such as Russia and Moldova. The study group requests inquiries be typed and in the German language whenever possible. | '''''East German Genealogical Study Group''''' [''Arbeitsgemeinschaft ostdeutscher Familienforscher (AGoFF)''] specializes in ancestors east of the Oder-Neiße line and east European settlements such as Russia and Moldova. The study group requests inquiries be typed and in the German language whenever possible. | ||
Arbeitsgemeinschaft ostdeutscher Familienforscher<br> Nachtigallenweg 14<br> D-50997 Köln<br> GERMANY | |||
=='''Archives and Libraries in the United States'''== | =='''Archives and Libraries in the United States'''== | ||
===The National Archives at College Park, Maryland (National Archives II)=== | ===The National Archives at College Park, Maryland (National Archives II)=== | ||
The National Archives at College Park has a collection of Berlin war documents. Among those captured documents were EWZ records. They are available in A3342, Series EWZ (7,320 rolls). The | The National Archives at College Park has a collection of Berlin war documents. Among those captured documents were EWZ records. They are available in A3342, Series EWZ (7,320 rolls). The FamilySearch Library has some (but not all) of these records and a partial index to EWZ records can be found through the Odessa Digital Library (http://www.odessa3.org/collections/war/). To learn more about this collection at NARA, click [https://www.archives.gov/files/calendar/know-your-records/dec14-salyer-presentation.pdf here]. | ||
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=== | See [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Einwandererzentralstelle_(EWZ)_Records#References_and_Further_Reading Einwandererzentralstelle_(EWZ)_Records] for additional information about EWZ records. | ||
The FamilySearch | |||
===FamilySearch Library=== | |||
The FamilySearch FamilySearch Library has acquired many records from various archives in Russia, Ukraine, and the former Soviet Union. It's a good idea to check the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] to see if records are available through FamilySearch before contacting or visiting an archive. Many records are accessible online. FamilySearch has a large collection of original church records for Black Sea and Volga regions as well as duplicate church records for the St. Petersburg Consistory (Black Sea, St. Petersburg and Volhynia regions). Many of these records are available online as digital images, or may be accessed online at your [https://fhc.familysearch.org/ local FamilySearch Center] or at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. EWZ records are also available. | |||
In addition to the many great records available online, the | In addition to the many great records available online, the FamilySearch Library also boasts a large book collection regarding Germans from Russia as well as a staff of trained professionals who are ready to help you with your research, free of charge. No appointment is necessary. | ||
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Books which describe the holdings of archives and libraries with significant German-Russia collections include: | Books which describe the holdings of archives and libraries with significant German-Russia collections include: | ||
*Miller, Michael M. ''Researching the Germans from Russia: Annotated Bibliography of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection at the North Dakota Institue for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University Library, with a Listing of the Library Materias at the Germans from Russia Heritage Society''. Fargo, N.Dak.: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1987. ( | *Miller, Michael M. ''Researching the Germans from Russia: Annotated Bibliography of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection at the North Dakota Institue for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University Library, with a Listing of the Library Materias at the Germans from Russia Heritage Society''. Fargo, N.Dak.: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1987. (FS Library book 978.4 F23n). Includes sections on Bessarabia and Black Sea Germans, Amish, Hutterites, Mennonites, Volhynian Germans, and Volga Germans. Contains two bibliographies of family histories. | ||
*Olson, Marie Miller. ''A Bibliography of the Germans from Russia: Material Found in the New York Public Library''. Lincoln, Nebr.: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1976. ( | *Olson, Marie Miller. ''A Bibliography of the Germans from Russia: Material Found in the New York Public Library''. Lincoln, Nebr.: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1976. (FS Library book 947 F2om; film 1181519 item 2. | ||
*Quester, Erich. ''Wegweiser für Forschungen nach Vorfahren'' . . . Neustadt, Germany: Verlag Degener, 1991. ( | *Quester, Erich. ''Wegweiser für Forschungen nach Vorfahren'' . . . Neustadt, Germany: Verlag Degener, 1991. (FS Library book 943 D27wf 1991). <br><br> | ||
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