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Guides

• A Guide to the Genealogy of Prussian Mennonites, Glenn H. Penner.

Sources

• Bibliography of the works of Adalbert Goertz, (14K)
• Mennonitica in Prussian Archives, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (39K)

• West Prussian Mennonite Villages, compiled by Glenn Penner.
• Mennonite Villages in the Danzig District in 1820 , compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (20K)
• Mennonite Villages in the Marienwerder District, West Prussia, 1820, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (10K)
• Information on West Prussian Property Records Found in Various Sources, compiled by Glenn Penner.
• Prussian Cemetery Grave Stone Inscriptions, compiled by Dolores Harder and Glenn Penner.
• Mennonite Ministers in Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (149K)
• West Prussian Mennonite Ministers in 1787, extracted by John D. Richert.

| General | Danzig District | Brandenburg Province | Marienwerder District | East Prussia |

General

• Mennonites in Prussia, 1786-1806, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.
• West Prussian Land Leases and Village Lists Containing Mennonites: 1600 - 1770, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.
• Brandregister of 1727, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner, (164K)
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• The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, compiled by Glenn Penner, (821K).
• Count of Family Names in the 1776 Census, compiled by Glenn Penner, (36K).
• Mennonite Land Census/General-Nachweisung, West Prussia, 1789, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (481K)
  • Alphabetical Index of Individuals in the Mennonite Land Census/General-Nachweisung, West Prussia, 1789, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (306K)
• Mennonite Land Acquisitions in West Prussia, 1789-1798, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (17K)
• Land Acquisitions 1833 - 1866 by Mennonites in West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (41K)
• Names of Mennonite Petitioners in 1868, transcribed by Adalbert Goertz, (51K).
• Names of Mennonite Petitioners in 1869, transcribed by Adalbert Goertz, (153K).
  • Alphabetical Index of 1869 Petitioners List, compiled by Tim Janzen.
• Der Mennonit: Name Index, 1948 - 1973, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.
• West Prussian Property and Inheritance Records.
• The WWII Fluechtlingskartei of Gustav Reimer and Otto Wiebe (1952), compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (109K).

• The 1661 Census of Mennonites in Danzig, originally created by Horst Penner; converted into digital form by Glenn H. Penner, (24K).
• Land Leasers in Tiegenhof, West Prussia in 1685, Glenn Penner.
• Land Owners in Mierauerwalde, West Prussia in 1732, compiled by Glenn Penner.
• Those living on the Marienburg Castle Grounds: 1745, by Glenn H. Penner.
• Protection Money Paid by the Mennonites in the City of Elbing, 1745, Glenn H. Penner.
• 1755 List of those Holding Land Leases in the Villages of Laakendorf, Waldorf and Bollwerk, West Prussia and 1762 List of those Holding Land Leases in the Village of Waldorf, West Prussia, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.
• 1772 Census of Schönsee, Tiegenhof District, West Prussia, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.
• 1772 Census of Mennonites in Wernersdorf, Pussia, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.
• Mennonites of the Danzig Territory in 1793, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (10K)
• The Elbing Territory Census of 1811, compiled by Glenn H Penner.
• Mennonite Properties in the Danzig Administrative District in 1824, originally published by Adalbert Goertz; translated, edited and reformatted by Glenn Penner.
• Property Records for Heubuden, West Prussia, submitted by Glenn H. Penner

• Mennonite settlers in the Neumark, Brandenburg (1767/1778), compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (5K).
• Mennonite families in Brenkenhofswalde and Franztal, 1826, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.
• Court Records from the Grund- and Hypotheken-Acten of Neu Dessau, Amt Driesen, Brandenburg, Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz (33K)

• 1750 "Census" of Villages in Kreis Kulm, Prussia, compiled by John D. Richert.
• Culm Region Mennonites in the 1772 Census of West Prussia, Glenn H. Penner.
• Mennonite Deaths in the Civil Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1813 and 1814, prepared by Glenn H. Penner.
• Mennonite Land Census/General-Nachweisung of the Marienwerder District, 1824, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (42K)
  • Land Census of Marienwerder District, 1824 / Alphabetical Listing, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (33K)
• Mennonitenhoefe 1839 im Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (8K)
• Land disposals by Mennonites in the Marienwerder District, 1803-1856, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (18K)
  • Land disposals by Mennonites in the Marienwerder District, 1803-1856 / Alphabetical Listing, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (13K)
• Court Records of Gross Lubin, Amt Neuenburg, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (93K)
• Court Records of Klein Lubin, Amt Graudenz, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, edited by Glenn H. Penner.
• Court Records of Kommerau, Amt Neuenburg (Nowe), West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (111K)
• Mennonitenhöfe in Amt Neuenburg, Kreis Schwetz, Marienwerder District, Westpreussen, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.
• Mennonite Land Census of Niederausmaas in 1830 and 1806, extracted by John D. Richert.
• Mennonite settlers in Obernessau, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (16K).
• Mennonites from Obernessau Congregation in the 1791 Census of the Radziejow District, by Michał Targowski and Glenn H Penner.
• Mennonites in the Przechowka area, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.
• 1810 Mennonite Census of the Schwetz Region of West Prussia, transcribed and translated by Esther Patkau and Glenn Penner.
• Gifts to the School for the Poor in Marienwerder collected in Kreis Stuhm, West Prussia in 1829, by Alan Guenther.
• Preliminary Report on Mennonite Documents at the Thorn/Torun District Archives (Archiwum Panstwowe w Toruniu), by James Jakob Fehr.

• Mennonites Expelled from Lithuania in 1724, transcribed by Glenn Penner.
• Mennonites in the Gumbinnen District, East Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (31K).
• Mennonites in the Koenigsberg District, East Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (18K).
• Koenigsberg Mennonites in 1732, transcribed by Glenn Penner.
• Koenigsberg Mennonites and their Occupations in 1735, transcribed by Glenn Penner, (4K).

| Danzig District | Marienwerder District | East Prussia | Other |

Danzig District

Baerwalde

• Mennonite Baptisms in Baerwalde: 1782-1805, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

  Danzig

• Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths in the Danzig Church 1665-1943 and Family Books 1, 2, and 3 of the Danzig Mennonite Church, transliterated and Digitized by Ernest H. Baergen.
• Danzig Mennonite Church Record Book: Image Files MLA, North Newton, KS
• Danzig Flemish Mennonite Baptisms: 1667-1800, transcribed by Glenn Penner.
• The First Danzig Family Book, Index, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (19K).
• The Second Danzig Family Book, Index, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (15K).
• Danzig Mennonite Church, West Prussia Membership List, 1886, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (11K).
• Danzig in West Prussia - Membership List 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.
• Mennonites Found in the Burial Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Reichenberg, Danziger Werder, Prussia: 1615-1800, originally published by Adalbert Goertz; edited and reformatted by Glenn Penner.
• Mennonites Baptized/Christened into the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter and Paul in Danzig: 1751-1800, extracted by Glenn Penner.

  Elbing-Ellerwald

• Elbing and Ellerwald Mennonite Church Record Books: Image Files MLA, North Newton, KS
• Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records of Elbing St. Annen (1713-1799), compiled by Glenn Penner.
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• Mennonites Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records of Elbing - Neuheide, Part 1 (1730-1769), compiled by Glenn Penner.
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• Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records of Elbing - Neuheide, Part 2 (1770- 1786), compiled by Glenn Penner.
• Elbing-Ellerwald Baptisms: 1778-1795 and 1810-1819, compiled by Glenn Penner, (36K).
• Elbing-Ellerwald Marriages: 1779-1795, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (34K).
• Elbing-Ellerwald Marriages: 1801-1807, compiled by Glenn Penner.
• Mennonite Marriages in the Lutheran Church Register of Elbing Neuheide: 1801-1820, originally extracted by Adalbert Goertz; compiled and Edited Glenn Penner.
• Mennonite Births in the Evangelische Kirche Heilige Drei König Elbing Register: 1800-1816, edited by Glenn H. Penner.
• Mennonite Births, Marriages, and Deaths Found in the Lutheran Church Records of Finkenstein, West Prussia: 1800-1825, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.
• Mennonite Births, Marriages and Deaths Found in the Lutheran Church Records of Katznase, West Prussia:1800 – 1825, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.
• Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelisches Kirchenbuchduplikat Neuheide, Kreis Elbing: 1830-1833, compiled by Erich Lohrey.

  Fuerstenau

• Mennonite Marriages 1800-1830 in the evang. Kirchenbuch Fuerstenau, Westpreussen, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (7K).

  Fürstenwerder

• Fürsternwerder Mennonite Church Record Book. MLA, North Newton, KS
• Fürstenwerder, West Prussia Membership List: 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

  Gross Lichtenau

• Mennonite Burials in the Catholic Church Records of Gross Lichtenau, West Prussia 1767 – 1774, translated by Glenn Penner.
• Mennonite Marriages in the Catholic Church records of Gross Lichtenau, West Prussia 1765 – 1773, translated by Glenn Penner.

  Gross Mausdorf

• Mennonite Marriages from the Lutheran Church records of Gross Mausdorf, West Prussia, 1728, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.
• Mennonite Deaths 1753-6, 1773 and 1774 in the evang. Kirchenbuch Gross Mausdorf, Westpreussen, compiled by Glenn Penner, (5K).
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• Mennonite Marriages 1801-1830 in the evang. Kirchenbuch Gr. Mausdorf, Westpreussen, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (3K).
• Mennonite Births 1800-1808 in the Gross Mausdorf (Kr. Elbing) Evangelische Kirchenbuch, Westpreussen, compiled by Glenn Penner.
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• Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Lutheran Church Records of Gross Mausdorf, West Prussia: 1808 - 1830, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

  Gross Werder

• Gross Werder Gemeinde Baptisms: 1814-1823, compiled by Glenn Penner.

  Heubuden

• Heubuden Church Register entries: births, marriages and deaths, 1772-1806, extracted by John Thiesen. MLA, North Newton, KS.
• Mennonite Baptisms in Heubuden: 1770-1799, transcribed by Glenn Penner, (158K).
• Heubuden-Marienburg in West Prussia - Membership List 1935, by Adalbert Goertz.

  Jungfer

• Mennonite Marriages in the Jungfer Lutheran Church Register: 1801-1820, transcribed by Adalbert Goertz and Glenn Penner.
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  Kunzendorf

• Mennonite Marriages 1805-1821 in the evang. Kirchenbuch Kunzendorf, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (1K).

  Ladekopp

• Ladekopp Mennonite Church Record Book: Image Files. MLA, North Newton, KS
• Mennonite Baptisms in Ladekopp 1782-1804, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (95K).
• Mennonite Baptisms in Ladekopp 1809-1813, transcribed by Glenn Penner, (19K).
• Ladekopp-Orlofferfeld Mennonite Church, West Prussia Membership List, 1880, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (16K).
• Ladekopp-Orlofferfelde in West Prussia - Membership List 1935, by Adalbert Goertz.

  Marienau

• Mennonite Deaths in the Marienau Catholic Church Records: 1778 - 1780, compiled by Glenn Penner.
• Mennonites in the Marriage Records of the Lutheran Church of Marienau, Prussia (1800 - 1821), compiled by Glenn Penner, (25K).

  Orlofferfelde

• Orlofferfelde Mennonite Church Records: Image Files. MLA, North Newton, KS
• Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1726-1771, compiled by Glenn Penner, (145K).
• Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1772-1804, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (113K).
• Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Transfers: 1772-1804, extracted by Glenn Penner.
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• Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Deaths: 1772-1799, extracted by Glenn Penner.
• Immigration to Russia from the Orlofferfelde Mennonite Congregation of West Prussia: 1804-1880, by Glenn Penner.

  Rosenort

• Rosenort Mennonite Church Record Books: Image Files. MLA, North Newton, KS
• Rosenort Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1782-1795, originally compiled by Adalbert Goertz, revised by Glenn Penner.
• Rosenort in West Prussia - Membership List 1935, by Adalbert Goertz.

  Schöneberg

• Mennonite Deaths in the Catholic Church Records of Schöneberg, West Prussia (1749-1761), extracted by Glenn Penner.
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  Tannsee

• Mennonite Deaths in the Tannsee Lutheran Church Records: 1800-1830, translated by Glenn H. Penner.
• Mennonite Marriages in the Tannsee Lutheran Church Records, translated by Glenn Penner.
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  Thiensdorf/Markushof

• Thiensdorf Mennonite Church Record Books. MLA, North Newton, KS
• Mennonite Baptisms in Thiensdorf-Markushof, West Prussia: 1758-1799, extracted by Glenn Penner.
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• Thiensdorf-Markushof Mennonite Church, West Prussia Membership List, 1903, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (13K).
• Thiensdorf - Preuss. Rosengart in West Prussia - Membership list 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (48K).

  Tiegenhagen

• Tiegenhagen Mennonite Church Record Books: Image Files. MLA, North Newton, KS
• Mennonite Births in Tiegenhagen: 1781-1800, transcribed by Glenn Penner, (121K).
• Mennonites in the Catholic Burial Register of Tiegenhagen, West Prussia (1757-1770), extracted by Glenn Penner, (87K).
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• Mennonites in Tiegenhagen Catholic Burial-Plot Purchase Register, 1758-1772, transcribed by Steve Fast.
• Mennonite Baptisms in Tiegenhagen, 1782-1823.
• Tiegenhagen, West Prussia Membership List: 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

  Tiegenort

• Mennonite Births in the Lutheran Records of Tiegenort, West Prussia 1759 -1781, originally transcribed by Adalbert Goertz; compiled and Edited by Glenn Penner.

  Zeyer

• Mennonite Births in the Evangelische Kirche Zeyer Kirchenbuch: Part 1, extracted by Glenn Penner (25K).
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• Mennonite Burials in the Evangelische Kirche Zeyer Kirchenbuch: 1774 - 1786, compiled by Glenn Penner (5K)
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• Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelische Kirche Zeyer Kirchenbuch: 1785 - 1815, compiled by Glenn Penner.
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• Mennonite Marriages in the Zeyer Lutheran Church Register: 1801-1824, by Adalbert Goertz and Glenn Penner.
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Marienwerder District

Culm

• Mennonite Births found in the Catholic Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1787-1817, compiled by Glenn Penner.
• Mennonite Births from the Lutheran Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1800–1830, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.
• Mennonite Marriages from the Civil Registers of Culm, West Prussia: 1810–1814, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.
• Mennonite Births from the Lutheran Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1831–1850, extracted by Glenn H. Penner; transcribed by John D. Richert.
• Combined List of Mennonite Births from the Lutheran and Catholic Church Records of Culm: 1787-1850, extracted by Glenn H. Penner with assistance from John D. Richert.
• Mennonite Births found in the Lutheran Church Records of Gross Lunau, Culm, West Prussia: 1848-1852, extracted from LDS film #71289 by Glenn H. Penner; transcribed by John D. Richert.
• Mennonite Deaths, Kreis Culm, West Prussia, 1800-1840, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (35K).
• Mennonite Deaths in the Lutheran Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1830 – 1852, extracted by Glenn Penner and transcribed by John D. Richert.

  Graudenz-Land

• Mennonite Deaths 1774-1776 in the Lutheran Records of Graudenz-Land, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

  Montau

• Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Montau-Gruppe Mennonite Church: 1661-1945, transliterated and digitized by Ernest H. Baergen.
• Montau Mennonite Church Record Books: Image Files. MLA, North Newton, KS
• Mennonite Baptisms in Montau, 1661-1740, compiled by Glenn Penner and Adalbert Goertz, (201K).
• Mennonite Baptisms in Montau, 1741-1813, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (284K).
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• Mennonite Families in the Montau-Gruppe/Schoensee Region, 1800-1840, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (177K).
• Montau Mennonite Church, West Prussia Membership List, 1894, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (14K).
• Ministers and Deacons of the Montau-Gruppe Church in Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (12K).
• Montau-Gruppe in West Prussia - Membership list 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (20K).

  Przechowka

• Przechowka Church Register, originally translated by Jacob A. Duerksen, Velda Richert-Duerksen, and the Mennonite Immigrant Historical Foundation staff in Goessel, KS; transcribed and edited by Rod Ratzlaff.
• Przechowka, West Prussia, Membership Lists for 1715 and 1733 from the Travel Diary of Hendrik Berents Hulshoff, by Glenn H. Penner.
• A Comparison of the 1715/1719 Dirks/Berents list and Information in the Przechowka Church Records, as obtained from the GRANDMA Database, by Glenn H. Penner.
• Prezechowka Gemeinde Households in the Vicinity of Schwetz, 1715 and 1719, compiled by John D. Richert.

  Schönsee

• Schönsee, Poland: Mennonite and Non-Mennonite Residents, 1695–1800, compiled by Bob Buller.
• Mennonite Marriages for Schönsee, West Prussia, 1810-1852, taken from the Lutheran Church Register of Kulm, West Prussia, originally extracted by Adalbert Goertz; compiled and edited by Glenn Penner.
• Schönsee-Kulmer Niederung Mennonite Church Record Book: Image Files. MLA, North Newton, KS
• Schönsee (Culm) Baptism Records: 1862-1943, extracted by John D. Richert .
• Schönsee in West Prussia - Membership list 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz (10K).

  Thorn

• List of Mennonites in the Thorn/Torun District: 1818, translated by Glenn H Penner.

  Tragheimerweide

• 1737 List of the Members of the Schweingrub / Tragheimerweide Congregation, by Glenn H. Penner.
• Tragheimerweide Mennonite Church Record Book: Image Files. MLA, North Newton, KS
• Tragheimerweide Church Records: 1781-1862, transliterated by Esther Patkau and edited by Ernest H. Baergen.
• Tragheimerweide in West Prussia - Membership list 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz (17K)

Heinrichswalde

• Mennonite Births in the Lutheran records of Heinrichswalde, East Prussia: 1804-1818, compiled by Erwin Wittenberg.
• Mennonite Births in the Heinrichswalde/Krs. Elchniederung Evangelical Church Register: 1826-1829, compiled by Erwin Wittenberg.
• Mennonite Marriages in Heinrichswalde, Prussia, 1803-1823, compiled by Erwin Wittenberg.

  Koenigsberg

• Koenigsberg Mennonite Marriages 1766-1831, transcribed by Melissa Dalley and Glenn Penner.
• Mennonite Baptisms in Koenigsberg, East Prussia 1770-1820, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (18K).

  Memelniederung

• Memelniederung in East Prussia - Membership list 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

  Plauschwarren

• Plauschwarren Mennonite Church Births, 1769-1855, compiled by Erwin Wittenberg.
• Mennonite Baptisms in Plauschwarren, East Prussia 1771-1800, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (17K).
• Plauschwarren Mennonite Church Baptisms, 1771-1862, compiled by Erwin Wittenberg.
• Members of the Lithuanian Mennonite Plauschwarren Church: 1777, translated by Glenn H Penner.
• Mennonite Marriages in Plauschwarren, East Prussia 1778-1802, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (7K).
• Plauschwarren Mennonite Church Marriages, 1778-1862, compiled by Erwin Wittenberg.
• Plauschwarren Mennonite Church Deaths, 1769-1869, compiled by Erwin Wittenberg.

• Berlin - Membership List 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

• Danzig, 1930, (38K)
• Danziger Werder, 1942, (101K)
• Driesen, (50K)
• East Prussia, (33K)
• Kulm, (25K)
• Marienburger Werder, (121K)
• Die Memelniederung, (26K)
• Montau, (24K)
• Die Weichselniederungen bei Thorn, (22K)
• West Prussia and Danzig, (27K)
• West Prussia, (21K)