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Germans from Russia links
For many years, researchers had great difficulty researching these roots. Today, a huge amount of material is available, if you know where to look. The session refers to these links:
Volhynia.com

Research ideas

Guide to Einwandererzentralstelle (EWZ) records

Zhitomir Lutheran members list

Biographical information on the area's Baptist pastors

A brief account of a visit to Zhitomir, 1995

Odessa Library - A Digital German/Russian Online Library

The Federation of East European Family History Societies (FFEFHS)

Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (SGGEE) - A Volhynian Genealogy Group

American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR)

AHSGR Saving Our Ancestral Records program

Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS)

East European Genealogical Society (EEGS)

Mennonite Historical Society of B.C.

Germans from Russia Heritage Collection - Mailing lists, newspaper articles, and more

Wolhynien.de - Irene Kopetzke's superb Volhynia site

Vermissten und Toten Datebank - for German war casualties

Castle Garden index - Arrivals in the United States from 1830-1892

Ellis Island index - Arrivals at New York from 1892-1924

Search the Ellis Island site in one step!

Volynska Home Page - From the Rootsweb board

Bund Evangelisch-Freikirchlicher Gemeinden in Deutschland - Baptists in Germany today

Deutschsprachiger Suchindex - For Web searches in German

Global Gazetteer

National Imagery and Mapping Agency

Library and Archives Canada

Google maps - Take a look at the area today

United States National Archives and Records Administration

Odessa mass executions

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Germans from Russia page


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Updated October 1, 2008

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