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The following are a list of recently added items to the Mennonite Genealogy website. There are also links to these items under the appropriate geographical category.

May 2012

Prussia

Court Records of Klein Lubin, Amt Graudenz, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

Property Records for Heubuden, West Prussia, submitted by Glenn H. Penner.

Prussian Cemetery Grave Stone Inscriptions, compiled by Dolores Harder and Glenn Penner.

Russia

Annotated List of Chortitza Colony Householders for 1847, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

November 2011

Prussia

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.

July 2011

Prussia

Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Montau-Gruppe Mennonite Church: 1661-1945, transliterated and digitized by Ernest H. Baergen.

Russia

1859 List of Chortitza Colony Householders, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

Mennonite Relocations within the Molotschna Colony: 1849, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

Recent Immigrants from Prussia Requesting to Settle in Neu-Halbstadt, Molotschna, 1843, transcribed by Olga Shmakina and Glenn Penner.

1822 Chortitza Colony Vital Records, compiled by Tim Janzen.

May 2011

Russia

1863 Molotschna Colony Grain Loan Lists, extracted by Tim Janzen (MHSA site)

March 2011

Canada

Schools and School districts in R.M. of Rhineland (1884-1963), written mainly by J.C. Fehr.

December 2010

Canada

Canadian Low-German Mennonites Drafted or Recruited in World War I, compiled by Glenn Penner.

September 2010

Prussia

Koenigsberg Mennonites in 1732, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

Mennonite Deaths in the Tannsee Lutheran Church Records: 1800-1830, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

Russia

1808 Chortitza Colony Vital Records, compiled by Tim Janzen.

1920 Chortitza Colony Census, translated by Jakob Quiring and edited by Tim Janzen.

August 2010

Prussia

The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, Version 3, June 2010, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

Russia

1926 Schoeneberg Census, translated by Tim Janzen.

July 2010

Russia

Early (1848 & 1850) Voters Lists for Hierschau, Molotschna Colony, compiled by Glenn H. Penner and Tim Janzen.

May 2010

Russia

List of Families from Schönau Wanting to Immigrate to Mexico, transcribed and edited by Richard D. Thiessen.

April 2010

Prussia

Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records of Elbing - Neuheide, Part 2 (1770- 1786), compiled by Glenn Penner.

September 2009

Canada

Canadian Low-German Mennonites Drafted or Recruited in World War I, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Prussia

The 1661 Census of Mennonites in Danzig, originally created by Horst Penner; converted into digital form by Glenn H. Penner.

Danzig in West Prussia - Membership List 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

Berlin - Membership List 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

August 2009

Prussia

Heubuden-Marienburg in West Prussia - Membership List 1935, by Adalbert Goertz.

Ladekopp-Orlofferfelde in West Prussia - Membership List 1935, by Adalbert Goertz.

Rosenort in West Prussia - Membership List 1935, by Adalbert Goertz.

April 2009

Russia

Mennonite Deaths Reported to the Chortitza Village Soviet: 1925 – 1928, by Glenn Penner and Nikolai Penner.

November 2008

Prussia

Alphabetical Index of 1869 Petitioners List, compiled by Tim Janzen.

Mennonite Births in Tiegenhagen: 1781-1800, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

September 2008

Prussia

Mennonite Births found in the Catholic Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1787-1817, compiled by Glenn Penner.

November 2007

Prussia

Property Records for Heubuden, West Prussia, submitted by Glenn H. Penner.

Elbing-Ellerwald Church Book: 1788-1880, transcribed by James W. Shaw. (CMBS Hillsboro site)

Church Record of those in the Ladekopp District: 1775-1829, transcribed by James W. Shaw. (CMBS Hillsboro site)

Church Directory of the Mennonite Church at Orlofferfelde: 1800-1818, transcribed by James W. Shaw. (CMBS Hillsboro site)

Marcushof Baptism, Marriage, Death Register: 1754-1834, transcribed by James W. Shaw. (CMBS Hillsboro site)

Church Record of the Mennonite Congregation in Koenigsberg: 1794-1832, transcribed by James W. Shaw. (CMBS Hillsboro site)

Russia

Transfer of Households in Molotschna: ca. 1848, translated by Nikolai Mazharenko. (MHSBC site)

1920 Chortitza Colony Census, translated by John Quiring and edited by Tim Janzen.

March 2007

Prussia

Count of Family Names in the 1776 Census, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Russia

Annotated List of Chortitza Colony Householders for 1847, compiled by Glenn Penner.

January 2007

Canada

Index to Pioneer Portraits Published in the Red River Valley Echo (Altona, Manitoba) 1974-1980, compiled by Alf Redekopp

Prussia

Tiegenhagen, West Prussia Membership List: 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

Fürstenwerder, West Prussia Membership List: 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

October 2006

Canada

Abbotsford Area Cemetery Index, Abbotsford, BC

September 2006

Prussia

Tragheimerweide Church Records: 1781-1862, transliterated by Esther Patkau and edited by Ernest H. Baergen.

Russia

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

July 2006

Prussia

1810 Mennonite Census of the Schwetz Region of West Prussia, transcribed and translated by Esther Patkau and Glenn Penner.

February 2006

Prussia

West Prussian Mennonite Villages, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Russia

A West Prussian Mennonite Emigration List for 1803-1804, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

December 2005

Russia

1820 Chortitza Colony Orphans Office Records, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

October 2005

Russia

Annual Report of the Mennonite Church Pertaining to the Maintenance of the Forestry Service in 1908, transcribed by Michael Penner.

August 2005

Prussia

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

Mennonite Marriages in the Tannsee Lutheran Church Records, translated by Glenn Penner.

Mennonite Marriages in the Zeyer Lutheran Church Register: 1801-1824, by Adalbert Goertz and Glenn Penner.

Russia

Mennonites from the Molotschna Colony who Requested Transfer to the Chortitza Colony: From document dated January 29, 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

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.

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.

Mennonites from Chortitza Colony who Requested Transfer to the Molotschna Colony: From document dated 9 Jan 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

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.

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.

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.

People from the Chortitza Colony or the Josephtal Colony who Requested Transfer Elsewhere: From document dated June 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

April 2005

Prussia

Names of Mennonite Petitioners in 1868, transcribed by Adalbert Goertz.

Names of Mennonite Petitioners in 1869, transcribed by Adalbert Goertz.

FAQ: Ostpreußen (East Prussia).

FAQ: Prussia (Preußssen).

FAQ: Westpreussen (West Prussia).

January 2005

Russia

Register of Molotschna Mennonites Receiving Farmsteads in 1835, translated from the Russian by Nikolai Penner and edited by Glenn Penner

Molotschna Mennonites who gave up their Farmsteads in 1834 and 1835, translated from the Russian by Nikolai Penner and edited by Glenn Penner.

November 2004

Russia

Settlers in the New Villages of Friedensruh, Steinfeld and Marienwohl, by Nikolai Penner and Glenn Penner.

Ostrog area, Volhynia: 1819 Census, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

October 2004

Prussia

Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Deaths: 1772-1799, extracted by Glenn Penner.

September 2004

Prussia

Mennonite Baptisms in Montau, 1661-1740, compiled by Glenn Penner and Adalbert Goertz.

May 2004

Russia

A West Prussian Mennonite Emigration List for 1803-1804, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

April 2004

Prussia

Danzig Flemish Mennonite Baptisms: 1667-1800, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

Russia

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

March 2004

Russia

Molotschna Colony Family Transfers and Vital Statistics For May, June and July, 1814, translated By Glenn Penner and Nikolai Penner.

January 2004

Prussia

Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1726-1771, compiled by Glenn Penner, (145K).

Mennonite Baptisms in Ladekopp 1809-1813, transcribed by Glenn Penner, (19K).

Russia

Transfers from the Molotschna to Chortitza Colonies in 1835, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

December 2003

Prussia

Alphabetical List of the 1727 Brandregister, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Mennonites Expelled from Lithuania in 1724, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

Mennonite Baptisms in Heubuden: 1770-1799, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

November 2003

Prussia

Mennonite Baptisms in Tiegenhagen, 1801-1813, compiled by Glenn Penner.

October 2003

Prussia

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

September 2003

Prussia

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

July 2003

Russia

Chortitza Colony Village Lists for 1863, compiled by Glenn Penner.

June 2003

Prussia

Mennonite Baptisms in Plauschwarren, East Prussia 1771-1800, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (17K).

Mennonites in the Marriage Records of the Lutheran Church of Marienau, Prussia (1800 - 1821), compiled by Glenn Penner, (25K).

Mennonite Baptisms in Ladekopp 1782-1804, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (95K).

Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1772-1804, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (113K).

Mennonite Baptisms in Tiegenhagen, 1782-1800, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (98K).

Mennonite Baptisms in Montau, 1741-1813, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (284K).

The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, compiled by Glenn Penner, (810K).

Russia

Chortitza Colony Vital Records: 1801-1813, compiled by Tim Janzen.

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

List of Mennonites Living Outside the Molotschna Colony in 1852, translated by Ed Enns, edited by Tim Janzen, (918K).

The Molotschna School Registers, compiled by Tim Janzen.

1862-63 Neuanlage, Neuberslav, and Hutterdorf School Register, compiled by Tim Janzen.

Latin America

Mennonite Passenger lists for Refugee Transport to Paraguay in 1930, compiled by Ron Isaak

May 2003

Prussia

Rosenort Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1782-1795, originally compiled by Adalbert Goertz, revised by Glenn Penner.

Elbing-Ellerwald Marriages: 1779-1795, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

April 2003

Prussia

Mennonites in Prussia, 1786-1806, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

January 2003

Prussia

Mennonitenhöfe in Amt Neuenburg, Kreis Schwetz, Marienwerder District, Westpreussen, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

Elbing-Ellerwald Marriages: 1801-1807, compiled by Glenn Penner.

December 2002

Prussia

Preliminary Report on Mennonite Documents at the Thorn/Torun District Archives (Archiwum Panstwowe w Toruniu), by James Jakob Fehr.

Elbing-Ellerwald Baptisms: 1778-1795 and 1810-1819, compiled by Glenn Penner.

November 2002

Prussia

Der Mennonit: Name Index, 1948 - 1973, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

Russia

Owners of Land Situated in Thirteen Molotschna Villages in 1873, compiled by John P. Braun.

Dr. David G. Rempel's Microfilms of Mennonite Related Documents in the St. Petersburg Archives.

September 2002

Prussia

Elbing-Ellerwald Baptisms: 1810-1819, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Russia

Molotschna School Related Records: 1892-1896, translated by Sergei Chaidermann and Nikolai Mazharenko.

August 2002

Prussia

Mennonite Births 1800-1808 in the Gross Mausdorf (Kr. Elbing) Evangelische Kirchenbuch, Westpreussen, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Russia

Molotschna School Registers: 1884-1894, translated by Sergei Chaidermann, edited by Richard D. Thiessen.

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.

Register of persons living outside the Chortitza Colony in 1852, translated by Ed Enns.

June 2002

Prussia

Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelische Kirche Zeyer Kirchenbuch: 1785 - 1815, compiled by Glenn Penner.

May 2002

Canada

Mennonite Ship Passengers Arriving in Canada: 1900-1914, compiled by Richard D. Thiessen.

Prussia

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

Adobe Acrobat version

April 2002

Prussia

Gifts to the School for the Poor in Marienwerder collected in Kreis Stuhm, West Prussia in 1829, by Alan Guenther.

March 2002

Canada

Mennonite Immigrants to Canada Departing from Hamburg, Germany: 1890-1898 , compiled by Richard D. Thiessen

Mennonite Immigrants on Quebec Passenger Lists: 1881-1896, compiled by John Dyck and William Harms; minor revisions by Richard D. Thiessen.

Russia

Annotated List of Chortitza Colony Householders for 1848, compiled by Glenn Penner (544K).

Prussia

Mennonite Births in the Evangelische Kirche Zeyer Kirchenbuch: Part 1, extracted by Glenn Penner.

Adobe Acrobat version

February 2002

Russia

Mennonite Extractions from the EWZ Files, by Richard D. Thiessen.

January 2002

Russia

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.

1897 Census of Miloradovka. (MHSBC site)

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

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

December 2001

Russia

Migration of Mennonites to Molotschna: 1851-1852. (MHSBC site)

Migration of Mennonites to Molotschna: 1848-1850. (MHSBC site)

Migration of Mennonites to Molotschna: 1849. (MHSBC site)

Yazykovo Colony census lists (1869, 1873). (MHSBC site)

November 2001

Russia

Annotated List of Chortitza Colony Householders for 1848, compiled by Glenn Penner (544K).

October 2001

Russia

Russian Names of Molotschna Colony Villages

Migration of Mennonites from Brandenburg, Prussia to Russia: 1833-35, compiled by Richard D. Thiessen.

Russian Names of Chortitza Colony Villages.

Internal Movement of Mennonites in Russia: 1848, translated by Nikolai Mazharenko. (MHSBC site)

Lists of Mennonite Colonists who Migrated to Russia through Grodno in 1803-1804, translated by Sergei Chaiderman

August 2001

Prussia

Mennonites in the Catholic Burial Register of Tiegenhagen, West Prussia (1757-1770), extracted by Glenn Penner.

July 2001

Russia

1847 Molotschna Colony Voters List, extracted by Tim Janzen.

May 2001

Russia

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 Vital Records: 1801-1807, extracted by Tim Janzen.

Smallpox Vaccinations in Chortitza Colony, 12 August 1809, extracted by Tim Janzen.

Smallpox Vaccinations in Chortitza Colony, 1814, extracted by Tim Janzen.

April 2001

FAQ

FAQ: Westpreussen

March 2001

Prussia

Mennonite Baptisms in Thiensdorf-Markushof, West Prussia: 1758-1799, extracted by Glenn Penner.

Adobe Acrobat version of Mennonite Baptisms in Thiensdorf/Markushof, West Prussia, organized chronologically, extracted by Glenn Penner

Adobe Acrobat version of Mennonite Baptisms in Thiensdorf/Markushof, West Prussia, organized alphabetically, extracted by Glenn Penner

February 2001

Prussia

Bibliography of the works of Adalbert Goertz, (14K)

January 2001

Canada

Quebec Passenger Lists: 1874-1880, annotated by Cathy Friesen Barkman, compiled as individual files by Judith Rempel

International

Genealogical Resources for the Low German Mennonite Researcher by Tim Janzen

Prussia

Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Transfers: 1772-1804, extracted by Glenn Penner.

Adobe Acrobat version of Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records of Elbing St. Annen (1713-1799), compiled by Glenn Penner

Adobe Acrobat version of Mennonite Burials in the Zeyer Evangelical Lutheran Church Records: 1774 - 1786, compiled by Glenn Penner

Adobe Acrobat version of Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1726-1771, compiled by Glenn Penner

Adobe Acrobat version of Mennonite Deaths 1753-6, 1773 and 1774 in the evang. Kirchenbuch Gross Mausdorf, Westpreussen, compiled by Glenn Penner

Russia

Smallpox Vaccinations in Chortitza Colony, 12 August 1809, extracted by Tim Janzen

Eichenfeld by Ted Regehr

1873-74 Molotschna School Registers, alphabetized

1862-63 Neuanlage, Neuberslav, and Hutterdorf school registers with year of birth

1873-74 Molotschna School Registers, alphabetized with year of birth

1875-76 Molotschna School Registers, modified with year of birth

1875-76 Molotschna School Registers, alphabetized with year of birth

December 2000

Canada

Quebec Passenger Lists: 1874-1880, annotated by Cathy Friesen Barkman, (309 K)

Adobe Acrobat version of the Composite Index of Early Manitoba Mennonite Church Registers, compiled by Loren Koehler

FAQ

faq.deutschland, by Adalbert Goertz

November 2000

Prussia

Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records of Elbing - Neuheide, Part 1 (1730-1769), compiled by Glenn Penner.

Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records of Elbing - Neuheide, Part 2 (1770- 1786, compiled by Glenn Penner.

October 2000

Prussia

Mennonite families in Brenkenhofswalde and Franztal, 1826, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

Russia

Migration of Mennonites from West Prussia to Russia, 1820-1841 , compiled by Adalbert Goertz

August 2000

Russia

Busau Mennonite Church Books, transcribed by Tim Janzen.

July 2000

Russia

Mennonite Emigration from Prussia to Russia: 1853-1855, compiled by Adalbert Goertz

May 2000

Prussia

Mennonite Births in the Heinrichswalde/Krs. Elchniederung Evangelical Church Register: 1826-1829, compiled by Erwin Wittenberg.

Thiensdorf - Preuss. Rosengart in West Prussia - Membership list 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (48K).

April 2000

Prussia

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

Mennonite Ministers in Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (219K)

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.

Mennonite Deaths in the Evanglical Church Records of Elbing St. Annen: Part 2 (1713- 1799), compiled by Glenn Penner

Russia

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

March 2000

Prussia

Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records
of Elbing St. Annen: Part 1 (1730-1769), compiled by Glenn Penner

West Prussian Land Leases and Village Lists Containing Mennonites (1600 - 1770), compiled by Glenn H. Penner

February 2000

Prussia

Court Records from the Grund- and Hypotheken-Acten of Neu Dessau, Amt Driesen, Brandenburg, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz (33K)

Court Records of Gross Lubin, Amt Neuenburg, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz

January 2000

Prussia

Mennonite Burials in the Zeyer Evangelical Lutheran Church Records: 1774 - 1786, compiled by Glenn Penner (5K)

Mennonite Deaths 1753-6, 1773 and 1774 in the evang. Kirchenbuch Gross Mausdorf, Westpreussen, compiled by Glenn Penner, (5K).

Mennonite settlers in the Neumark, Brandenburg (1767/1778), compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (5K).

Mennonite births in the Lutheran records of Heinrichswalde, East Prussia: 1804-1818, compiled by Erwin Wittenberg.

December 1999

Latin America

Mennonite Deaths in the Manitoba, Swift Current and North Colonies, Mexico: 1922-1978, recorded by Jacob J. Friesen: A-D (28K), E-I (80K), J-P (71K), Q-Z (67K).

Mennonite Settlers in Uruguay: 1948, by Adalbert Goertz. (40K)

Mennonite Settlers in Uruguay: 1951, by Adalbert Goertz. (27K)

Prussia

Mennonite Baptisms in Montau, 1741-1813, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

Mennonite settlers in the Neumark, Brandenburg (1767/1778), compiled by Adalbert Goertz. (5K)

Mennonites in the Przechowka area, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1726-1771, compiled by Glenn Penner, (82K).

The society is pleased to make these web resources available to you. However, the society is not able to help you with your genealogical research. Research queries will not be answered unless they pertain to specific files on the MMHS web site. Instead, research queries should be directed to one of the Mennonite archives in Canada or the U.S.
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