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| | '''Germans from Russia News & Events'''
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| | '''Germans from Russia Topics'''
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| *[[Germans from Russia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Biography|Biography]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Census|Census]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Church Records|Church Records]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Directories|Directories]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Handwriting|Handwriting]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia History|History]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Maps|Maps]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Military Records|Military Records]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Names Personal|Names Personal]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Societies|Societies]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia Taxation|Taxation]]
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| *Vital Records see [[Germans from Russia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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| *[[Germans from Russia For Further Reading|For Further Reading]]
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| [[Image:Catharine-II.jpg|thumb|right|In 1762 Catharine the Great invited German-speaking people (among others) to settle in Russia.]]
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| === Introduction ===
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| In 1762, Sophie Fredericke Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst, a German native of Stettin, displaced her husband Peter III and took the vacant Russian imperial throne, assuming the name of Catherine II. "Catherine the Great" published manifestos in 1762 and 1763 inviting Europeans, (except Jews) to immigrate and farm Russian lands while maintaining their language and culture. Germans responded in particularly large numbers due to poor conditions in their home regions. Germans continued to migrate into Russian territories after Catherine's death, sometimes at the invitation of other Czars. Other Germans, especially those in Volhynia, arrived because of the availability of cheap land.
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| This page introduces you to the records you can use to discover your German-speaking ancestors who moved from German kingdoms and principalities, Alsace-Lorraine, Russian Poland, Switzerland, or Austria-Hungary to the Russian Empire and later from there to the New World. It describes the content, use, and availability of major genealogical records. Use these as suggestions to set meaningful goals and to select the records that will help you achieve your research goals.
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| Neither Germans who stayed in the Russia/Ukraine area, nor Germans who settled along the edges of the Russian Empire in places like Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia or the Baltic States are the focus of this portal. However, the strategies and records described here often help find such ancestors as well.
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| Generally, '''''you must know the specific town in Russia or Ukraine where your ancestor was born''''' before beginning research for Germans in Russia or Ukraine. This information is most often found in United States, Canada, or other New World sources.
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| You will need some basic understanding of genealogical research procedures. You may want to read the Wiki article ''[[Principles of Family History Research|Principles of Family History Research]]'', or the booklet [[A Guide to Research|''A Guide to Research'']] (30971) which is also available at the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library] and at [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp?PAGE=library_fhc_find.asp Family History Centers]™.
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| Opportunities for genealogical research about Germans from Russia are sometimes limited because—<br>• Some records have been destroyed, lost, or moved to hard-to-locate, private collections.<br>• Some records are restricted from public use.<br>• Some records are hard to use or read.<br>• Some record keepers may be unable or or willing to search the records for you.
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| Despite these obstacles, there are other sources you can use to find ancestors who were Germans from Russia. This portal discusses those sources.|}
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| == Featured Content ==
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| '''Village coordinators''' are individuals who coordinate the gathering of information and compiling of databases about the inhabitants of specific Germanic villages in Russia. You are encouraged to share your family information with the village coordinator for the village where your ancestor lived. You may also benefit from information already submitted by others. [[Germans from Russia Archives and Libraries#Village_Coordinators|Read more...]]
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| == Did you know? ==
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| Celebrities with Germans from Russia ancestors:
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| *Catharine the Great, Empress of Russia, who originally invited Germans to Russia was herself born in Prussia.
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| *John Denver (singer)
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| *Vladimir Lenin
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| == Maryland counties ==
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| '''Click on a county to go to that county's page:''' {{MDmap}}
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| *[[Allegany County, Maryland|Allegany]]
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| *[[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel]]
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| *[[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore]]
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| *[[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore (City)]]
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| *[[Calvert County, Maryland|Calvert]]
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| *[[Caroline County, Maryland|Caroline]]
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| *[[Carroll County, Maryland|Carroll]]
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| *[[Cecil County, Maryland|Cecil]]
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| *[[Charles County, Maryland|Charles]]
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| *[[Dorchester County, Maryland|Dorchester]]
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| *[[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick]]
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| *[[Garrett County, Maryland|Garrett]]
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| *[[Harford County, Maryland|Harford]]
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| *[[Howard County, Maryland|Howard]]
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| *[[Kent County, Maryland|Kent]]
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| *[[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery]]
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| *[[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's]]
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| *[[Queen Anne's County, Maryland|Queen Anne's]]
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| *[[Somerset County, Maryland|Somerset]]
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| *[[St. Mary's County, Maryland|St. Mary's]]
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| *[[Talbot County, Maryland|Talbot]]
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| *[[Washington County, Maryland|Washington]]
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| *[[Wicomico County, Maryland|Wicomico]]
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| *[[Worcester County, Maryland|Worcester]]
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| Extinct or Renamed Counties: [[Charles County (old), Maryland|Charles (old)]] | [[Durham County, Maryland|Durham]] | [[Patuxent County, Maryland|Patuxent]] | [[Worcester (old) County, Maryland|Worcester (old)]]
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| == Things you can do ==
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| In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:<br>
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| *[[Edit a page|Expand an article]] or [[Special:Shortpages|short page]]
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| *[[How to author an article in the Wiki|Create a new article]]<br>
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| *[[How to categorize an article|Categorize articles]]<br>
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| *[[Create an external link|Add external links to articles]]
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| *[[Create an internal link|Add internal links to articles]]
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| *Other...
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