Russian Mennonite Genealogical Resources

Russian Mennonite Genealogical Resources

General

Mennonite Villages in Russia, compiled by Tim Janzen (MHSA site).
Places Where Mennonites in Russia Lived Until 1943, by W. Vogt (Mennonitische Geschichte und Ahnenforschung site)
Mennonite Extractions from the EWZ Files, by Richard D. Thiessen.
Dr. David G. Rempel's Microfilms of Mennonite Related Documents in the St. Petersburg Archives.
Index to B. H. Unruh, compiled by Tim Janzen. (MHSA site)
Annual Report of the Mennonite Church Pertaining to the Maintenance of the Forestry Service in 1908, transcribed by Michael Penner.

Am Trakt Colony

Am Trakt Colony Census of 8 Nov 1857 listing Mennonites who emigrated from Prussia to Russia in 1855-1856, settling in the Samara Gubernia, Novousensky Uezd, translated by Dmitry Panov. (22K) (MHSA site)

Bergthal Colony

Census Records

List of Mennonites Living Outside the Bergthal Colony in 1852, translated by Ed Enns, edited by Tim Janzen, (75K).
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Village Histories

Bergtal, Bergtal Colony - 1848 Village History. (Odessa site)

Borozenko Colony

Felsenbach (Borozenko Colony) Family Register, transcribed by Hermann Schirmacher.

Chortitza Colony (Old Colony)

Russian Names of Chortitza Colony Villages

Secular Records

Census Records

Chortitza Colony Census of 14 October 1797, edited by Richard D. Thiessen, (50K).
Introduction to the Odessa Archives Fund 6 Inventory 1 Collection by Tim Janzen.
Chortitza Colony Census of 25 April 1801 (Single and Landless), extracted by Tim Janzen.
Chortitza Colony Census of 1 September 1801, extracted by Tim Janzen.
Kronsgarten Census of 15 October 1801, extracted by Tim Janzen.
Neuenburg Census of 30 April 1802, extracted by Tim Janzen.
Chortitza Colony Census of 1806, extracted by Peter Rempel.
Merged 1801 and 1802 Chortitza Colony Census Database, compiled by Tim Janzen.
1801 to 1814 Chortitza Colony Documents Databases, compiled by Tim Janzen.
Chortitza Colony Landowners, 1814, compiled by Tim Janzen. (MHSA site)
1820 Chortitza Colony Orphans Office Records, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.
Mennonites from the Chortitza Colony who Requested Transfer to Kronsgarten in the Chortitza Colony: From document dated 18 March 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.
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Mennonites from Chortitza Colony who Requested Transfer to the Molotschna Colony: From document dated 9 Jan 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.
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Mennonites from Kronsgarten in the Chortitza Colony who Requested Transfer to the Chortitza Volost: From document dated 18 March 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.
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Mennonites from Kronsgarten in the Chortitza Colony who requested transfer to the Chortitza Volost: From document dated May 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.
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Mennonites from Kronsgarten in the Chortitza Colony who Requested Transfer to the Molotschna Colony: From document dated 18 March 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.
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People from the Chortitza Colony or the Josephtal Colony who Requested Transfer Elsewhere: From document dated June 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.
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Mennonites from Schoenwiese in the Chortitza Colony who Requested Transfer to the Molotschna Colony: From document dated 18 March 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.
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Annotated List of Chortitza Colony Householders for 1847, compiled by Glenn Penner (544K).
Register of persons living outside the Chortitza Colony in 1852, translated by Ed Enns (108K).
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1859 List of Chortitza Colony Householders, transcribed by Glenn Penner.
Chortitza Colony Village Lists for 1863, compiled by Glenn Penner.
1920 Chortitza Colony Census, translated by Jakob Quiring and edited by Tim Janzen.
1926 Schoeneberg Census, translated by Tim Janzen.

Vital Statistics and Other Lists

Chortitza Colony Vital Records: 1801-1813, extracted by Tim Janzen.
1808 Chortitza Colony Vital Records, compiled by Tim Janzen.
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Smallpox Vaccinations in Chortitza Colony, 12 August 1809, extracted by Tim Janzen.
Smallpox Vaccinations in Chortitza Colony, 1814, extracted by Tim Janzen.
1822 Chortitza Colony Vital Records, compiled by Tim Janzen.
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Transfers from the Molotschna to Chortitza Colonies in 1835, transcribed by Glenn Penner.
Chortitza Colony Deaths Recorded in the Diaries of Jacob Wall and David Epp, extracted by Glenn Penner.
Chortitza Colony Marriages Recorded in the Diaries of Jacob Wall and David Epp, extracted by Glenn Penner.
Mennonite Deaths Reported to the Chortitza Village Soviet: 1925 – 1928, by Glenn Penner and Nikolai Penner.

Village Histories and Reports

Dorfbericht: Blumengart 1941-42, edited by Hermann Schirmacher.
Memories of Blumengart, Chortitza, Russia: 1918-43, by Johann Redekop.
Dorfbericht: Burwalde 1941-42, edited by Judith Rempel.
Chortiza - 1848 Village History (E. Wise). (Odessa site)
Dorfbericht: Chortitza 1941-42, edited by Elli Wise.
Dorfbericht: Einlage 1941-42, edited by Elli Wise.
Dorfbericht: Kronsthal 1941-42, edited by Judith Rempel.
Dorfbericht: Kronsweide 1941-42, edited by Elli Wise.
Dorfbericht: Neuenburg 1941-42, edited by Elli Wise.
Dorfbericht: Neuendorf 1941-42, edited by Judith Rempel.
Dorfbericht: Neuhorst 1941-42, edited by Elli Wise.
Dorfbericht: Osterwick 1941-42, edited by Judith Rempel.
Dorfbericht: Rosengart 1941-42, edited by Elli Wise.
Dorfbericht: Schoeneberg 1941-42, edited by Elli Wise.
Dorfbericht: Schoenhorst 1941-42: Family Listing, edited by Willi Vogt.
Dorfbericht: Schoenhorst 1941-42: List of those banished to June 1941, edited by Willi Vogt.
Dorfbericht: Schoenhorst 1941-42: List of those kidnapped starting from June 1941, edited by Willi Vogt.

Church Records and Family Registers

Schoenhorst Register, compiled by Richard D. Thiessen, (184K)

Crimea

Busau Mennonite Church Books, Busau, Crimea, transcribed by Tim Janzen.

Fürstenland

Fürstenland Baptism Register: 1885-1932, translated by Cary Desnoyers, edited by Tim Janzen.

Hutterite Colonies

4 Jan 1803 Census of the Hutterite village of Radichev, South Russia, extracted by Tim Janzen.
1862-63 Neuanlage, Neuberslav, and Hutterdorf School Register, compiled by Tim Janzen.
Hutterite Genealogy. (FEEFHS site)

Kuban Colony

1864 List of Families Intending to Settle in the Kuban Colony, translated by Tim Janzen
1866 List of Families Living in the Kuban Colony, translated by Tim Janzen
1869 Kuban Colony Census, translated by Nikolai Penner, edited by Tim Janzen

Molotschna Colony

Russian Names of Molotschna Colony Villages

Secular Records

Census Records, Vital Statistics and Voters Lists

Molotschna Colony Family Transfers and Vital Statistics For May, June and July, 1814, translated by Glenn Penner and Nikolai Penner.
Molotschna Mennonites who gave up their Farmsteads in 1834 and 1835, translated from the Russian by Nikolai Penner and edited by Glenn Penner, (64K, 106K).
- Adobe Acrobat version of Molotschna 1834 file
- Adobe Acrobat version of Molotschna 1835 file
Register of Molotschna Mennonites Receiving Farmsteads in 1835, translated from the Russian by Nikolai Penner and edited by Glenn Penner, (183K).
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Index to the 1835 Molotschna Census, compiled by Richard D. Thiessen, (153K)
The Molotschna Colony Census of 1835: Chortitza and Bergthal Colony Connections, compiled by Glenn Penner, (11K)
The Molotschna Colony Census of 1835: Families Transferring from Chortitza to Molotschna between 1816 and 1835 plus Addendum (1835-1850), compiled by Gilbert W. Franz, (32K)
Mennonites from the Molotschna Colony who Requested Transfer to the Chortitza Colony: From document dated January 29, 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.
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1847 Molotschna Colony Voters List, extracted by Tim Janzen, (260K).
List of Mennonites Living Outside the Molotschna Colony in 1852, translated by Ed Enns, edited by Tim Janzen, (48K).
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1863 Molotschna Colony Grain Loan Lists, extracted by Tim Janzen (MHSA site)
Owners of Land Situated in Thirteen Molotschna Villages in 1873, compiled by John P. Braun, (143K).
Prangenau, Molotschna List: 1924, transcribed and edited by Richard D. Thiessen (MHSBC site)
- Adobe Acrobat version of Prangenau file
List of Families from Schönau Wanting to Immigrate to Mexico, transcribed and edited by Richard D. Thiessen.

Migration Records

A West Prussian Mennonite Emigration List for 1803-1804, transcribed by Glenn Penner
Mennonites wishing to emigrate from Prussia to Russia in 1803, compiled by Alf Redekopp, (25K)
Deutsch-Michalin Mennonites, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (5K)
From Jeziorka, Prussia to Russia in 1804, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (6K)
Mennonites emigrating from Danzig to Russia, 1804, compiled by Alf Redekopp.
Lists of Mennonite Colonists who Migrated to Russia through Grodno in 1803-1804, translated by Sergei Chaiderman, (34K).
Migration of Mennonites from West Prussia to Russia, 1820-1841, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (20K).
Migration of Mennonites from Brandenburg, Prussia to Russia: 1833-35, compiled by Richard D. Thiessen, (113K).
From the Prussian Neumark to Russia, 1833-1835, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.
Prussian Mennonite requests for Russian passports in 1833, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.
Russian Government Embassy in the City of Danzig Register of the Distribution of Passports, 19/31 March to 15/27 July 1834, for settlement in the Mennonite colonies of Tauridia District, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.
Recent Immigrants from Prussia Requesting to Settle in Neu-Halbstadt, Molotschna, 1843, transcribed by Olga Shmakina and Glenn Penner.
Transfer of Households in Molotschna: ca. 1848, translated by Nikolai Mazharenko. (MHSBC site)
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Internal Movement of Mennonites in Russia: 1848, translated by Nikolai Mazharenko. (MHSBC site)
Migration of Mennonites to Molotschna: 1848-1850. (MHSBC site)
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Migration of Mennonites to Molotschna: 1849. (MHSBC site)
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Mennonite relocations within the Molotschna Colony: 1849, transcribed by Glenn Penner.
Migration of Mennonites to Molotschna: 1851-52. (MHSBC site)
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Mennonite Emigration from Prussia to Russia: 1853-1855, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.
Settlers in the New Villages of Friedensruh, Steinfeld and Marienwohl, by Nikolai Penner and Glenn Penner.
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Early (1848 & 1850) Voters Lists for Hierschau, Molotschna Colony, compiled by Glenn H. Penner and Tim Janzen.

School Registers

The Molotschna School Registers, compiled by Tim Janzen.
The 1853-1855 Molotschna School Registers, translated by Jake Wiens, compiled by Richard D. Thiessen.
The 1857-1858 Molotschna School Registers, translated by Jake Wiens, compiled by Alf Redekopp.
The 1861-62 Molotschna School Registers, compiled by Arnold Schroeder, (134K).
The 1872-73 Molotschna School Registers, compiled by Arnold Schroeder, (16K).
The 1873-74 Molotschna School Registers, compiled by Arnold Schroeder, (103K).
The 1875-76 Molotschna School Registers, compiled by Arnold Schroeder, (10K).
The 1876-77 Molotschna School Registers, compiled by Arnold Schroeder, (4K).
The 1883-84 Molotschna School Registers, compiled by Arnold Schroeder, (76K).
Molotschna School Registers: 1884-1894, translated by Sergei Chaidermann, edited by Richard D. Thiessen, (34K).
Molotschna School Related Records: 1892-1896, translated by Sergei Chaidermann and Nikolai Mazharenko, (84K).

Village Histories

Alexanderwohl - 1848 Village History (M.L. Garbin) (Odessa site)
Friedensdorf - 1848 Village History (E. Wise). (Odessa site)
Gnadenfeld - 1848 Village History (M. Garbin). (Odessa site)
Rudnerweide - 1848 Village History (E. Garbin). (Odessa site)
Tiege - 1848 Village History (E. Wise). (Odessa site)

Miloradovka

1897 Census of Miloradovka. (MHSBC site)
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Naumenko (Petrovka) Colony

1897 Census of Petrovka, Naumenko Colony. (MHSBC site)
1897 Census of Vassilyevka, Naumenko Colony. (MHSBC site)

Neu-Samara (Pleshanovo) Colony

Neu Samara by Dietrich Tissen and Nikolaj Tissen.

Omsk Mennonite Settlement

Iwanowka, Omsk, Siberia

Orenburg Colony

Family Lists

Orenburg Colony Family Registers. (Willi Vogt site)
1923 Family Lists of Orenburg Colony. (www.russlanddeutsche.de)

Village Histories

Schoenfeld Colony

Schoenfeld Colony by Ron Toews. (W. Unger site)

Volhynia

Heinrichsdorf Mennonite Church Record Boook: Image Files. MLA, North Newton, KS
Ostrog area, Volhynia: 1819 Census, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

Yazykovo Colony

Census Records

1873 Census, Yazykovo Colony. (MHSBC site)
1858 Chortitza Colony Census Data for Residents of Yazykovo Colony: 1872 and 1873. (MHSBC site)
1869 Census, Nikolaifeld Village, Yazykovo Colony. (MHSBC site)

Village Histories

Dorfbericht: Adelsheim 1941-42, edited by Judith Rempel.
Dorfbericht: Eichenfeld 1941-42, edited by Judith Rempel.
Eichenfeld, Yazykovo Colony by Ted Regehr.
Dorfbericht: Franzfeld 1941-42, edited by Elli Wise.
Dorfbericht: Hochfeld 1941-42, edited by Elli Wise.
Dorfbericht: Reinfeld 1941-42, edited by Elli Wise.

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