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Russian Mennonite Genealogical Resources

The following resources deal with the history of the Mennonite settlements in Russia / the Soviet Union. Resources dealing with the country as a whole appear first, followed by resources dealing with specific settlements. Resources within each section are listed chronologically.

General

Indexes

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

Geographical Records

Compilation of Mennonite Villages in Russia; prepared by Tim Janzen.
Places Where Mennonites in Russia Lived Until 1943, by W. Vogt (Mennonitische Geschichte und Ahnenforschung site)

Immigration and Internal Migration Records

Emigration from West Prussia to South Russia: 1798–1802 and 1806–1815, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.
List of 53 Mennonite Families Arriving in Russia in 1803, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn Penner.
Mennonite Immigrants to Russia: 1805, translated by Glenn Penner.
Immigration to Russia from the Orlofferfelde Mennonite Congregation of West Prussia: 1804-1880, by Glenn Penner.
Mennonite Immigrants to Russia: 1809, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated from German to English and Edited by Glenn H Penner.
Mennonite Immigrants to Russia: 1819, translated by Wilhelm Friesen, Tim Janzen, and Glenn H. Penner.
Emigration from the Tragheimerweide Congregation in West Prussia to Samara and other Regions in Russia and Poland, by Glenn H Penner.
The Transfer of Mennonites between Villages in 1848, by Glenn H. Penner.

Ministers and Teachers

Mennonite Teachers in the Molotschna, Chortitza and Bergthal Settlements in 1846, extracted by Glenn Penner.
Mennonite Ministers in the Chortitza and Molotschna Mennonite Settlements in 1846, extracted by Glenn Penner.
List of All Mennonite Ältester, Lehrer and Diakonen for Russia: 1856, by Glenn H. Penner.
Attendees at the Allgemeine Mennonitische Bundeskonferenz: Rudnerweide, Molotschna, August 13-15, 1913, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen, Detmold, Germany; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn H Penner, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Mennonite Teachers and Students in the Chortitza Teacher Training School: 1928, translated from Russian to German by Willi Frese; translated from German to English by Glenn Penner.

Refugees from the Soviet Union

List of Mennonite Refugees, July 1922, edited by Pam Klassen-Dueck.
1922 Mennonite Refugees in Batum, Georgia, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.
Mennonite Refugees in Constantinople: 19 April 1923, from the Mennonitische Rundschau 23 May 1923 pages 6-8, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

Other

Prussia to Russia Mennonite Inheritance Documents from the Odessa Archives, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.
Incidences in Mennonite Colonies: 1823-1826, by Glenn H Penner and Daniel Sobchakov.
Mennonite Administrative and Agricultural Apprentices: 1840, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated from German to English by Glenn H Penner.
Harms, Plenert, and Voth Inheritance Documents: 1840, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn Penner.
Kronsdienst List, compiled by Pam Klassen-Dueck
Forestry (Forstei) Lists: 1881-1901, Glenn Penner and Tatiana Drozdova.
Annual Report of the Mennonite Church Pertaining to the Maintenance of the Forestry Service in 1908, transcribed by Michael Penner.
Industries in the Chortitza and Molotschna Mennonite Settlements: 1914, translation by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H Penner.
Weapons Confiscated from Russian Mennonites in 1914, by Glenn H. Penner.
Weapons Confiscated from Russian Mennonites in 1914 and 1915: Part 2, translation from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translation from German to English and comments by Glenn H Penner.
Russian Mennonites in Need of Aid – 1922: From Die Mennonitische Rundschau, translation and GRanDMA database numbers by Edie Williams and Glenn H Penner.
Verwandte Gesucht – Relatives Sought in the Mennonitische Rundschau, 1922, translation and GM numbers by Edie Williams; introduction and editing by Glenn H Penner.
Delegates at the 27-30 June 1924 Congress of the All-Russian Mennonite Agricultural Union, extracted by Glenn H Penner.

Arkadak Mennonite Settlement

Members of the Allrussischer Mennonitischer Landwirtschaftlicher Verein (All-Russia Mennonite Agricultural Society) in the Arkadak Settlement in 1925, translated by Tatiana Drozdova (Russia) and Glenn Penner.

Aulie Ata Mennonite Settlement

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

Bakhmut Uyezd

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.

Baratov Mennonite Settlement

Baratov Mennonite Settlement Education Report: 1907, translated by Willi Friesen and Glenn H. Penner.
Register of Deaths and Marriages, 1919-22, by Rev. Abram Kroeger, Neu-Chortitza, Baratov Settlement, Russia, compiled by Glenn Penner.
Baratov Mennonite Region Baptisms: 1922 & 1923, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

Barnaul Mennonite Settlement

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.

Bergthal Mennonite Settlement

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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Migration Records

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.

Village Histories

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

Borissovo Mennonite Settlement

Nikolaipol (Nikolaifeld), Borissovo: Residents List, ca 1901, extracted by Pam Klassen-Dueck
Documents on the De-Kulakization of the Inhabitants of Nikolaifeld/Nikolaipol, Borissovo Colony: 1930, translated from Russian to German and GRANDMA database numbers added by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn H Penner.

Borozenko Mennonite Settlement

Abraham F. Reimer Diary (1808-1892), translated and edited by Steve Fast.
Felsenbach (Borozenko Colony) Family Register, transcribed by Hermann Schirmacher.

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement (Old Colony)

Russian Names of Chortitza Colony Villages

Secular Records

Census Records / Household Lists

Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, 1795, edited by Glenn H. Penner.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for 14 October 1797, edited by Richard D. Thiessen and Glenn H. Penner.
Census of Individuals and Families who were Not Landowners in Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Compiled on 25 April 1801, extracted by Tim Janzen.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, 1 September 1801, extracted by Tim Janzen.
15 October 1801 Census of Kronsgarten, Chortitza, South Russia, extracted by Tim Janzen.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, October 1802, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.
Neuenburg Census of 30 April 1802, extracted by Tim Janzen.
Kronsgarten, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for 1805, translated by Glenn H. Penner.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, 1806, extracted by Peter Rempel.
Kronsgarten, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for 1806, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and edited by Glenn H. Penner.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, November 1807, translated by Tim Janzen.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1808, translated by Glenn H. Penner.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1810, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, May 1811, translated and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for November 1811, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.
Russian Census of Males in the Chortitza Mennonite Settlement: 1811, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German into English, edited, and GRanDMA Numbers added by Glenn H Penner.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for May 1813, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for September 1813, translation 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.
Chortitza Settlement Landowners, 1814, compiled by Tim Janzen.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, November 1815, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for May 1816, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1816, initial translation by Tim Janzen; revised translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Household Heads: 1816, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H Penner.
Schoenwiese, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement 1816 Census, edited by Glenn H. Penner.
Kronsgarten, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for 1816, Karl Stumpp; edited by Richard D. Thiessen.
Schoenwiese, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement: 7 March 1835 Census, Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn Penner.
Annotated List of Chortitza Colony Householders for 1847, compiled by Glenn Penner (544K).
Register of Persons Living Outside the Chortitza Mennonite Settlement in 1852, translated by Ed Enns and edited by Tim Janzen.
Schoenwiese, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement 1 April 1858 Census; translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn Penner.
1859 List of Chortitza Colony Householders, transcribed by Glenn 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.
Chortitza Colony Village Lists for 1863, compiled by Glenn Penner.
1920 Chortitza Colony Census, translated by Jakob Quiring and edited by Tim Janzen.
Schoeneberg, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement 1925 Census, translated by Tim Janzen; GRanDMA Numbers and Notes by Donella Robb.
Census of Landowners in the Village of Chortitza, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement: 1928, translated from Russian to German and GRanDMA database numbers by Willi Frese, Rodgau, Germany; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn Penner, Winnipeg, Canada.

Immigration / Land Transfer Lists

The First Mennonite Settlers in the Chortitza Settlement, by Glenn H. Penner.
Mennonite Families Passing Through Koenigsberg in August 1788 on the way to Russia, translated 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 Colony Property Transfer Records: 1807, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn Penner.
Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Property Transfers Report: 1812, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H Penner.
Transfers from the Molotschna to Chortitza Colonies in 1835, transcribed by Glenn Penner.
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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Immigrants to the Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, 1841, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; edited by Glenn H. Penner.
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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.

Vital Statistics and Other Lists

Chortitza Settlement Vital Records: 1801-1813, extracted by Tim Janzen.
Chortitza Settlement Vital Records: 1808, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.
Chortitza Settlement Vital Records: 1809-1812, translated and Edited by Tim Janzen.
Income and Expenses for the Chortitza Mennonite Settlement: 1813, by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn Penner.
1820 Chortitza Settlement Orphans Office Records, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.
List of Chortitza Settlement Prosperous Farmers: 1833, translated and transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.
Chortitza Settlement Village Mayors and Assistants for 1847, compiled by Glenn Penner.
Smallpox Vaccinations in Chortitza Colony, 12 August 1809, extracted by Tim Janzen.
Smallpox Vaccinations in Chortitza Colony, 1814, extracted by Tim Janzen.
Chortitza Colony Vital Records: September-December 1822, compiled by Tim Janzen.
Lists of Chortitza Colony Prosperous Farmers: 1828 and 1833, translated and transcribed by Glenn H Penner.
1834 Chortitza Colony Schulz and Beisitzer List, extracted by Glenn H 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.
Chortitza Tobacco Growers: 1846, transcribed by Glenn 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.
Report on the Activities of the Chortitzer Association of Conservationists for 1913, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H. Penner.
Chortitza and Yazykovo Mennonites Murdered between 1917 and 1921, extracted by Glenn H Penner.
Typhus Deaths in Neu-Osterwick, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, South Russia: Winter 1919-1920, by Glenn H Penner.
Typhus Deaths in Chortitza, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, South Russia: November 1919 to March 1920, by Glenn H. Penner.
Bethania Nervenheilanstalt: Staff List, ca. May 1927, extracted by Pam Klassen-Dueck.
Mennonite Deaths Reported to the Chortitza Village Soviet: 1925 – 1928, by Glenn Penner and Nikolai Penner.
Mennonite Deaths in the Chortitza/Rosenthal District: 1929-1932, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen, Detmond, Germany; translated from German to English and Edited by Glenn Penner.
Chortitzer Zentralschule Students Residing in Canada in 1944, translated by Henry Fast (Winnipeg, Canada) and Glenn H Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

Village Histories and Reports

Memories of Blumengart, Chortitza, Russia: 1918-43, by Johann Redekop.
Chortiza - 1848 Village History (E. Wise). (Odessa site)

Church Records and Family Registers

Chortitza Family Registers, Mennonite Library and Archives (Fresno, CA) and California Mennonite Historical Society.
Chortitza/Rosenthal Congregation Membership List: 1926, translated and transcribed from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen and translated from German to English and edited by Glenn H Penner.
Schoenhorst Register, compiled by Richard D. Thiessen, (184K)

Crimea

Busau Mennonite Church Books, Busau, Crimea, transcribed by Tim Janzen.
Family Heads in Karassan, Crimea in 1874, translated by Glenn H Penner.

Fürstenland

Fürstenland Baptism Register: 1885-1932, translated by Cary Desnoyers, edited by Tim Janzen.
Fuerstenland Colony Mennonite Brethren Marriages Performed by Johann Enns: 1917–1922, compiled by Glenn H Penner.
Sergeyevka, Fuerstenland List of Deaths Reported in Die Mennonitische Rundschau: Late 1910s – Early 1920s, extracted by Pam Klassen-Dueck

Hutterite Colonies

List of those who came from Sabatisch and Velke Levare to the Hutterite Community in Wischenke, Russia: 1784, transcribed by Glenn H Penner.
22 Sep 1801 Census of the Hutterite Colony of Wischenka (Vishenka/Vyshenka), translated by Glenn Penner.
4 Jan 1803 Census of the Hutterite Village of Radichev, South Russia, extracted by Tim Janzen.
1806 Census of the Hutterite Village of Radichev, South Russia, edited by Glenn H. Penner.
Lists of Hutterites: 1818, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated from German to English, edited, and GRanDMA numbers added by Glenn H Penner.
Hutterite Landowners in 1839, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.
1862-63 Neuanlage, Neuberslav, and Hutterdorf School Register, compiled by Tim Janzen.

Ignatyevo

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.

Jakowlewo

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

Kuban Mennonite Settlement

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.
Elections for Oberschulze, Village Schulze, and Village Beisitzer in the Colonies of Wohldemfuerst and Alexanderfeld, Batalpashinsk Ujezd, Kuban Oblast: 25 November 1875, translated by Tatiana Drozdova, Russia.
Teachers in Kuban in 1881-1916, extracted from Kuban oblast annual reference books by Viktor Petkau; translated by Tatiana Drozdova.
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).
Members of Kuban Division of the AMLV: Allrussischer Mennonitischer Landwirtschaftlicher Verein (All-Russia Mennonite Agricultural Society): 1924-1926, extracted and translated by Tatiana Drozdova, Russia; notes by Jo-Ann Bakker, Canada and Tatiana Drozdova, Russia.

Memrik Mennonite Settlement

List of some Memrik Colony Settlers: 1888, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.
Memrik Colony Birth Registers 1902–1923, translated by Glenn H. Penner and Tatiana Drozdova.

Miloradovka

1897 Census of Miloradovka. (MHSBC site)
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Molotschna Mennonite Settlement

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

Census Records, Vital Statistics and Other Lists

Kleefeld, Molotschna - Early Landowners, by Glenn Penner.
Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1805, translated by Glenn H. Penner.
Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1806, translated by Tim Janzen.
Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1807, translated by Glenn H. Penner.
Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for November 1808, translated by Richard D. Thiessen.
Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1809, translated by Richard D. Thiessen.
Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for July 1810, translated by Richard D. Thiessen.
Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for November 1811, translated by Glenn H. Penner.
Molotschna Colony Family Transfers and Vital Statistics For May, June and July 1814, translated by Glenn Penner and Nikolai Penner.
Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for September 1814, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.
Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Vital Records: 1815-1816, compiled by Tim Janzen.
Molotschna Mennonite Settlement List of Landowners in 1822, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.
List of the Original Settlers in Tiegerweide, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, 1822, by 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.
Molotschna Settlement Property Transfers: 1827 and 1829, translated by Glenn H. Penner.
1829 Molotschna Settlement Lists of Loans, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen, Detmold, Germany; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn H Penner, Winnipeg, Canada.
Molotschna Farms Purchased by Recent Immigrants in 1830, extracted by Glenn H. 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).
Ältester and Lehrer in the Molotschna Mennonite Colony, 1835, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.
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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Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Revision List for 1835, by Glenn Penner.
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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Molotschna Property Transfers: 1836-1862, extracted by Glenn H Penner.
Statement Regarding the Good, the Average, and the Negligent Proprietors from the Molochansk Mennonite District: 1839, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany); translated from German into English & Edited by Glenn H Penner.
Names and Signatures of Molotschna District and Village Officials for 1840, transcribed by Steve Fast.
Events in the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1840, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen, Detmold, Germany; translated from German to English and Edited by Glenn H Penner, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Events in the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1841, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German and edited by Glenn H Penner.
Molotschna Settlement Property Transfers: 1843, translated by Glenn H. Penner.
Statement Regarding the Good, the Average, and the Negligent Proprietors from the Molochansk Mennonite District: 1843, by Glenn H. Penner.
Waldheim, Molotschna and Heinrichsdorf, Volhynia: 1833-1851, by Glenn Penner and Steve Fast.
Waldheim’s Original Settlers, by Bob Buller.
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.
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.
Molotschna Settlement Property Transfers: 1847, translated by Glenn H. Penner.
Paulsheim, Molotschna Census, 1850, by Tim Janzen.
List of Mennonites Living Outside the Molotschna Colony in 1852, translated by Ed Enns, edited by Tim Janzen, (48K).
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Mennonites Living Outside Molotschna Colony in 1859, translated by Steve Fast.
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List of Molotschna Mennonites Living on their Own Land Outside of the Colony: 1860, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen, Detmold, Germany; translated from German to English and Edited by Glenn H Penner, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Events in the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1859–1860, by Glenn H. Penner and Daniel Sobchakov.
Hamberg, Molotschna Households: 1861 and 1913, compiled by Glenn H Penner.
1863 Molotschna Colony Grain Loan Lists, extracted by Tim Janzen.
Owners of Land Situated in Thirteen Molotschna Villages in 1873, compiled by John P. Braun, (143K).
List of Molotschna Mennonites Wishing to Immigrate to America: 1874, translated by Steve Fast.
Birth Records of the Gnadenfeld Volost, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1898-1920, California Mennonite Historical Society / Mennonite Library & Archives (Fresno, CA).
Residents of Margenau, Molotschna: 1899, extracted and translated by Glenn H. Penner.
Mennonites in the Metric Books of the Municipality of Prishib-Molotschansk and Village of Friedensfeld: 1899-1916, original Russian transcription and German translation by Willi Friesen; translation into English by Glenn H. Penner.
Residents of Gnadenthal, Molotschna Settlement, South Russia: 1900, Mennonitische Rundschau 18 July 1900 page 1, translated by Glenn H. Penner.
Neukirch, Molotschna Landowners: 1904, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.
Hierschau, Molotschna Settlement Households: 1904 and 1910, compiled by Glenn H Penner.
Rueckenau, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Class List, 1911, Pam Klassen-Dueck.
Request to have a Mennonite Brethren (Brudergemeinde) Conference in Rueckenau, Molotschna: 1912 (with signatures); translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen and translated from German and edited by Glenn H Penner.
Kleefeld, Molotschna Residents - 1912, extracted and translated by Glenn H Penner.
Wernersdorf, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Landowners Census, 1924, translated by Tim Janzen with assistance from Natalia Prikhodko.
Mennonite Births in the Hierschau area of the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1924-1927, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H. Penner.
Mennonite Deaths for Sparrau and Konteniusfeld, Molotschna Settlement: 1924-27, translated by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany) and Glenn H. Penner (Winnipeg, Canada).
Mennonite Marriages in the Alexanderwohl area, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement for 1925, translated from Ukrainian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English, Edited and GRANDMA database numbers added 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 Census, 30 September 1926, translated by Tim Janzen with assistance from Natalia Prikhodko.
Mennonite Deaths Reported for the Rueckenau, Molotschna Area: 1926 to 1929, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

Migration Records

1803 West Prussia to Russia Emigration List, translated by Steve Fast.
Mennonite Immigrants from Prussia to Russia, 1803-1804, scanned and indexed by Glenn Penner.
A West Prussian Mennonite Emigration List for 1803-1804, transcribed by Glenn Penner
Lists of Those Wishing to Emigrate from West Prussia to Russia 1803-1806, translated by Glenn H. Penner.
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.
Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: New Immigrants, 1833-34, translated by Tatiana Drozdova and Glenn H Penner.
Immigration Information on Five Families Moving from Brandenburg, Prussia to Gnadenfeld, Molotschna Colony in 1835, compiled by Glenn Penner.
Molotschna Colony Immigration Lists: 1836-1849, by Glenn Penner.
Immigration Lists for 1839, translated by Steve Fast.
Mennonites Immigrants Added to the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1840-1851, translation by Glenn H. Penner.
West Prussia to Russia Emigrants for 1842 and 1844, Peter J. Braun Archives File 906, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.
Recent Immigrants from Prussia Requesting to Settle in Neu-Halbstadt, Molotschna, 1843, transcribed by Olga Shmakina and Glenn Penner.
List of Recently Arrived Settlers in the Molotschna Settlement: 1844, translated by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany) and Glenn H. Penner (Winnipeg, Canada).
Transfer of Households in Molotschna: ca. 1848, translated by Nikolai Mazharenko. (MHSBC site)
Mennonite relocations within the Molotschna Colony: 1849, transcribed by Glenn Penner.
Nikolaidorf, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Early Landowners, compiled by Glenn Penner.
Settlers in the New Villages of Friedensruh, Steinfeld and Marienwohl, by Nikolai Penner and Glenn Penner.
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1874 Mennonite Emigration Loan Fund's Account Book (Schnurbuch), extracted by Steve Fast.

School Registers

A Guide to the Available Molotschna Settlement School Registers, compiled by Glenn H Penner.
Students in the Orloff Vereinsschule, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, in 1828 extracted by Glenn Penner.
The Molotschna School Registers, compiled by Tim Janzen.
Mennonite Schools in the Molotschna Colony, 1836: Teachers and other Information, transcribed and translated by Glenn H Penner.
The 1853-1855 Molotschna School Records, compiled by Steve Fast.
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).
1873-74 School Register for Gnadenthal, Molotschna Settlement, Russia, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.
The 1875-76 Molotschna School Registers, compiled by Arnold Schroeder, (10K).
Halbstadt Zentralschule Student Lists: 1876, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; edited by Glenn H. Penner.
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).
Reports on Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Schools: 1895/96 & 1897/98, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German and edited by Glenn H Penner.

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)

Voters and Candidates Lists

Early (1848 & 1850) Voters Lists for Hierschau, Molotschna Colony, compiled by Glenn H. Penner and Tim Janzen.
Molotschna Colony Voter Lists: 1835 - 1862, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.
Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Voting Lists: 1848-1851, compiled by Steve Fast.
1917 List of Members of the Molotschna Volost Zemstvo, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H Penner.

Naumenko (Petrovka) Mennonite Settlement

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

Neu-Samara (Pleshanovo) Mennonite Settlement

Neu Samara Mennonite Settlement New Settlers: 1907, translated by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany) and Glenn H. Penner (Winnipeg, Canada).

Omsk Mennonite Settlement

Iwanowka, Omsk, Siberia
Membership Lists for two Mennonite Brethren Congregations in the Omsk Region: 1934, by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn Penner.

Orenburg Mennonite Settlement

Orenburg Colony Family Registers. (Willi Vogt site)
Orenburg Colony Petition: 1916, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.
Starvation Deaths in Orenburg, Russia (1921-1922), extracted from the Mennonitische Rundschau 6 September 1922 by Steve Fast.

Village Histories

Samara Oblast

1852 Immigrants to Am Trakt, Peter J. Braun Archives File 1647, compiled 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.
Mennonite Emigration from Prussia to Russia: 1853-1855, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.
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.
Lists of Immigrants to the Mennonite Samara Colonies, 1859-1863, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and edited by Glenn H. Penner.
Samara Region Requests for Exemption from Military Service: 1882, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen, Detmold, Germany; translated from German to English and Edited by Glenn H Penner, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Schlachtin Mennonite Settlement

List of Single Purchases in the Schlachtin Mennonite Settlement (2–8 Jan 1873), translated by Glenn Penner.

Schoenfeld / Brazol Mennonite Settlement

Schoenfeld-Brazol Early Settler Lists, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.
Report on Schools in the Schoenfeld/Brazol Mennonite Settlement: 1895, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H Penner.

Siberia

Mennonites Who Immigrated from Gnadental, Baratov to Siberia: 1907 -1913, extracted from Jakob Redekopp. Es war dei Heimat … Baratow-Schlachtin. 1966, page 31; edited by Glenn H Penner.

Volhynia

Deutsch-Michalin Mennonites, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (5K)
From Jeziorka, Prussia to Russia in 1804, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (6K)
Antonovka Land Contract, 1804, translated from the Russian by Ola Heska; edited by Rod Ratzlaff.
Heinrichsdorf Mennonite Church Record Book: Image Files. MLA, North Newton, KS
Mennonite Immigration from Jeziorka, West Prussia to Volhynia, Russia in 1803 and 1804, compiled by Glenn Penner.
1816 Revision/census of Antonovka Village, Volyn Gubernia. translated by Rod Ratzlaff.
Census of Mennonites at the Volinsky Estate: 1816, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.
Ostrog area, Volhynia: 1819 Census, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.
Census of Mennonites located in Ostrog: 1819, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.
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.
Waldheim, Molotschna and Heinrichsdorf, Volhynia: 1833-1851, by Glenn Penner and Steve Fast.
Land Contract for Mennonite Colonists Resettling in the Village of Dosidorf, 1848, translated from the German by Ute Brandenburg; edited by Rod Ratzlaff.
The 1850 Census of Heinrichsdorf, Volhynia, translated by Steve Fast with GRanDMA numbers by Glenn Penner.
1858 Census Extracts for the Karolswalde, Volhynia Mennonites who Settled in Jadwinin, Volhynia in 1858, compiled by Glenn Penner.
Michalin, Volhynia Mennonite Census of 26 April 1858, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English, edited and GRANDMA database numbers by Glenn H. Penner.
- German version
Elder Tobias Unruh Baptism Register: 1854-1889, transcribed by Martha Becker, edited by Rod Ratzlaff.

Yazykovo Mennonite Settlement

Census Records

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

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