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A limited amount of church record transcripts of Germans from Russia are available via computer network. See the “[[Germans from Russia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]” page of this Wiki article for more details. Edlund, Thomas Kent. ''The Lutherans of Russia: Parish Index to the Church Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Consistory of St. Petersburg, 1833-1885''. St. Paul, Minn.: Germanic Genealogical Society, 1994. (FHL book 947.2 K23e 1995; on 5 fiche 6001716) which unindexed images are now available on the Internet a [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1469151;t=browsable;w=0 Record Search - Pilot]. Describes the contents of Family History Library collection of Lutheran parish register transcripts for the provinces of Alaska, Archangelsk, Bessarabia, Chernigov, Cherson, Don Cossack, Jaroslavl, Jekaterinoslav, Kiev, Kostroma, Novgorod, Olonets, Pokolia, Poltava, Pskov, Smolensk, St. Petersburg, Tavrida, Volhynia, and Vologda. Indexes town names in: Evangelische Kirche. Konsistorum Petersburg (Rußland). ''Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1833-1885'' (Parish Register Transcripts, 1833-1885). Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994. (on 135 FHL films starting with 1792290). Text in German. Arranged by archive numbers and register years.  
A limited amount of church record transcripts of Germans from Russia are available via computer network. See the “[[Germans from Russia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]” page of this Wiki article for more details. Edlund, Thomas Kent. ''The Lutherans of Russia: Parish Index to the Church Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Consistory of St. Petersburg, 1833-1885''. St. Paul, Minn.: Germanic Genealogical Society, 1994. (FHL book 947.2 K23e 1995; on 5 fiche 6001716) which unindexed images are now available on the Internet a [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1469151;t=browsable;w=0 Record Search - Pilot]. Describes the contents of Family History Library collection of Lutheran parish register transcripts for the provinces of Alaska, Archangelsk, Bessarabia, Chernigov, Cherson, Don Cossack, Jaroslavl, Jekaterinoslav, Kiev, Kostroma, Novgorod, Olonets, Pokolia, Poltava, Pskov, Smolensk, St. Petersburg, Tavrida, Volhynia, and Vologda. Indexes town names in: Evangelische Kirche. Konsistorum Petersburg (Rußland). ''Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1833-1885'' (Parish Register Transcripts, 1833-1885). Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994. (on 135 FHL films starting with 1792290). Text in German. Arranged by archive numbers and register years.  


Records for some of the above listed Ukrainian districts have been extracted and indexed on the [http://www.odessa3.org/collections/stpete/ Odessa3 website]. The [http://www.sggee.org Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe] has extracted and indexed Kiev and Podolia regions and has updated and corrected Volhynia extractions previously posted on the Odessa3 site. This work is in progress with large portions completed. Originals of the records for all the above listed districts are now available to view on line at the new [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start pilot project on the LDS website] (click on "Asia", then on Russian Lutheran Church Book Duplicates).  
Records for some of the above listed Ukrainian districts have been extracted and indexed on the [http://www.odessa3.org/collections/stpete/ Odessa3 website]. The [http://www.sggee.org Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe] has extracted and indexed Kiev and Podolia regions and has updated and corrected Volhynia extractions previously posted on the Odessa3 site. This work is in progress with large portions completed. Originals of the records for all the above listed districts are now available to view on line by LDS members or on a computer in a Family Search Center Library using the [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start Family Search website] (click on "Asia", then on Russian Lutheran Church Book Duplicates).  


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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