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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.

• 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.

• 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)

• 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.
• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.
• 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.

• 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.

• List of Original Settlers in Alexajewka, Aulie Ata, compiled 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

• 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.

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

• Russian Names of Chortitza Colony Villages

• 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.
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• 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.
• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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).

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

• 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)

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

• 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

• 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 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 1897 Census of Miloradovka. (MHSBC site)
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• Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Villages, compiled by Richard D. Thiessen.

• 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.
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• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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)

• 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.

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

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

• Iwanowka, Omsk, Siberia

• 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.

• Kanzerovka
• Kitschkas

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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)