Odessa Archives: Fund 6, Inventory 1

  • 1801 Chortitza Colony census
  • 1801 Chortitza Colony census of single people and landless families
  • 1801 Kronsgarten census
  • 1802 Neuenburg census
  • 1803 Radichev Hutterite Colony census
  • 1801-1807 Chortitza Colony vital records
  • 1809 Chortitza Colony immunization records
  • 1814 Chortitza Colony immunization records
  • 1801-1811 Chortitza Colony voters lists
  • 1805-1810 Molotschna Colony voters lists
  • Merged GEDCOM file of 1801 - 1814 Chortitza Colony documents

    The above databases have been extracted from a microfilm of selected files from Fund 6, Inventory 1 at the Odessa Archives in Odessa, Ukraine. The materials microfilmed are records originally compiled by the Board of Guardians Committee during the period 1800 to 1820. This material was microfilmed in August, 2000 at the request of the California Mennonite Historical Society. This material gives us significant new information about the early residents of the Chortitza Colony and about the formation and early history of the Molotschna Colony that had previously been unavailable.

    I have compiled an initial inventory of the materials on the microfilm which is available for review at http://www.mennonitehistory.org/projects/resources/index.html This site also presents the above data in an alternative format.

    Copies of this microfilm are available for review at the following archives and historical societies:

  • 1. Mennonite Heritage Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • 2. Center for M. B. Studies, Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • 3. Mennonite Historical Society of B. C., Clearbrook, British Columbia
  • 4. Mennonite Library and Archives, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas
  • 5. Center for M. B. Studies, Tabor College, Hillsboro, Kansas
  • 6. American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • 7. Germans from Russia Heritage Society, Bismarck, North Dakota
  • 8. Mennonitische Forschungstelle, Weierhof, Germany
  • 9. Center from M. B. Studies, Fresno, California

    Researchers interested in owning a personal copy of this microfilm may purchase a copy for $15 (U. S.) from the California Mennonite Historical Society. If so interested, you may contact , the archivist for the California Mennonite Historical Society. The microfilm is in 16 mm format and contains 3883 frames.

    If you note any errors that I have made in extracting this data from the original documents I would appreciate being notified about them. Alf Redekopp and Jake Wiens at the Mennonite Heritage Center, John Thiesen at the Mennonite Library and Archives, Rick Rye from AHSGR in Lincoln, Nebraska, Hans Winofsky of Portland, Oregon, and Elli Wise of Frankfurt, Kentucky have assisted in translating selected items I found difficult to translate. If you have any questions about any of this data feel free to contact me.

    Tim Janzen
    12367 SE Ridgecrest Rd.
    Portland, OR 97236
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    Page created 22 January 2001; revised 29 January 2012
    HTML by Richard D. Thiessen

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