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====Germans from Russia Online Records==== | ====Germans from Russia Online Records==== | ||
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.''' | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/520935-redirection From the steppes to the prairies : the story of the Germans settling in Russia on the Volga and Ukraine, also the Germans settling in the Banat, and the Bohemians in Crimea : their resettlement in the Americas, North and South America and in Canada], e-book | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/520935-redirection From the steppes to the prairies : the story of the Germans settling in Russia on the Volga and Ukraine, also the Germans settling in the Banat, and the Bohemians in Crimea : their resettlement in the Americas, North and South America and in Canada], e-book | ||
*'''1750-1943''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/398176?availability=Family%20History%20Library Namenskartei von Siedlern in Russland und Rücksiedler nach Deutschland, 1750-1943] Index cards, arranged alphabetically by governmental jurisdiction, village, and then surname, of German immigrants residing in Russia. Many cards provide birth and death dates, marriage dates, names of spouses, the number of children, when and from where they emigrated, and other genealogical information. A separate set, arranged alphabetically by former Russian town of residence, indicates those who moved back to Germany, but gives no information on where they eventually settled in Germany. Some cards are out of order, and include localities in Hungary, Rumania, Poland, and other countries outside of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. | *'''1750-1943''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/398176?availability=Family%20History%20Library Namenskartei von Siedlern in Russland und Rücksiedler nach Deutschland, 1750-1943] Index cards, arranged alphabetically by governmental jurisdiction, village, and then surname, of German immigrants residing in Russia. Many cards provide birth and death dates, marriage dates, names of spouses, the number of children, when and from where they emigrated, and other genealogical information. A separate set, arranged alphabetically by former Russian town of residence, indicates those who moved back to Germany, but gives no information on where they eventually settled in Germany. Some cards are out of order, and include localities in Hungary, Rumania, Poland, and other countries outside of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. | ||