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
Updates? Corrections? Better examples? Send an e-mail to Dave
Updated October 1, 2008
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