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November 2020

Russia

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, 1795, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

Genealogical Data Extracted from Barnaul Region Settlement Documents (1907-1915), translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated into English by Glenn H. Penner.

Ignatyevo Mennonite Settlement Census: 1899, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated from German to English, edited, and GRANDMA database numbers added by Glenn H. Penner.

1920 Chortitza Settlement Census: Chortitza, translated by Jakob Quiring.

1920 Chortitza Settlement Census: Neuendorf, translated by Jakob Quiring.

October 2020

Russia

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1810, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

September 2020

International

MCC Auswanderungslisten nach 1945: The Mennonite Central Committee Post-World War II Refugee List, 1945-1952, by Hermann Schirmacher, Hans Peter Wiebe, and Thomas Schirmacher.

Prussia

Mennonite Deaths in the Civil Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1813 and 1814, prepared by Glenn H. Penner.

West Prussian Mennonite Ministers in 1787, extracted by John D. Richert.

1750 "Census" of Villages in Kreis Kulm, Prussia, compiled by John D. Richert.

Russia

Typhus Deaths in Neu-Osterwick, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, South Russia: Winter 1919-1920, by Glenn H Penner.

Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: New Immigrants, 1833-34, translated by Tatiana Drozdova and Glenn H Penner.

First Settlers in Liebenau and Elisabethtal, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn H Penner.

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for May 1813, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

August 2020

Prussia

Protection Money Paid by the Mennonites in the City of Elbing, 1745, Glenn H. Penner.

Culm Region Mennonites in the 1772 Census of West Prussia, Glenn H. Penner.

Russia

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for November 1811, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, October 1802, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

Molotschna Colony Voter Lists: 1835-1862, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

Family List for Yakovlevo (Jakowlewo), Alexandrovsk District: 1920, translated by Tatiana Drozdova; edited by Glenn H. Penner.

Mennonite Workers in the Diedrich Schultz Implement Factory: 1900-1918, translated from Russian by Maria Wilms; editing, introduction, and GRANDMA database numbers by Glenn Penner.

July 2020

Russia

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for May 1816, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

June 2020

Latin America

Mennonite Passenger Lists for Brazil, compiled by Hermann Schirmacher.

Poland

Civil Records for the Mennonite Congregation of Deutsch Kazun, Poland: 1868 – 1913, translated from Russian to German and condensed by Wilhelm Friesen, Detmold, Germany; edited and indexed by Glenn H. Penner.

Prussia

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.

Russia

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1816, initial translation by Tim Janzen; revised translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

Abraham F. Reimer Diary (1808-1892), translated and edited by Steve Fast.

May 2020

Prussia

Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelisches Kirchenbuchduplikat Neuheide, Kreis Elbing: 1830-1833, compiled by Erich Lohrey.

Mennonite Deaths in the Lutheran Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1830 – 1852, extracted by Glenn Penner and 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 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 Births from the Lutheran Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1831–1850, extracted by Glenn H. Penner; transcribed by John D. Richert.

Mennonite Marriages from the Civil Registers of Culm, West Prussia: 1810–1814, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

Russia

Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Voting Lists: 1848-1851, compiled by Steve Fast.

April 2020

Canada

Mennonite Emigrants from Russia and Prussia passing through the Port of Hamburg: 1890 – 1899, by Glenn H. Penner.

Prussia

Schönsee (Culm) Baptism Records: 1862-1943, extracted by John D. Richert.

Prezechowka Gemeinde Households in the Vicinity of Schwetz, 1715 and 1719, compiled by John D. Richert.

Mennonite Land Census of Niederausmaas in 1830 and 1806, extracted by John D. Richert.

Russia

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for November 1815, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Vital Records: 1815-1816, compiled by Tim Janzen.

List of Mennonites in the Molotschna Settlement who Bought or Built a House in a Village in which they are not listed in the Revision (of 1835): 1841, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated into English and tabulated by Glenn H Penner.

New Arrivals in the Molotschna Colony: 1848, translated by Maria Willms and Glenn H Penner.

Lists of Those Wishing to Emigrate from West Prussia to Russia 1803 to 1806, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for 14 October 1797, edited by Richard D. Thiessen and Glenn H. Penner.

Mennonite Schools in the Molotschna Colony, 1836: Teachers and other Information, transcribed and translated by Glenn H Penner.

March 2020

Prussia

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

Russia

A Guide to the Available Molotschna Settlement School Registers, compiled by Glenn H Penner.

Mennonite Families Passing Through Koenigsberg in August 1788 on the way to Russia, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

The First Mennonite Settlers in the Chortitza Settlement, by Glenn H. Penner.

Funds Loaned to Mennonite Settlers in the Chortitza Settlement: 1788-1793, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German into English & Edited by Glenn H Penner.

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1808, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

Ältester and Lehrer in the Molotschna Mennonite Colony, 1835, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

List of All Mennonite Ältester, Lehrer and Diakonen for Russia: 1856, by Glenn H. Penner.

List of Those Wanting to Immigrate to Russia, 1852, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen and edited and Translated from German to English by Glenn H. Penner.

Halbstadt Zentralschule Student Lists: 1876, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; edited by Glenn H. Penner.

Statement Regarding the Good, the Average, and the Negligent Proprietors from the Molochansk Mennonite District: 1843, by Glenn H. Penner.

Immigrants to the Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, 1841, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; edited by Glenn H. Penner.

List of Elected Voters of the Mennonite Districts in the Bakhmut Uyezd, Russia, 1912, for the 4th State Duma (2nd Congress) by Glenn H. Penner.

Molotschna Farms Purchased by Recent Immigrants in 1830, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

Starvation Deaths in Orenburg, Russia (1921-1922), extracted from the Mennonitische Rundschau 6 September 1922 by Steve Fast.

October 2019

Prussia

Those living on the Marienburg Castle Grounds: 1745, 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 from Obernessau Congregation in the 1791 Census of the Radziejow District, by Michal Targowski and Glenn H Penner.

Russia

Typhus Deaths in Chortitza, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, South Russia: November 1919 to March 1920, by Glenn H. Penner.

List of the Original Settlers in Tiegerweide, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, 1822, by Glenn H. Penner.

Rosenort, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census, September 1926, translated by Tim Janzen with assistance from Natalia Prikhodko.

Rosenort, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census of Landless Families, 11 August 1926, translated by Tim Janzen with assistance from Natalia Prikhodko.

Wernersdorf, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Landowners Census, 1924, translated by Tim Janzen with assistance from Natalia Prikhodko.

Wernersdorf, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census, 30 September 1926, translated by Tim Janzen with assistance from Natalia Prikhodko.

United States

Richert Cemetery in Marion County, Kansas, by John D. Richert.

March 2019

Prussia

Mennonite Births in the Evangelische Kirche Heilige Drei König Elbing Register: 1800-1816, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

Russia

Mennonite Deaths Reported for the Rueckenau, Molotschna Area: 1926 to 1929, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

The Transfer of Mennonites between Villages in 1848, by Glenn H. Penner.

Weapons Confiscated from Russian Mennonites in 1914, by Glenn H. Penner.

Lists of Immigrants to the Mennonite Samara Colonies, 1859-1863, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and edited by Glenn H. Penner.

15 October 1801 Census of Kronsgarten, Chortitza, South Russia, extracted by Tim Janzen.

Kronsgarten, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for 1806, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and edited by Glenn H. Penner.

Kronsgarten, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for 1816, Karl Stumpp; edited by Richard D. Thiessen.

1873-74 School Register for Gnadenthal, Molotschna Settlement, Russia, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

1846 Transfers within the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, translated from the Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated into English and tabulated by Glenn H. Penner.

1806 Census of the Hutterite Village of Radichev, South Russia, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

Schoenwiese, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement 1816 Census, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for 24 November 1811, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

February 2019

Prussia

1737 List of the Members of the Schweingrub / Tragheimerweide Congregation, by Glenn H. Penner.

Russia

Paulsheim, Molotschna Census, 1850, by Tim Janzen.

Name Index to Die niederländisch-niederdeutschen Hintergründe der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 18. und 19. Jahrhundert, by Tim Janzen.

Compilation of Mennonite Villages in Russia; prepared by Tim Janzen

Compilation of Mennonite Villages in Russia, sorted alphabetically by German Village Names; prepared by Tim Janzen

Compilation of Mennonite Villages in Russia, sorted alphabetically by Russified Village Names; prepared by Tim Janzen

Compilation of Crimean Mennonite Villages; prepared by Tim Janzen

Original List of Mennonite Villages in Russia from the DAI Documents; prepared by Tim Janzen

Modified List of Mennonite Villages in Russia from the DAI Documents; prepared by Tim Janzen

Chortitza Settlement Landowners, 1814, compiled by Tim Janzen.

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.

January 2019

Russia

1863 Molotschna Colony Grain Loan Lists, extracted by Tim Janzen.

November 2018

Russia

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

Memrik Colony Birth Registers 1902–1923, translated by Glenn H. Penner and Tatiana Drozdova.

September 2018

Prussia

Mennonite Births, Marriages and Deaths Found in the Lutheran Church Records of Katznase, West Prussia:1800 – 1825, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

Russia

Molotschna Colony Voter Lists: 1847, 1850, 1857 and 1862, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

List of Original Settlers in Alexajewka, Aulie Ata, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

1922 Mennonite Refugees in Batum, Georgia, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

Register of Persons Living Outside the Chortitza Colony in 1859, translated by Mennonite Heritage Archives volunteer Erica Enns, Winnipeg, Manitoba; edited by Glenn Penner.

Agricultural Union (Collective Farm) SUCCESS, Alexanderfeld/Alexandrodar Settlement of Batalpashinsk District, Kuban Oblast': List of Members in 1920, extracted and translated by Tatiana Drozdova; additions blue colour by Tatiana Drozdova (Chelyabinsk) and Jo-Ann Bakker (Canada).

Agricultural Union (Collective Farm) LABOR, Alexanderfeld/Alexandrodar Settlement of Batalpashinsk District, Kuban Oblast': List of Members in 1920, extracted and translated by Tatiana Drozdova; additions blue colour by Tatiana Drozdova (Chelyabinsk) and Jo-Ann Bakker (Canada).

August 2018

Prussia

Mennonite Births, Marriages, and Deaths Found in the Lutheran Church Records of Finkenstein, West Prussia: 1800-1825, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

Russia

4 Jan 1803 Census of the Hutterite Village of Radichev, South Russia, extracted by Tim Janzen.

22 Sep 1801 Census of the Hutterite Colony of Wishenka (Vishenka/Vyshenka), translated by Glenn H. Penner.

May 2018

Russia

1850 Molotschna Settlement Voter List, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

October 2017

Canada

Early Genealogical Sources for Mennonites in Manitoba: 1874-1921, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Prussia

The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, 7th edition, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Mennonite Births in the Gross Czyste, Culm Catholic Church Records: 1800–1808, compiled by Glenn 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.

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.

Russia

Register of Deaths and Marriages, 1919-22, by Rev. Abram Kroeger, Neu-Chortitza, Baratov Settlement, Russia, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Land Transfers for 1852, translated by Jake Friesen and edited by Glenn Penner.

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Land Transfers for 1853, translated by Glenn Penner.

Elder Tobias Unruh Baptism Register: 1854-1889, transcribed by Martha Becker, edited by Rod Ratzlaff.

February 2017

Prussia

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.

Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Lutheran Church Records of Gross Mausdorf, West Prussia: 1808 - 1830, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

Land Leasers in Tiegenhof, West Prussia in 1685, Glenn Penner.

The Elbing Territory Census of 1811, compiled by Glenn H Penner

Russia

1858 Census Extracts for the Karolswalde, Volhynia Mennonites Who Settled in Jadwinin, Volhynia in 1858, compiled by Glenn Penner.

November 2016

Prussia

Mennonite Marriages in the Lutheran Church Register of Elbing Neuheide: 1801-1820, originally extracted by Adalbert Goertz; compiled and Edited Glenn Penner.

Mennonite Properties in the Danzig Administrative District in 1824, originally published by Adalbert Goertz; translated, edited and reformatted by Glenn Penner.

Russia

Waldheim’s Original Settlers, by Bob Buller.

Emigration from West Prussia to South Russia 1798 – 1802 and 1806 – 1815, by Glenn Penner.

September 2016

Prussia

Schönsee, Poland: Mennonite and Non-Mennonite Residents, 1695–1800, compiled by Bob Buller.

August 2016

Russia

Census of Individuals and Families who were Not Landowners in Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Compiled on 25 April 1801, extracted by Tim Janzen.

Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Villages, compiled by Richard D. Thiessen.

July 2016

Russia

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, May 1811, translated and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, May 1814, translated and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, October 1814, translated and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

June 2016

Prussia

Mennonite Marriages from the Lutheran Church records of Gross Mausdorf, West Prussia, 1728, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

Russia

Waldheim, Molotschna and Heinrichsdorf, Volhynia: 1833-1851, by Glenn Penner and Steve Fast.

Antonovka Land Contract, 1804, translated from the Russian by Ola Heska; edited by Rod Ratzlaff.

Land Contract for Mennonite Colonists Resettling in the Village of Dosidorf, 1848, translated from the German by Ute Brandenburg; edited by Rod Ratzlaff.

Prussia to Russia Mennonite Inheritance Documents from the Odessa Archives, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

West Prussia to Russia Emigrants for 1842 and 1844, Peter J. Braun Archives File 906, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

1852 Immigrants to Am Trakt, Peter J. Braun Archives File 1647, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

May 2016

Russia

1816 Revision/census of Antonovka Village, Volyn Gubernia. translated by Rod Ratzlaff.

March 2016

Prussia

Land Owners in Mierauerwalde, West Prussia in 1732, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Russia

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, 1795, extracted by B. H. Unruh; comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

Chortitza Colony Census of 1 September 1801, extracted by Tim Janzen.

Nikolaidorf, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Early Landowners, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, November 1807, translated by Tim Janzen.

Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census, 27 October 1806, translated by Tim Janzen.

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

February 2016

Prussia

Mennonites Baptized/Christened into the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter and Paul in Danzig: 1751-1800, extracted by Glenn Penner.

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.

Mennonite Immigrants from Prussia to Russia, 1803-1804, scanned and indexed by Glenn Penner.

Russia

Mennonite Immigration from Jeziorka, West Prussia to Volhynia, Russia in 1803 and 1804, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Mennonite Ministers in the Chortitza and Molotschna Mennonite Settlements in 1846, extracted by Glenn Penner.

Mennonite Teachers in the Molotschna, Chortitza and Bergthal Settlements in 1846, extracted by Glenn Penner.

Names and Signatures of Molotschna District and Village Officials for 1840, transcribed by Steve Fast.

Register of Mennonites in Rovno Region, Volhynia, 1819, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

Register of Mennonites in Rovno Region, Volhynia, 1819-1820, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

Census of Mennonites at the Volinsky Estate: 1816, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

Census of Mennonites located in Ostrog: 1819, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

January 2016

Russia

Students in the Orloff Vereinsschule, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, in 1828 extracted by Glenn Penner.

June 2015

Poland

Baptismal Records for the Mennonite Congregation of Deutsch Kazun, Poland, 1834-1943, compiled by John Friesen, Don Fehr, and Glenn Penner.

Civil Records for the Mennonite Congregation of Deutsch Kazun, Poland, compiled by Glenn Penner.

April 2015

Prussia

Mennonites in Tiegenhagen Catholic Burial-Plot Purchase Register, 1758-1772, transcribed by Steve Fast.

March 2015

Russia

1874 Mennonite Emigration Loan Fund's Account Book (Schnurbuch), extracted by Steve Fast.

February 2015

Prussia

Information on West Prussian Property Records Found in Various Sources, compiled by Glenn Penner.

The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, Version 5, January 2015, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Russia

1803 West Prussia to Russia Emigration List, translated by Steve Fast.

January 2015

Russia

Chortitza Colony Village Mayors and Assistants for 1847, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Immigration Information on Five Families Moving from Brandenburg, Prussia to Gnadenfeld, Molotschna Colony in 1835, compiled by Glenn Penner.

June 2014

Prussia

Immigration to Russia from the Orlofferfelde Mennonite Congregation of West Prussia: 1804-1880, by Glenn Penner.

Russia

Molotschna Colony Immigration Lists: 1836-1849, by Glenn Penner.

Chortitza Tobacco Growers: 1846, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

Kleefeld, Molotschna - Early Landowners, by Glenn Penner.

1874 Mennonite Emigration Loan Fund's Account Book (Schnurbuch), extracted by Steve Fast.

April 2014

Russia

List of Molotschna Mennonites Wishing to Immigrate to America: 1874, translated by Steve Fast.

January 2014

Russia

Mennonites Living Outside Molotschna Colony in 1859, translated by Steve Fast.

November 2013

Russia

Corrections to English Translation of 1835 Molotschna Colony Census by Steve Fast.

August 2013

Poland

Mennonite Births and Deaths in the Deutsche Wymyschle Region of Poland for 1840, compiled by Glenn Penner.

Prussia

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.

Koenigsberg Mennonite Marriages 1766-1831, transcribed by Melissa Dalley and Glenn Penner.

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

Russia

Mennonites Living Outside Molotschna Colony in 1859, translated by Steve Fast.

Corrections to English Translation of 1835 Molotschna Colony Census by Steve Fast.

Rosengart, Chortitza 1920 Census.

June 2013

Prussia

The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, compiled by Glenn Penner.

May 2013

Russia

Immigration Lists for 1839, translated by Steve Fast.

Family Lists for those moving from the Chortitza Colony to the Villages of Schoenthal and Heubuden in the Bergthal Colony in 1839, translated by Steve Fast.

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 (replaced 9 August 2016).

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).

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