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January 1999 Volume 2 Issue 3<br />
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You may be wondering, isn’t<br />
the newsletter already available<br />
on-line?<br />
Yes it is, but this is still news<br />
since in the subscription year<br />
1999, the latest <strong>Bessarabian</strong><br />
<strong>Newsletter</strong> will be available online<br />
at the same time as the paper<br />
copies are mailed and distributed!<br />
In the past, the on-line version<br />
has always been one <strong>issue</strong> behind<br />
the most current <strong>issue</strong>. But<br />
in a continuing effort to make<br />
more information more widely<br />
available to more people, we will<br />
be making this change this year.<br />
For those of you who aren’t<br />
on-line or simply prefer to receive<br />
a paper copy, we will continue to<br />
distribute paper copies at the<br />
same low price as previous years.<br />
This price covers copying and<br />
postage. If you prefer to view the<br />
newsletter only on-line, there is<br />
no subscription fee!<br />
To renew your subscription to<br />
the <strong>Bessarabian</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong> for<br />
1999 (covering the May, September,<br />
and January 2000 <strong>issue</strong>s),<br />
please send in your check as<br />
soon as possible. Subscription<br />
price and address details are<br />
shown on page 26 of this newsletter.<br />
This is the emblem used by the<br />
Heimatmuseum<br />
der Deutschen aus Bessarabien<br />
Florianstrasse 17<br />
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“The Germans from Russia:<br />
Children of the Steppe, Children<br />
of the Prairie” produced by Prairie<br />
Public Broadcasting will premiere<br />
on Tuesday, February 9th<br />
at 7 p.m. CST on Prairie Public<br />
Television. See related article<br />
on page 27.<br />
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According to the Encarta Encyclopedia,<br />
the name<br />
“Bessarabia” is derived from<br />
that of the Basarabs, a Rumanian<br />
dynasty that ruled neighboring<br />
Walachia, from the 14th<br />
to the 17th century.<br />
Contributed by Ralph Schlinker<br />
What do you know about your historical <strong>Bessarabian</strong> families or the<br />
history of the villages or genealogy research tips that you would like<br />
to share here in the newsletter . . . . . please think about it and offer it<br />
up!<br />
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<strong>Page</strong> 26 Volume 2 Issue 3<br />
Terms, Shorthand & URLs<br />
Organizational<br />
Village Coordinator ..........................VC<br />
Village Research Project ....................VRP<br />
German Russian ...............................GR<br />
GR Heritage Society ..........................<strong>GRHS</strong><br />
American Historical Society GR ........AHSGR<br />
Internet<br />
pixel (aka odessa)<br />
http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/odessa.html<br />
<strong>Bessarabian</strong> Web Site<br />
http://www.bessarabia.com<br />
<strong>GRHS</strong> homepage<br />
http://www.grhs.com/<br />
AHSGR homepage<br />
http://www.ahsgr.org/<br />
NDSU Libraries Ger-Rus Heritage Collection<br />
http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/gerrus/index.html<br />
US GenWeb homepage<br />
http://www.usgenweb.org/<br />
Genealogical Short Hand<br />
* birth/born + death/died<br />
oo marriage<br />
suggested dating convention - 23 Jan 1876<br />
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NEW Bessarabia Web Site! This is the new home page<br />
mentioned in the last newsletter and contains a link for<br />
the on-line version of the <strong>Bessarabian</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong>:<br />
http://www.bessarabia.com<br />
Interesting historical background information on Bessarabia<br />
(although the German presence in Bessarabia is<br />
mostly overlooked):<br />
http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/AEGEE/CST-MOLD/<br />
index.htm<br />
A site covering the village and families of Borodino:<br />
http://members.aol.com/RemMick/BorodinoBessarabia.<br />
index.html/<br />
A site for obtaining vital records (birth, death, marriage,<br />
divorce) for all 50 states:<br />
http://vitalrec.com/index.html#USMap<br />
Describes the Berlin Document Center and history - does<br />
not describe how to access records:<br />
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~german/discuss/transfer/<br />
index.html<br />
<strong>Bessarabian</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong><br />
This newsletter is put together for <strong>Bessarabian</strong> researchers by <strong>Bessarabian</strong> researchers. There is no profit for<br />
any person, group, or organization.<br />
Published three times a year in May, September, and January<br />
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Volume 2 Issue 3 <strong>Page</strong> 27<br />
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The Germans from Russia<br />
Heritage Center traveling exhibit,<br />
"The Kempf Family: Germans<br />
from Russia Weavers on<br />
the Dakota Prairies," will be featured<br />
at the National Buffalo<br />
Museum, Jamestown, ND, from<br />
May to October, 1999.<br />
The Kempf family featured in<br />
the exhibit lived in the villages of<br />
Alt-Elft, Beresina and Wittenberg<br />
in Bessarabia. They emmigrated<br />
from Bessarabia to south-central<br />
North Dakota, homesteading<br />
near Ashley and Forbes, ND in<br />
1901.<br />
For on-line information and<br />
pictures, see: http://www.lib.<br />
ndsu.nodak.edu/ gerrus/<br />
kempfexhibit.html<br />
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Two new books on Dobrudscha<br />
are available from the Germans<br />
from Russia Heritage Collection.<br />
One book is the "Heimatbuch der<br />
Dobrudscha-Deutschen: 1840 -<br />
1940" by the Landsmannschaft<br />
der Dobrudscha- und Bulgarientdeutschen<br />
e.V., Heilbronn,<br />
Germany including many photographs<br />
and maps. The other is<br />
"Die Deutschen in der Dobrudscha:<br />
Zugleich ein Beitrage zur<br />
Geschichte der Deutschen<br />
Wangerungen in Osteuropa" by<br />
Paul Trager. Both books are<br />
available only in German.<br />
To order these books or for<br />
more information, contact the<br />
NDSU Heritage Collection.<br />
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Did your <strong>Bessarabian</strong> ancestors come from the Odessa area? If so,<br />
you may be interested in the 1858 census material for the villages of<br />
Glückstal, Helenental, Katherinental, and Mariental. They are available<br />
to be purchased from both <strong>GRHS</strong> and AHSGR.<br />
The price of these records is being kept low and all funds collected<br />
go back into an archive retrieval fund for future efforts. The archive<br />
retrieval project is a joint effort between AHSGR and <strong>GRHS</strong>.<br />
Census Background - Censuses were taken of our German Russian<br />
people in Russia starting with the earlier coming of the Germans into<br />
the Volga area. In 1816, the new "Revision List" (RL) census was created.<br />
It is for that reason that many of the census records reflected in<br />
the Stumpp book for some of the Odessa area villages are so widely<br />
used.<br />
There continued to be periodic censuses throughout the following<br />
years and a few of our Odessa villages do indeed reflect some of these<br />
following years. The year of 1858 is the most popular year in the<br />
Odessa villages for these following RLs.<br />
The Odessa area was (according to the Stumpp book) essentially<br />
made up of the Grossliebental District, Glückstal District, Kutschurgan<br />
District, and the Beresan District. While the Grossliebental and<br />
Beresan Districts were made up of both Evangelical and Catholic people,<br />
the Glückstal villages were primarily just Lutheran and the<br />
Kutschurgan was Catholic.<br />
(Background information provided by Dale Wahl)<br />
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The deadline for ordering the<br />
limited edition video “The Germans<br />
from Russia: Children of<br />
the Steppe, Children of the Prairie”<br />
has been extended until<br />
March 31, 1999. This limited<br />
edition contains both the documentary<br />
and additional film footage<br />
called “Faces of Ukraine” and<br />
is produced by Prairie Public<br />
Television. Contact NDSU for ordering<br />
information.<br />
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A new genealogy society is being<br />
formed. It is called The Society<br />
for German Genealogy in<br />
Eastern Europe - A Volhynian<br />
Genealogy Group.<br />
The area of interest of this society<br />
is the ancestry and history<br />
of<br />
Germans from the western part of<br />
present day Ukraine (in particular<br />
Volhynia), as well as present day<br />
Poland, including areas known at<br />
various times as East and West<br />
Prussia, Posen and Schlesien.<br />
Many of our <strong>Bessarabian</strong> ancestors<br />
passed through or settled in<br />
this region briefly on their way to<br />
Bessarabia.<br />
The object of the society is:<br />
"The accumulation and dissemination<br />
of information pertinent to<br />
the Genealogy and Historical<br />
Heritage of Germans from Eastern<br />
Europe".<br />
For more information, visit<br />
their web site at: http://www.<br />
sggee.org<br />
Or contact them at: contact@sggee.org<br />
or SGGEE Snail<br />
Mail, PO Box 72074, Calgary AB<br />
T2V 5H9, Canada.<br />
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(Translated from the German to English by Horst Gutsche - 1998)<br />
May 15th 1938 of this year was, in terms of the church, a very meaningful day for the parish of Alt<br />
Elft. On this day our newly elected Pastor, Jakob Rivinius, was festively installed in his new office. Many<br />
guests from neighboring villages were welcomed with Luther's hymn, A Mighty Fortress is our God, which<br />
was played by the brass band in the church tower. The entire celebration was very solemn and inspirational,<br />
with the brass band, the church choir, and singing of beautiful chorales by the congregation.<br />
The sermons by Superintendent Immanuel Baumann and by the newly installed Pastor Jakob<br />
Rivinius were highlights of the worship service. On the basis of the text II Timothy 4:2, the superintendent<br />
emphasized the following: It is a solemn occasion for the whole parish as well as for the new pastor<br />
who is to be installed. The responsibility of the pastor is to proclaim God's Word; he should be a leader<br />
to the kingdom of heaven. Often this calling seemingly bears no fruit, which is different than with the<br />
farmer who can see the fruits of his labors. For this reason, the pastor (curate of souls) will have times<br />
when he finds himself without strength and courage and will call out with that preacher who said: "It<br />
doesn't make any difference anyway!" This is then the time to pray for new courage and new power.<br />
Therefore, preach in season and out of season in love, for discipline, yes, threaten, admonish, as the<br />
situation and circumstances warrant and demand. Carry out your office according to God's Word and<br />
pray without ceasing. I also have a word to lay on the congregation's heart. Today we live in a time of<br />
change, there are disagreements, disunity, this makes it doubly hard for the pastor to always do the<br />
right thing. It is absolutely necessary to pray in intercession for the pastor (curate of souls). Therefore<br />
pray often, pray for one another.<br />
The newly installed pastor had chosen II Corinthians 4:8 "We are fearful but we do not despair." From<br />
today on, from this time forth, we have a common pathway to walk. To the honored also - gray haired<br />
predecessors were given 27 years (of service.) to sojourn together with you. How long will our common<br />
journey be? Darkness lies ahead of us in the future. Are good things hidden before us or is the way of<br />
thorns before us? All these questions move our hearts today. We can only do one thing: promise to be<br />
faithful and do what the Superintendent has already told us. Pray together and for one another, then our<br />
pathway will be peaceful and in the end the salvation of our souls.<br />
We live in a time of serious conflicts. There are the old people who cling to the old traditions, which<br />
hide some unhealthy areas, but they are correct in their points of view. However the active power of<br />
youth must also be considered in the life of the people and supported. Let me be there for all. For old<br />
and young. For those of higher or lower station. I don't want to be one-sided but be a guide for all to the<br />
Kingdom of Heaven.<br />
After the worship service the pastors and the church councilmen visited our old sick Pastor Simsont,<br />
[Editor’s note: also see article on page 38 of this newsletter] in order to give him letters of gratitude from<br />
the honorable district consistory, as also from the Alt Elft parish, for his conscientious fulfilling of responsibilities<br />
in the colony out of his office. The eyewitnesses of this visit will also not forget the serious<br />
hour. Worthy and precious is the church to our old and honored pastor and in the Church of Jesus<br />
Christ. Therefore his testament to his successor was that only Christ, the crucified, be placed in the center<br />
of the proclamation of the word.<br />
;Z_jehÊi Dej[0 Thanks to ALL of you who have contributed articles,<br />
pictures, or other information for the <strong>Bessarabian</strong> newsletter! Due to<br />
space considerations or in order to get a variety of information in<br />
each newsletter, I can’t always fit in the information sent immediately<br />
in the next <strong>issue</strong>. However, they’re all in my “inventory” and will be<br />
used as quickly as I can fit them in! Thanks for the great variety of<br />
information and keep it coming!<br />
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Volume 2 Issue 3 <strong>Page</strong> 29<br />
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(Extracted by Ralph Ruff)<br />
• Allmer, Johann born in Ohsukirchen, Saxony<br />
• Badke, Eva, widow, born in Wilhelmswald, Poland<br />
• Bahn, Eleonora, widow, born by Lushitzer, Poland<br />
• Baier, Magdalena, born in Grunbach, Poland<br />
• Baltzer, Christian, born in Louisenhold, Poland<br />
• Bauer, Friedrich, born in Lasnoi by Dabner<br />
• Baumann, Friedrich, born in Marienthal, Poland<br />
• Bayerle, Christina, born in Paltuch, Rhaber, Congress<br />
of Poland<br />
• Bayerle, Johann, born Plonsk, Zarthum, Poland<br />
(Plotzk)<br />
• Bayerle, Regina, nee Plonsk, born in Plotzk, Poland<br />
• Beierbach, Christina, born in Badenrubach<br />
• Beierbach, Christina, born in Obenwatu, Warsaw,<br />
Poland<br />
• Beierbach, Immanuel, from Bortschucker<br />
• Beierbach, Johann, born in Grunbach, Poland<br />
• Beijer, (Beyer), Michael, born in Luisenholden,<br />
Prussia<br />
• Beyerle, Karl, born in Biela, Kreschnutz, Poland<br />
• Blaskowsky, Andreas, born in Mockowitz, Poland<br />
• Blatt, Carolina, born in Jenowtz, Poland<br />
• Blech, Louise, born in Taschantz, Poland<br />
(Taschinidy?)<br />
• Bolke, Christian, born by Warsaw, Poland<br />
• Brenner, Elisabeth, born in Kockonow, Poland<br />
• Brenner, Sophia, born by Rawa, Zarthum, Poland<br />
• Buchholz, Peter, born in Rawa, Zarthum, Poland<br />
• Busch, born in Welstick, Poland<br />
• Dalkus, born in Buawitz, Prussia<br />
• Dallmann, Maria, nee Kawalsky, born in Kalisch,<br />
Poland<br />
• Deeg, Barbara, born in Maysrowa, Wola, Zarthum,<br />
Poland<br />
• Deeg, Immanuel, born in Maysrona, Poland<br />
• Dieno, Friedrich, born in Wanthal, Nelitogaler<br />
County Poland<br />
• Drath(?), Johann, born in Saroff, Poland<br />
• Drefs, Michael, born in Jakoban, Prussia<br />
• Falk, Jacob, born in Grandenz, Prussia<br />
• Fandrich, Christoph, born in Tschmiko, Prussia<br />
• Fandrich, Michael, born in Plotzker, Poland<br />
(Plotzk)?<br />
• Fandrich, Michael, born in Schwendorf, Poland<br />
• Fercho, Jacob, born in Kawa, Poland (Rawa?)<br />
• Franz, Johann, born in Kurschewa, Poland<br />
• Freimark, Wilhelm, born in Osserkose, Poland<br />
• Friedrich, Carolina, born in Rawa, Poland<br />
• Friedrich, Christian, born in Friedberg, Prussia<br />
• Funk, Dorothea, nee Rutschke, born in Wilatkow,<br />
Ponitze County, Poland<br />
• Gahl, David, born in Liebatz, Hungary<br />
• Glassmann, Charlotte, born in Raschkow, Moldau<br />
• Grabatin, George, born in Maliauga, Prussia<br />
• Gust, Christoph, born Kulm, Prussia<br />
• Gutknecht, Michael, born in Lippen, Poland<br />
• Habelmann, Rosine, (widow), born in Grojetz, Poland<br />
• Hamann, Katharina, nee Lebkuchen, born Basel,<br />
Poland<br />
• Heinrich, Karolina, (widow), born in Schweindorf,<br />
Warsaw, Poland<br />
• Herberg, Martin, born in Neudorf, Poland<br />
• Hermann, Johann,, born in Kinowskiwole, Poland<br />
• Herzberg, Anna Elisabeth, born in Leichenfeld,<br />
Poland<br />
• Hinkel, Anna Maria, born by Warsaw, Poland<br />
• Hoffman, Gottlob, born in Taschuloz, Congress<br />
of Poland (Taschinidz) Wadowschan County<br />
• Hohn, Elisabeth, born in Preschnitz, Poland<br />
• Huck, Gottfried, born in Lunschitz, Poland<br />
• Hurnberg, Jacob, born by Wasockau, (Warsaw?)<br />
Poland<br />
• Isaak, Ernst, born in Lischo, Poland<br />
• Jahns, Andreas, born in Bajuck, Poland<br />
• Jahns, Karl, born in Leondow, by Kauschen<br />
• Janke, Adam, born in Teophil, Poland<br />
• Janke, Friedrich, born in Stanislaw, Poland<br />
• Janke, Justina, born in Jaschnug, Poland<br />
• Jans, Ana, born by Warsaw, Poland<br />
• Jans, Johann, born in Kalisch, Poland<br />
• Jassmann, Maria, (widow), born in-Grun Holland,<br />
Lentschitzer County, Poland (colony of Krasna)<br />
• Jerke, Christina, (widow), born in Radsnortsch,<br />
Poland<br />
• Jesse, Freidrich Eduard, born in Annajwge, Podolien<br />
(Podolia?)<br />
• Jungling, Andreas, born in Schloedsbach, Poland<br />
• Jungling, Anna Dorothea, born in Schmdelbach,<br />
Poland<br />
• Kahlwanger, Franz, born in Neuberg, Poznan, Po-<br />
(Continued on page 30)<br />
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(Continued from page 29)<br />
land<br />
• Karle, Jakob from Flechens Novo Wess, Poland<br />
• Kleis Martha, born in Konigsberg, Poland<br />
• Klettke, Elisabetha, (widow), born in Schiustakow,<br />
Poland<br />
• Knecht, Andreas, born in Warsaw, Poland<br />
• Knodel, Heinrich, born in Leonberg, Poland<br />
• Krahn, Christoph, born in Dornowic, Poland<br />
• Kranz, Rosina (widow), born in Marienfeld, Poland<br />
• Krause, Euphrosina, nee Salzsiedler, born by<br />
Warsaw, Poland<br />
• Kruger, Ferdinand, born in Tultscha, Turkey<br />
• Kruger, Johann,.born by Warsaw, Poland<br />
• Kruger, Michael, born in Shehhin? (or maybe<br />
Shechin?), Poland<br />
• Kuhn, Gottlieb, born in Chodnew, Poland<br />
• Kuhn, Louisa, born in Schemowitz, Poland<br />
• Lang, Carl, born in Stolza, Prussia<br />
• Lang, Friedrich, born in Zarthum, Poland<br />
• Lehn, Andreas, born in Brischinitzubei, Poland<br />
• Loch, Carl, born by Rackowa, during the immigration<br />
• Luck, Michael, born Cschewa, Poznan, Poland<br />
• Mantei, Johan, born in Russich Poland (Russian<br />
Poland)<br />
• Martin, Christoph, born in Pabiak, Poland<br />
• Martin, Johann Daniel, born in Tarnkow, Poland<br />
• Matiks, Rosina, daughter of the colonist Christoph<br />
Maticks, born in Besabisty, Poland<br />
• Mauck, Georg, born near Thorn, Poland<br />
• Meske, Gottlieb, born in Schnneidemuhl, Prussia<br />
• Morgenstern, Dorothea, daughter of Christian<br />
Morgenstern, born in Danilow, Poland<br />
• Morgenstern, Samuel, born in Danilow,<br />
(Kamenoz), Poland<br />
• Moritz, Karl, born in Strelna, by St. Petersburg<br />
• Muller, Karl, born in Framlin, Poland<br />
• Munz, Michael, born by Thorn, Prussia<br />
• Naffir, Johann, born in Thorn, Prussia<br />
• Neumann, Johannes, son of Johann Neumann,<br />
born in Guissen, Prussia<br />
• Neumann, Karl, born in Gnaudenz (Prussia?)<br />
• Nickel, Elisabeth, (widow), born in Philustwo, Poland<br />
• Nickel, Gottlieb, born.by Warawy, Poland<br />
• Patzer, Michael, born in Masilow, Poland<br />
• Patzer, Susanna, born in Maryolew, Radom, Poland<br />
• Quast, Gottlieb, born in Konosdutz, Lipatr, Con-<br />
gress of Poland<br />
• Quast, Rosina, nee Sternberg, born in Kornu, Poland<br />
• Raab, Elisabeth, (widow), born in Grunbach, Poland<br />
• Rabe, Christine, born in Bramurt, Poland<br />
• Radies, Rosina, (widow), born in Braosky, Poland<br />
• Raschke, Johann, born in Schonfeld, Prussia<br />
• Reich, Gottlieb, born in Jarnawo, Costener<br />
County, Poland<br />
• Reinke, Dorothea, (widow), born in Woloiowitz,<br />
Poland<br />
• Resner, born in Sapommiow, Poland<br />
• Resner, Christoph, born in Stanislawowo, Poland<br />
• Rietz, Christina Rosina, (widow), born in Parzal,<br />
Zartham, Poland<br />
• Rode, Anna Luise, born in Zalzemin, Poland<br />
• Rosenfeld, Juliana, born in Petrikau, Zartum, Poland<br />
• Rossenfeld, Rosina, born in Petrikan, Poland<br />
• Ruff, Christine Catherina, born in Grunbach by<br />
Warsaw, Poland<br />
• Ruff, Johanna, nee Engel, born in Schantky,<br />
Konitz, Poland<br />
• Sandau, Christian Friedrich, left Pjaske Poland for<br />
Katzbach<br />
• Sandau, Johann, born in Schlike, Lubin county,<br />
Poland<br />
• Schaible, Friedrich, born in Kochanow, Poland<br />
• Schaupp, Sophie, nee Furstenberg, born in<br />
Wartenburg, Prussia<br />
• Scheible, Katharina, born in Kochanow, Poland<br />
• Schelske, Christina, (widow), born in Strieno, Poland<br />
• Schielke, Friedrich, born in Starkoff, Poland<br />
• Schlenker, Paul, born in Grunbach Poland<br />
• Schmidke, Peter,' born in Thorn, Prussia<br />
• Schmiedke, Gottfried, born in Poznan county<br />
Prussia<br />
• Schmiedt, Ludwig, born in Karopacalin, Posen<br />
• Schroder, Anna Maria, (widow), born in Petergrad,<br />
Poland<br />
• Schulz, Christoph born in Wilhelmswald, Poland<br />
• Schwabe, August, born in Zackersberg, Poland<br />
• Schwabe, Friedrich, born in Sailerntaich, Schochum<br />
Bromberg, Prussia<br />
• Schwandt, Christian, born in Preschnitz, Poland<br />
• Schweichel, Johann, born in Betschalo, Poland<br />
• Seefried, Andreas, born in Erdmannsweiler, Poland<br />
• Seitz, Paul, born in Krombacb, Preschin, Poland<br />
(Continued on page 31)<br />
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• Siewert, Ferdinand, born in Linak, Poland<br />
• Siewert, Karl, born in Plotzk, Poland<br />
• Stark, Martin, born in Kruschkow, Poland<br />
• Sternberg, Dorothea, nee Steffen, born in Treptow<br />
Swedish Pomerania<br />
• Steuck, Anna Maria, (widow), born in Jarthum,<br />
Poland<br />
• Stobbe, Michael, born in Junger, Prussia<br />
• Stolz, Anna, nee Friedrich, born in Tulkow, Poland<br />
• Stolz, Georg, born in Alexandrowca, Poland<br />
• Stutz, Friedrich, born in Breschuitz, Poland<br />
• Suknik, Christiano, born in Meumarck, Prussia<br />
• Sukut, Gottlieb, born in Lublin, Prussia<br />
• Thouss, Johann, born in Rowa, Poland<br />
• Traichel, Georg, born in Warsaw, Poland<br />
• Tschritter, Friedrich, born by Weizer, on the Oder<br />
• Valter, (Walter?), Jakob, born in Pankragky, Poland<br />
• Walcker, Ludwig, born in Louisenau, Poland<br />
• Warner, Christina, (widow), born in Grunbach,<br />
Poland<br />
• Weber, Margaretha, nee Heger, born in Kochanow,<br />
Poland<br />
• Weidner, Georg, born in Warsaw, Poland<br />
• Wilske, Daniel, born in Buk Baikow, Poland<br />
• Wilsky, Johann, born in Strsirgan Scragser, Poland<br />
• Wirch, Friedrich, born in Salzfeld, Poland<br />
• Witt, Luise, born in Zibischy Radomker county,<br />
Poland<br />
• Wolf, Charlotte, (widow), born in Zanthum Warsaw,<br />
Poland<br />
• Zaiser, Johan born in Kochanan, Poland<br />
• Zeimann, Christian, born in Peutschetaw, Poland<br />
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The <strong>Bessarabian</strong> Archive Retrieval Team has<br />
placed the first 1999 order for records from the<br />
Odessa archives. The records being requested<br />
include:<br />
⇒ Poland Emigrants 1836-1840<br />
⇒ Family Listings<br />
⇒ 1850 Census Families<br />
⇒ New Arrivals for Settlement 1819-1825<br />
⇒ About Inheritance of the <strong>Bessarabian</strong> Colonists<br />
1829-1832 and 1831-1832<br />
⇒ Temporary Residence Certificates 1828-1830<br />
⇒ Moving to Another Colony 1829-1830<br />
⇒ Feigert Family Transfer 1832<br />
⇒ Death of Sophia Zeiger<br />
⇒ Complaint Against Martin Herre 1830<br />
The team estimates that these records will cost<br />
approximately $1,000. However, depending on the<br />
size of the records being requested, this amount<br />
may or may not cover the above list.<br />
The next order for records will be sent mid-year<br />
1999. If you would like to make a contribution to<br />
support the retrieval of <strong>Bessarabian</strong> records, please<br />
forward your check to the holder of our funds:<br />
Elaine Morrison<br />
2525 Taft Drive Apt 802<br />
Boulder CO 80302-6824<br />
Please provide Elaine which villages you want<br />
your money marked down for.<br />
6HDUFKLQJ IRU $QFHVWRUV<br />
by Loretta Neff<br />
Seeking information on my great-grandparents and ancestors.<br />
Christian Stein - Born 26 Dec 1840 in Bergdorf. Died before 1905. His parents: Johann Martin<br />
Stein & Johanna Wolf. Seeking information on his parents and siblings. Johanna’s parents possibly<br />
were Christian and Anna Maria (maiden name unknown) Stein.<br />
Christian married Magdalina Aldinger on 22 Oct 1862 in Glückstal. She was born 9 Feb 1843 location<br />
unknown. She died 17 Dec 1864 at unknown location. Her parents unknown. Seeking information<br />
on her and her parents.<br />
Christian married Margaretha (Schmitt) Schmidt - date and location unknown. Margaretha was born<br />
on 18 Aug 1845 at Bergdorf. Her parents: Johann (Schmitt) Schmidt & Margaretha (Overdier) Oberthur.<br />
Seeking information on Margaretha’s parents and siblings.<br />
Christian and Margaretha’s children were born in Bergdorf. Margaretha and surviving children immigrated<br />
to North Dakota in 1905 settling in the Turtle Lake area.<br />
We have also been told that Christian and Margaretha’s family was somehow related to the Schott<br />
family with Reinhold Schott, son of Friedrich Schott and Karolina Schmidt, of Terry, Montana being a<br />
relative, perhaps a cousin.<br />
Any information would be greatly appreciated. Please send information to Loretta Neff, PO Box 56,<br />
Turtle Lake, ND 58575 or lneff@westriv.com<br />
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[Taken from a statement in German script given to Tom and Jan Stangl by Magdalena Krüger Moplis,<br />
Schorndorf, Wü., June, 1998. This one-page statement was prepared by the Pastor of Neu-Sarata, for a<br />
Seefried [Krüger?] family (a great grandchild of Jakob Seefried and Christine Brenner) to take with them<br />
when they left Bessarabia during the Umsiedlung.]<br />
[First half of the page:]<br />
Urgrossvater [Great Grandfather]:<br />
Seefried, Jakob<br />
Geboren in Herzogtum Baden, dorf (Kinspach), am 13 März 1800 [Born in Grand Duchy Baden, village<br />
Königsbach, on 13 March 1800 (14 Nov 1799 is correct)]<br />
Gestorben in Neu-Elft am 19 Februar 1848 [Died in Neu-Elft on 19 February 1848]<br />
Urgrossmutter [Great Grandmother] Christine Brenner<br />
Geb. in Württemberg am --- Jahr 1802 [Born in (Egenhausen)Württemberg on --- Year 1802 (30 Jul 1802 is<br />
correct)]<br />
Gestorben in Neu-Elft am 16 August 1866, am der Cholera [Died in Neu-Elft on 16 August 1866, of the<br />
Cholera]<br />
[Second half of the page:]<br />
Ev. Lutherischer Kirchenbezirk Tarutino [Evang. Lutheran Church District--Tarutino]<br />
Ev. Luth Pfarramt Neu-Sarata, Kreis Kahul [Evang. Luth. Parish, Neu-Sarata, District Kahul] Zhl. 4777<br />
den 19 September 1940<br />
Auszug<br />
Aus dem buch der Verstorbenen im Jahre 1897 in der Gemeinde Fundu-Sarazika, Kreis Kahul [From the<br />
book of the Deceased in 1897 in the Congregation of...]<br />
Nr 10 Neme des Verstorbenen: Jakob Seefried. Neu-Elfter Ansiedler, Kreis Akkermann [Name of the Deceased]<br />
Tag u. Stunde des Totes: 30 August 1897, 3 uhr [Day & Hour of the Death]<br />
Tag u. Stunde der Bestattung: 31 August 1897 [Day & Hour of burial]<br />
Geburtsort des Verstorbenen: Neu-Elft [Birthplace of Deceased]<br />
Totesursache: Schwarz Plattern [Blattern] [Cause of Death: Black Pox or Measles?]<br />
[b] 11 1843 Alter 54 Jahren [54 years old]<br />
die Richtigkeit dieses Auszuges bestätigs das __? Luth Pfarramt Neu-Sarata [The correctness of this Auszug<br />
is confirmed by the Lutheran Parish of Neu-Sarata]<br />
Paster H. Lhr. Lukas<br />
(Magdalena Krueger Moplis is the grandaughter of Maria Seefried and Andreas Krueger [Krüger]. She currently lives in<br />
Schorndorf, Germany. Maria Seefried was the daughter of Jacob Seefried [1843-1897, Neu-Elft & Hoffnungsfeld/Bess;<br />
Seebach, Birsula & Nesselrode/Odessa; Jargara, & Fundu-Sarazika/western Bessarabia] and his first wife, Wilhelmine<br />
Sass [Sasse/Zass]. Maria is a half-sister of Jan's grandmother, Barbara Seefried [born Nesselrode], the daughter of Jacob<br />
Seefried's second wife, Euphrosine Kruckenberg [Arciz]. We believe that the document was prepared for<br />
Magdalena's father, Emanuel Krüger, son of Maria Seefried and Andreas Krüger, when he was preparing to leave Neu-<br />
Sarata, Bessarabia, in 1940, during the Umsiedlung to Germany.)<br />
_________________________________________________________________________<br />
Copyright--June 1998, Janice Huber-Stangl & Thomas A. Stangl,<br />
Sterling, Va. Permission is granted for non-profit use.<br />
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By Elli Wise (in collaboration with Dale Wahl)<br />
Several of us who research our <strong>Bessarabian</strong> families<br />
come across the term "the Budschak" and never fully gain<br />
an understanding what it means or meant.<br />
This was one of the questions that Elli Wise had on a<br />
recent trip to Germany. While there, she found some informtion<br />
about "the Budschak" in one of the booklets reviewed<br />
in the <strong>Bessarabian</strong> Musuem in Stuttgart.<br />
So upon return home, and after VC (Village Coordinator)<br />
Curt Renz was asking about the term, Elli picked up this<br />
particular booklet and reports it is a description of Bessarabia<br />
and the so-called Budschak. This booklet was published<br />
by the Heimat Museum.<br />
In the Introduction this booklet says . . .<br />
The "statistical” description of Bessarabia and<br />
the so-called Budschak comes from the years 1822-<br />
1828 and is herewith the oldest description of South<br />
Bessarabia after the occupation by the Russians in<br />
1812. It contains valuable historical sources from<br />
that time. Since we cannot access the archives of<br />
the regional and district village any longer because<br />
of re-settlement in 1940, this description is thus of<br />
greater documented value.<br />
It was published in 1899 by the Ackermann<br />
provincial court of justice. It contains 523 pages and<br />
has a general plan of the district. The Heimatmuseum<br />
has an original copy of the publication in Russian,<br />
plan included.<br />
The museum had the important parts, pertaining<br />
to the Germans from Bessarabia, translated into<br />
German.<br />
This booklet gives a short description of several<br />
original villages/cities -- and reflects from where<br />
these people who settled came from.<br />
The article was written by Christian Fiess on<br />
June 30, 1969. In this article Christian also thanks<br />
Immanuel Schoech for translating the Russian to<br />
the German.<br />
The information in the booklet is rather general<br />
in nature.<br />
The article refers to the pages of the original<br />
publications (and we will do the same here as Elli selectively<br />
translates key material from the German to<br />
English).<br />
For Example<br />
page 14 - part 1<br />
The land in general - about the emergence<br />
(beginning) of the title "Bessarabia," the history of<br />
the land, the conquest of the Turkish, annexation to<br />
the Russian Empire, borders, geographical situation,<br />
ownership etc.<br />
page 14 - part 2<br />
Land that was measured at order of the highest<br />
authorities:<br />
a) 19 plots on either side of the Kugaelnik River<br />
and were intended for the Warschau resettlers<br />
➟ 113,425 dessjatines 1,393 Faden of good land<br />
➟ 52 dessjatines 1,185 Faden of Woods<br />
➟ 2,070 dessjatines 1, 765 Faden of unusable land<br />
Total: 115, 548 dessjatines 1,943 Faden<br />
b) 3 plots at the rivers Sarata, Tschelegider and<br />
Kugaelnik intended for the Wuerttemberg-Bavarian<br />
Colonists.<br />
➟ 15, 760 dessjatines 1,350 Faden good Land<br />
➟ 170 dessjatines 450 Faden unusable Land<br />
Total: 15, 930 dessjatines 1,800 Faden<br />
c) the entire western region of the Budschak for<br />
settlement of Bulgarians and other re-settlers from<br />
either side of the Danube river - a total of 75 plats.<br />
Total of 557,608 dessjatines 863 Faden<br />
d) for the Swiss colonists under Lit. S at the<br />
Dnjestr-Liman and for the colony Schabo as vineyards.<br />
➟<br />
➟<br />
8,244 dessjatines 1,362 Faden good land<br />
1,484 dessjatines 431 Faden unusable land<br />
total 9,728 dessjatines 1,793 Faden<br />
e) for the highest society eternal and hereditary<br />
estates to different persons - 40 plats in the plan<br />
marked in blue.<br />
168,978 dessjatines 1, 064 Faden usable land<br />
72 dessjatines 2,335 Faden woods<br />
3,959 dessjatines 1,845 Faden .. unusable land<br />
total: 173,012 dessjatines 444 Faden<br />
page 17<br />
The population of Bessarabia or The Budschak of today<br />
are of different nations, these are: Moldavians,<br />
Bulgarians, Russians, Armenians, Greeks, Serbs, foreign<br />
German Settlers, Jews and Gypsies.<br />
➟ <strong>Page</strong> 17 The Moldavians<br />
➟ <strong>Page</strong> 20 The Bulgarians<br />
➟ <strong>Page</strong> 22 The Russians<br />
The Greek and Armenians<br />
The Serbs<br />
➟ page 23 The Arnauten<br />
➟ page 23 The Germans<br />
➟ page 23 The Saporager Kosaken<br />
➟ page 24 The Jews<br />
➟ page 24 The Gypsies<br />
➟<br />
page 25/26Numbers of different inhabitants<br />
in the Budschak in 1827<br />
➟ page 27 Characteristics and location of<br />
the region<br />
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➟ page 30 Climate<br />
➟ page 62 Foreign settlers<br />
➟ page 63 Russian settlers from the inner<br />
Russia<br />
➟ page 67 Taxation of colonists<br />
➟ page 77 Education<br />
➟ page 92/93 Cattle breeding, sheep breeding<br />
and bee culture<br />
➟ page 99 Money, measurements and<br />
weights<br />
➟ page 109 Establishment (fortress) of Akkerman<br />
➟ page 117 Establishment (fortress) of Kilia<br />
➟ page 121 Tatarbunar<br />
➟ page 124 Akmangit<br />
➟ page 145/146 Michailowka<br />
➟ page 131 Gura-Tscheligidr or Satu-Nou<br />
In 1827 there were 1971 families (4,848 men<br />
and 4,522 women) in Akkerman - 1 Roman-Catholic<br />
priest, 3 Lutheran spiritual leaders.<br />
These were from Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Prussia,<br />
Bohemia, Austria, Kurland, Saxony, Switzerland,<br />
Mecklenburg, Baden, Magdeburg, Poland<br />
(Germans) and some others.<br />
➟<br />
➟<br />
➟<br />
page 185 Warschau Settlers<br />
page 187 Land for Warschau Colonists<br />
page 188 Among the colonists are:<br />
⇒ Tailors 25<br />
⇒ Cobblers 45<br />
⇒ Weavers 60<br />
⇒ Etc.<br />
Examples of Some Village Data:<br />
1 st district<br />
page 188/189<br />
Colony Katzbach lies in a valley on both sides of<br />
the river Alliagi, was founded in 1822. In 1827 there<br />
were 56 families, 117males, 102 females<br />
from Wuerttemberg .........40 m ...............41 f<br />
from Prussia ...................22 m ...............22 f<br />
from Poland (Warschau colonists)<br />
...................76m ...............67 f<br />
from Sweden .....................1m .................2 f<br />
page 189/191<br />
Krasna: is situated in the Kugaelnik valley at<br />
the right side of the river banks, and in 1827 there<br />
were:<br />
1 spiritual person of Greek confession<br />
Wuerttemberger ...............3 m .................0 f<br />
Bavarians .......................73 m .................4 f<br />
Prussian ..........................14 m ...............13 f<br />
Bohemians ........................1 m .................3 f<br />
French ...............................8 m .................3 f<br />
Polish ............................161 m .............154 f<br />
Austrians .........................10 m .................3 f<br />
Kurlaender ........................0 m .................3 f<br />
Saxons ...............................9 m .................9 f<br />
Mecklenburger ...................0 m .................1 f<br />
total of 136 families ...... 280 m ............ 255 f<br />
page 191/193<br />
Kulm: was founded in 1815 on the mountain,<br />
and has good water and good air. In 1827 there<br />
were 120 families, 391 males, 371 females<br />
from Prussia .................190 m .............200 f<br />
from Poland ..................201 m .............171 f<br />
page 193/194<br />
Malojaroslawetz I (Wittenberg): situated on both<br />
sides of the river Kirgis-Kitai. In 1827 there were 82<br />
families, 268 males, 232 females<br />
from Wuerttemberg .....264 m .............230 f<br />
from Prussia .....................4m .................2 f<br />
page 195/196<br />
Malojaroslawetz II (Alt-Posttal): founded in<br />
1822, because Malojaroslwetz I was divided in order<br />
to better work the land in 1827 there were 71 families,<br />
253 males, 215 females<br />
from Wuerttemberg ......248 m .............213 f<br />
from Poland ......................5 m .................2 f<br />
page 196/198<br />
Tarutino: lies on both sides of river Antschiokrak,<br />
which enters into the Kogaelnik river near<br />
Krasna. In 1827 there were 189 families, 521 males,<br />
418 females<br />
1 Lutheran Pastor<br />
from Wuerttemberg .........37m ............... 33 f<br />
from Prussia .................298 m .............216 f<br />
from Bohemia ....................2m .................2 f<br />
from Hungary ....................1m<br />
from France ......................3 m .................6 f<br />
from Poland ..................135 m .............113 f<br />
from Saxony ........................... ...................2f<br />
from Mecklenburg ...........42m ................46f<br />
page 198/199<br />
Teplitz: established at the right river bank of<br />
the Kogaelnik. Counted in 1827 113 families, 201<br />
males, 188 females<br />
from Wuerttemberg .......182m .............173 f<br />
from Bavaria .....................2 m<br />
from Prussia ......................2m .................1 f<br />
from Hungary ...................8 m .................8 f<br />
from France .......................7m ................. 6 f<br />
page 199/201<br />
Ferechampenoise I (Alt Elft): situated at the<br />
right river banks of the Kogaelnik. Counted in 1827<br />
83 families, 166 males, 173 females<br />
from Wuerttemberg .........32m ................31f<br />
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from Bavaria ........................... ...................5f<br />
from Prussia ....................67m ................71f<br />
from France ............................ ...................1f<br />
from Poland .....................60m ...............63 f<br />
from Sweden .....................1m<br />
from Saxony ......................4m ..................1f<br />
from Mecklenburg .............2m ..................1f<br />
page 201/202<br />
Ferechampenoise II (Neu-Eflt): founded in 1822<br />
because of division of Ferechampenois I and is on<br />
the left side of the Alliagi River. In 1827 there were<br />
65 families, 129 males, 142 females<br />
from Wuerttemberg .........41m ................48f<br />
from Prussia ....................50m ................46f<br />
from France .......................1m ..................3f<br />
from Poland .....................31m ................41f<br />
from Saxony ......................6m ..................4f<br />
2nd district<br />
page 202/204<br />
Arcis (Alt Arzis): at the mouth of the Tschaag<br />
River into the Kogaelnik River counted - in 1827 95<br />
families, 228 males, 234 females<br />
sprituals.. ..........................2m ..................3f<br />
from Prussia ...................39 m ................40f<br />
from Poland ...................187m .............191 f<br />
page 204/205<br />
Arcis II (Neu-Arzis): on both sides of the Tschelair<br />
River. Counted in 1827 44 families, 101 males,<br />
97 females<br />
from Wuerttemberg ................ ...................1f<br />
Prussia ............................42m ................37f<br />
from Poland .....................59m ................57f<br />
from Mecklenburg .................. ...................2f<br />
page 205/206<br />
Beresina: at the left riverbank of the Kogaelnik<br />
River. Counted in 1827 142 families, 352 males,<br />
320 females<br />
from Wuerttemberg .......160m ..............162f<br />
from Prussia ....................28m ................22f<br />
from Poland ...................126m ..............107f<br />
from Saxony ....................15m ..................9f<br />
from Mecklenburg ...........23m ................20f<br />
page 207/208<br />
Borodino: at the right riverbanks of the creek<br />
Sak. Count in 1827 127 families, 328 males, 309<br />
females<br />
from Wuerttemberg .......270m ..............255f<br />
from Prussia ....................14m ................14f<br />
from Poland .......................3m ..................1f<br />
from Saxony ......................4m<br />
from Mecklenburg ...........37m ................39f<br />
page 208/209<br />
Brienne: situated at the right riverbanks of the<br />
Kogaelnik River, near the river and at the bottom of a<br />
steep hill. In 1827 there were 88 families, 188 males,<br />
187 female<br />
from Wuerttemberg ...........4m .................. 9f<br />
from Prussia .................. 103m ................ 99f<br />
from Poland ..................... 81m ................ 79f<br />
page 210/211<br />
Leipzig: at the left river bank of the Kogaelnik<br />
River at the mouth of the creek Skinosy. In 1827<br />
there were 145 families, 324 males, 343 females<br />
from Wuerttemberg ......... 28m ................ 33f<br />
from Prussia .................. 106m .............. 105f<br />
from Poland ................... 187m .............. 233f<br />
from Mecklenburg .............3m .................. 2f<br />
page 211/213<br />
Kloestitz: at the right riverbank of the Sak<br />
Creek where it runs into the Tschaag River. In 1827<br />
there were 157 families, 422 males, 322 females<br />
from Wuerttemberg ....... 206m .............. 193f<br />
from Prussia .................. 117m .............. 107f<br />
from France .......................6m .................. 7f<br />
from Poland ..................... 87m ................ 72f<br />
from Saxony ......................4m .................. 1f<br />
from Mecklenburg .............2m .................. 2f<br />
page 213/214<br />
Paris: lies at the left riverbanks of the Kogaelnik.<br />
In 1827 there were 133 families, 288 males, 275 females<br />
from Wuerttemberg ...........4m .................. 1f<br />
from Prussia .................... 43m ................ 40f<br />
from Poland ................... 241m .............. 234f<br />
page 216/218<br />
Sarata: founded in 1822 lies at the right riverbank<br />
of the River Sarata below where the Tatar village<br />
Gura-Kuruder was. In 1827, there were 100<br />
families, 213 males, 213 females<br />
from Wuerttemberg ..... 57 fam .114m ..... 83f<br />
from Bavaria ............... 40 fam .111m ... 125f<br />
from Baden ................... 1 fam .... 2m ....... 1f<br />
from Austria .................. 1 fam .... 2m ....... 1f<br />
from France ............................ .......... ........ 1f<br />
from Magdeburg ..................... ..... 1m<br />
from Mecklenburg 2m ............ .......... ........ 1f<br />
page 218/219 Lit. A in 1830 Gnadental<br />
page 220/221 Schabo: Founded in 1823 at the<br />
right riverbank of the Dnjestr-Liman; first there were<br />
25 families from Switzerland, 42 males, 31 females<br />
page 223/227 About land in possession of spiritual<br />
leaders<br />
page 290 Establishment (fortress) Bender or<br />
Tgina (Rumanian)<br />
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Each year the Heimatmuseum der Deutschen<br />
aus Bessarabien in Stuttgart publishes a<br />
Jahresheft, a yearly publication of information<br />
about Bessarabia, census material, etc.<br />
Dale Wahl has indexed the census material from<br />
the 1994 and 1995 Jahreshefte. The census material<br />
contains household members, ages, occupations,<br />
farm animals, and land use. If you see a<br />
name on the list that is of interest to you, the full<br />
Jahresheft can be purchased from the Heimatmuseum<br />
(see NDSU Ger-Rus Heritage Collection for<br />
ordering details).<br />
Index to 1994 and 1995 Jahresheft Census<br />
Information<br />
Last First <strong>Page</strong> Item<br />
Name Name Age # # Issue Village<br />
Arndt Georg 56 68 93 1994 Teplitz<br />
Arndt Johann 30 68 93 1994 Teplitz<br />
Baessler Gottfried 20 86 13 1994 Teplitz<br />
Baessler Gottfried 25 76 112 1994 Teplitz<br />
Baessler Micahel 55 76 112 1994 Teplitz<br />
Baessler Paul 46 86 13 1994 Teplitz<br />
Baisch Gottlieb 53 30 36 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Baisch Johann 23 30 36 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Banik Daniel 32 92 20 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Banik Peter 80 92 20 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bassler Johann 34 66 89 1994 Teplitz<br />
Bauch Andreas + 54 79 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Baumgart Traugott 48 88 3 1994 Teplitz<br />
Wittenberg<br />
Bech Christoph 41 46 48 1994 Teplitz<br />
Beck ?<br />
Beierle Georg 20 58 73 1994 Teplitz<br />
Beierle Jakob 59 58 73 1994 Teplitz<br />
Beierle Peter 24 60 73 1994 Teplitz<br />
Beierle Philipp 27 58 73 1994 Teplitz<br />
Beierle Philipp 48 40 37 1994 Teplitz<br />
Bekker Johannes + 16 9 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Becker ?<br />
Bekker Johannes 23 24 26 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bekker Johannes 40 16 9 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bekker Philipp 28 96 31 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bekker Valentin 46 24 26 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bender Adam 43 48 51 1994 Teplitz<br />
Bender Georg 20 48 51 1994 Teplitz<br />
Bender Georg 21 44 43 1994 Teplitz<br />
Biedermann Jakob 65 80 122 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bierwagen Samuel 20 34 24 1994 Teplitz<br />
Bierwagen Wilhelm 50 34 24 1994 Teplitz<br />
Bietz Ferdinand 21 20 20 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bietz Johannes 35 22 20 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bietz Philipp 57 20 20 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bilgmeier Jakob 62 62 82 1994 Teplitz<br />
Bilgmeier Ludwig 22 62 82 1994 Teplitz<br />
Bodamer Andreas + 66 100 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bodamer Friedrich + 32 40 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bodamer Friedrich 23 32 40 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bodamer Friedrich 45 32 40 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Bodamer Johannes 39 28 32 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Boedger Georg 60 82 124 1994 Teplitz<br />
Boedger Johann 33 76 115 1994 Teplitz<br />
Boger Friedrich 49 68 104 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Borofske Mathaeus 35 68 92 1994 Teplitz<br />
Borst Katharina 76 24 24 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Borth Johann 34 56 81 1995 Kloestitz<br />
Brand Gottfried 50 26 8 1994 Teplitz<br />
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Church Happenings Since 1911<br />
by Pastor A. Simsont<br />
January 19, 1929<br />
(Translated from the German to English by Horst Gutsche - 1998)<br />
(Continued from Volume 2 Issue 2)<br />
When the war began in August 1914, we didn't think that such destruction would take place, as was<br />
later evident. Even though the parish did not become an active place of combat, everything did begin to<br />
fall apart. Specifically, there was a moral fall. The terms of right and wrong were confused. Politicians<br />
also, who should constantly keep a clear view, were called to and fro by the feelings generated by the war.<br />
So in July 1916 the strange decree was given, that preaching in German was forbidden. As if such rules<br />
could help lead to victory! The Almighty God had to pull down the imperial throne of Russia so that this<br />
stupid law could be reversed. Emperor Nicholas II abdicated on March 2, 1917 and right away in March,<br />
the so called L'wow interim government allowed the use of the German language for preaching (that is<br />
worship services). We believed that the time of freedom had arrived. In actuality though it was only the<br />
beginning of the revolution. The fights for freedom temporarily ignored the church. We tried, even though<br />
the war continued to anew somehow, especially since the new government had not established itself as<br />
yet, and therefore had created no barriers. Congresses were held or more correctly meetings. At first in<br />
Odessa, then also in Tarutino where negotiations were held regarding land units for church and school.<br />
The decisions of these congresses were for the most part stillborn. That is, they were never put into effect.<br />
During this time the <strong>Bessarabian</strong> Republic was separated from Russia, governed by a (___?___) in Kischinew.<br />
On March 27, 1918 the state assembly declared the union of Bessarabia with Rumania. Immediately<br />
thereafter the Rumanian occupation took place in our village. In regards to the Evangelical Lutheran<br />
Church in Bessarabia - the Church was cut off from the rest of the Evangelical Lutherans in Russia to<br />
which she had hitherto belonged. Church life continued in its usual form but the uncertain situation had<br />
its effect. In order to give the Church a proper legal place, the pastors met in onference on January 20th<br />
1919 in Tarutino. It was decided to ask the Rumanian government to confirm a newly formed Consistory<br />
led by Pastor Daniel Haase. Which was approved. The congregations were amazed at this independent<br />
"action" of the pastors. Only at the time of the first <strong>Bessarabian</strong> Synod meeting of November 28-30, 1920,<br />
was the Consistory somehow recognized also by the congregations whose representatives elected members<br />
of the Consistory and set salaries.<br />
In the first years after the war, war memorials were built in many villages. The dedications of the memorials<br />
were a special celebration for the family members and village neighbors of the dead or missing. In<br />
Fere Champenoise II the memorial cost 12,000 lei and was dedicated on October 22, 1922. In Fere<br />
Champenoise I a war memorial which cost 4,000 lei was dedicated on September 18, 1921. For both dedications,<br />
Pastors Daniel Haase and Rudolph Meyer from Arcis were present in Fere Champenoise II. Also,<br />
the father of the latter, Pastor Emeritus Alphons Meyer. The celebration was held in high spirits and worthy<br />
services. In this time the Social Security Fund festival also took place on November 27, 1921. This<br />
festival was celebrated in Fere Champenoise I and attended by many pastors and church members.<br />
May I be able to write a bit more about a celebration? It is my 25th anniversary of ordination on April<br />
29, 1923. We, that is my wife and I, had decided to let the time of my 25th anniversary pass without notice.<br />
Because by this time I had only served 12-1/2 years in Fere Champenoise. Several congregational<br />
members however had been made aware of the situation by other pastors. They prepared, without my<br />
knowledge, a celebration on a large scale. An anniversary committee had been elected which was to plan<br />
the celebration and take care of invitations. The day began with a selection played by the local orchestra<br />
under the direction of the brothers Gottfried and Immanuel Reinke. Twenty five tolls of the bell from the<br />
church tower announced to the congregation the meaning of the day. The worship attendance was high.<br />
Guests from other villages in the parish also came. I preached on II Corinthians 5:20. The service was followed<br />
by a banquet which was arranged by the parish. At this time Senior Pastor Daniel Haase presnted a<br />
letter of congratulations from the Consistory, which read as follows. To the honorable Pastor Alexander<br />
Simsont, Fere Champenoise I. Through God's gracious leading it is your privilege, most honored anniversary<br />
pastor, to celebrate today the 25th anniversary of the work of your pastoral office. The Consistory<br />
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found out with joy that this your personal celebration should not be restricted to a celebration in your own<br />
family circle. It should be celebrated as a community festival of all congregations in the parish and its pastors.<br />
This type of a celebration is not only a joyful sign of good will towards the pastor himself, but at the<br />
same time evidence of the way that the spiritual office is appreciated as well as the high benefits which this<br />
office administers. The Consistory adds its hearty wishes for success and blessings to those of this congregation.<br />
May you be allowed to carry out your office for the salvation of the congregations for many years.<br />
May God carry this. April 29, 1923. President W. Mutshall, Vice President D. Haase, Secretary August Erdmann.<br />
From the Anniversary Committee I received the following:<br />
Highly honored anniversary Pastor! The honored duty has been given to me to congratulate you in the<br />
name of your parish on the celebration of your 25th anniversary. May God grant that you may remain a<br />
long time in our midst and grant you good health and freshness of spirit and body to carry out your holy<br />
office. This act which is meant to be a gift from your parish and which I ask that you accept as a sign of<br />
our friendship to be a remembrance of this day for you. A remembrance that your parish takes the most<br />
lively interest in the happenings of your office and family life. God bless you! Signed by the secretary of<br />
the Anniversary Committee. The gift was a good-sized lot in the church yard. At the banquet there were<br />
many uplifting speeches. The school children also sang a song which teacher C. Foler had written and<br />
F. Eichelberg had set to music,<br />
The text was:<br />
Greeted, congratulated be our Jubilar, today, also by us, the happy group of children. We wish<br />
luck on this beautiful day As well as word and song and announce it. To the pastor, our senior jubilee<br />
person, we wish this to you diligently from thy heart and want to pray Holy God to you. For<br />
our dear pastor we all, Never allow dear Lord, for him to suffer. May he be seen in our midst for a<br />
long time Protect us from accident, illness need In your protection so as us him O God.<br />
By means of a service in the afternoon at 5 o'clock in which Senior Pastor D. Haase, Tarutino, and Pastor<br />
R. Meyer from Arcis preached, the celebration ended.<br />
Luther said: "Where schools are built, there a golden age has begun." A golden year also began in the<br />
village Fere Champenoise I. The old school building was demolished and a new one was built from the<br />
foundation up. The old school building was probably built in 1852, as Pastor Jordan reports in the chronicle.<br />
It had served as a prayer and school house. Since 1892 the Evangelical Lutheran Church school was<br />
situated in the building, with the Russian language being the medium of instruction. In the year 1917, the<br />
Russian soldiers were quartered in the building which led to a lot of destruction. For instance, the ceiling<br />
was torn out, the seats were dragged away, etc. After the occupation of Bessarabia by the Rumanians in<br />
1918, the Rumanian government took over the salary of the teachers and declared the school in Fere<br />
Champenoise I, as well as the other German schools in Bessarabia, to be state schools. They had belonged<br />
to the Semtswe schools during Russian times. At the same time, the Rumanian language was dictated as<br />
the medium of instruction. So the old school building had experienced varied times. In April 1924 it was<br />
completely torn down. On May 25th of the same year, the cornerstone for the building of a four- classroom<br />
school was laid. This cornerstone is from the church side in the left corner of the front side of the schoolhouse.<br />
My devotion at this time was based on Psalm 127. The building of this schoolhouse was under the<br />
leadership of architect Chr. Jerke from Dennewitz. It was quickly accomplished. The congregation willingly<br />
and gladly paid the many dues exacted so that the building was completely finished by the beginning of October.<br />
On October 12th, the joyful dedication took place.<br />
This day was also set as Harvest Thanksgiving. Pastor R. Meyer from Arcis came to the celebration. The<br />
congregation gathered for worship in the afternoon in the schoolyard before the locked door of the new<br />
building. First of all I preached as the pastor loci (local preacher). I showed the parents, children, and<br />
teachers their duties and responsibilities in light of the new building. Thereupon Pastor R. Meyer held a<br />
speech in which he pointed out, that as everywhere, so also especially in school, everything depends on<br />
God's blessing. The chairman of the school committee Simon Reinke now opened the front door by accepting<br />
the keys from the architect. In one of the classrooms I proceeded with the dedication and spoke the<br />
prayer. After the dedication celebration there was a banquet in which the school inspector Teodorescu and<br />
the sub prefect from Arcis, Mr. Brussow, partook. The school had cost 775,000 lei.<br />
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In the same year-1924-there were two conferences in Tarutino. On June 1st, there was a meeting of the<br />
brethren and on September 16th a pastoral conference.<br />
The <strong>Bessarabian</strong> Synod was held in Tarutino on August 23, 1925 where the negotiations took place in<br />
regard to the union with the Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession (Lutheran Church) of Transylvania.<br />
The year 1925 brought us another celebration. It was the 100th anniversary of the founding of Fere<br />
Champenoise II. In the year 1825, 63 families that had originally settled in Fere Champenoise I moved to<br />
the far end of the Fere Champenoise land and founded a new village there. In order to properly honor the<br />
event, the descendants of the 63 families set up a celebration of remembrance which took place on December<br />
27, 1925. The celebration was begun as a church feast, with a worship service before noon, at which I<br />
gave a speech. The Senior Pastor D. Haase held the festival sermon on the basis of Deuteronomy 32:1-10.<br />
That afternoon Pastor Winger from Sarata preached, as well as Pastor Meyer from Arcis. In the evening I<br />
spoke on the history of the village. This was followed by a community evening meal in which Immanuel<br />
Romppel lectured on the cultural development of the colony, followed by Immanuel Broneske who lectured<br />
on the economic development of the colony Fere Champenoise II. A good time was had with lively songs<br />
and music. This lasted until late at night.<br />
On June 12, 1927 I dedicated the church tower in Paris and at the same time the war memorial. The<br />
former had cost 123,088 lei and the latter 19,940 lei. It was the work of the mayor of Paris, Friedrich Heer,<br />
that the clock was obtained and that the memorial was dedicated.<br />
In the summer of 1927 the church in Fere Champenoise I was renovated. This work was carried out in<br />
a very satisfactory manner through construction foreman Biriakow from Sarata. It cost 175,000 lei. On<br />
October 2nd we entered the newly renovated church. On the same day we celebrated Thanksgiving. On<br />
September 23-26, 1927 the III Synod took place in Tarutino. The Synod was very stormy. Since many congregations<br />
were upset about the union of the, until then, (Lutheran) Regional Church of Bessarabia with<br />
the Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession (Lutheran) in Tranyslvania, which had been effected by<br />
Senior Pastor D. Haase and Peter Wolleyt. Because of this union they refused to elect delegates for the<br />
Synod according to the Tranyslvania church order. Only the church of Katzbach elected its delegates for<br />
the Synod according to the new order. But, also, the lawfully elected representatives when they came together<br />
for the Synod were only willing to accept the Tranyslvania church order if 11 points which they<br />
listed would be accepted. Through their disputes there were many undesirable animosities brought into<br />
church matters. Because of this, many church pastors had to suffer. Many had been accused of dictatorial<br />
views. A special Synod held on April 18th, 19th, 1928 was not able to change the bad atmosphere.<br />
In many cases this and other disputes and the party spirit damaged church life in some villages. For instance<br />
in Fere Champenoise II. There church council member Johann Irion was accused of having wanted<br />
to lead the wife of Adam Schulz into an immoral act, during the war when he was in military service and<br />
absent. Voices were raised for and against him. A complaint was sent to the Consistory which also took<br />
the matter in hand with youthful vigor. The accuser, A. Schulz, and his following were disappointed in the<br />
position of the Consistory and dropped their accusation. Only when Johann Irion resigned from his position<br />
as church council member in February 1921 did peace return to the church, but in the brethren<br />
meetings the division, because of the dispute, continues.<br />
In Plotzk, the dispute which developed because of lay preacher/teacher Johannes Blum added much to<br />
the fact that church life began to suffer. A group had formed which would not tolerate him, because he<br />
stuck his nose into congregational affairs. However, since he had a large relationship in Plotzk he was<br />
powerfully supported by them. As long as he was lay preacher/teacher, the followers of the opposition<br />
group only came to worship when the preacher held services.<br />
Of the substitute lay preacher/teacher, Samuel Schwandt came into disrepute. He was in a court case<br />
with Bulgarians because of land. Herbert Mauch also found it advisable to move away. He saw himself put<br />
at a disadvantage by the Blum group which continued to grumble even after Blum had left.<br />
In the year 1928 the congregation of Plotzk decided to add a tower to the chapel. This was caused by<br />
the fact that the belfry was in a bad state. When it had to be torn down, the bell was fastened on trees, to<br />
the laughter and ridicule of the outside world. Instead of rebuilding the bell tower, it was decided to build<br />
the bell tower next to the church. The joyful laying of the cornerstone was carried out by myself on July<br />
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29,1928, using 1 Peter 1:25 as a text in the presence of a large congregation.<br />
In view of the schools, it must be stated that they were where the weirdest experiments took place.<br />
Besides the mentioned barbarism of the Russians during the time of war, there soon came (in 1922) the<br />
command that the village schools, as state schools, could only use the Rumanian language from Grade 1<br />
on. The mother tongue was completely excluded. It took a lot of energy before the German population,<br />
especially through the action of Senior Pastor D. Hasse, was able to attain the permission for its schools<br />
to teach all classes in the German mother tongue, the exception being the teaching of history and geography<br />
which was done in the Rumanian language. However, this allowance is completely problematic,<br />
since at inspection time only the Rumanian language is considered. Even in subjects which should be<br />
taught in German the children are tested in Rumanian. This makes the teachers emphasize Rumanian<br />
more and makes German a secondary language. The German teachers show themselves actually as Rumanians.<br />
The teacher hardly regards the outward appearance of the children as something to be noticed.<br />
For instance, the girls seldom comb their hair. Only when lady teachers were employed was there a<br />
change in this situation.<br />
In the prayer meetings of the brethren, there is for the most part, a self-righteous and self-satisfied<br />
spirit. However it cannot be denied also that real Christians are to be found there. It is sad that there is<br />
not more of a following in the prayer meetings of the brethren. For the meditation upon the Lord God<br />
which is cultivated in the meetings has a certain salvatory influence on all who take part. May God soon<br />
allow his spirit to blow so that conversions again take place in greater numbers!<br />
In connection with the views of the brethren gatherings we find the views in regard to rainment, especially<br />
that of women. Eighteen years ago it was unheard of that a woman or girl wear a coat during the<br />
cold time of the year. Outside, a large piece of cloth was used as protection from the worst cold. In<br />
church, one saw all women and girls covered up with a shawl. The skirts were long and wide, the blouses<br />
tight. A large apron, mostly out of striped Percale, completed the women’s dress (costume). The girl's<br />
dress was the same only that the apron was missing. The men wore clothing made from undied wool according<br />
to German fashion. In winter they had short leather coats and when it was much below freezing,<br />
lambskin coats, sometimes covered with a black cloth. The clothing mentioned here were considered appropriate<br />
by the meetings (of the brethren). However, before the war the dress changed. Fashion forced<br />
its way in. With the men appeared clothing from factory weavers, at the least, the Sunday suit is now<br />
worn according to general fashion. Now there is hardly a girl to be found who doesn't own a coat according<br />
to fashion; short skirts and high heels are a common sight. Only the women and girls who go to<br />
prayer meetings are less influenced by fashion.<br />
As in the other parishes, so also in the Fere Champenoise parish, women's societies were formed,<br />
which have as their purpose the making of various handsome work which was then auctioned off to the<br />
highest bidder. The profit is used for good causes. Unfortunately these societies have a short life span, as<br />
for instance, Katzbach, Plotzk, Paris etc. Even in the pastor's town, where the pastor's wife leads the society,<br />
it doesn't want to grow and develop. Partially it is the lack of desire on the part of the women included,<br />
partially the fault has to do with the weak support of the community in the purchase of articles<br />
made. It takes much effort to awaken interest and keep it awake.<br />
The year 1928 brought total crop failure. It was so bad that it was even rare in Bessarabia, the land of<br />
crop failures. Wheat was killed by frost. Barley was so shriveled that one harvested hardly 10-20 pud<br />
(160-320 kilogram) per hectare (2.47 acres). Corn was completely destroyed by the drought during the<br />
summer so that only the occasional odd ear would form itself. Late in the year the dire situation already<br />
became evident: many families were without food and unemployed. Everyone tightened their belts as<br />
much as they could. The government prepared itself to provide relief but nothing of that was noticed in<br />
the German villages. Hope increased when the rumor spread that the Senior Pastor D. Hasse would be<br />
able to obtain a large loan from Germany for the German villages. The rumors changed the views of the<br />
congregations. All congregations of the parish were now willing to elect the presbyteries according to the<br />
Transylvania church order. Something which they had previously absolutely refused to do. It had been<br />
reported that congregations which had not elected their presbyteries according to the order, would have<br />
no part in the hoped-for loan. The elections were carried out in all the villages without any great problems.<br />
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The year 1929 began with a difficult inheritance (past year). The lack of food after New Year grew to enormous<br />
proportions in many families: half of Fere Champenoise was starving, Paris and Katzbach were worse.<br />
In the first two aforementioned villages, the wealthier and better-off part of the population opened food<br />
kitchens in which the school-children of the needy families received lunch. Finally in February the longawaited<br />
help arrived. Senior Pastor Haase was able to obtain a five year loan in Germany. This was for the<br />
relief of the German villages in Bessarabia. The interest rate was 18% per annum which was transferred for<br />
payment via the Transylvania Credit Union in the sum of 60 million lei. Our parish received 4,938,600 lei.<br />
Fere Champenoise I 949,400. Fere Champenoise II, the same, Paris 1,282,500, Katzbach 550,100,<br />
Dennewitz 658,800, Plotzk 397,700, New Paris 146,700. The government also provided wheat and barley,<br />
however in an uncleaned state.<br />
This winter was particularly cold and long. On February 10 it was minus 26 C and on April 5th it snowed<br />
so much that the layer of snow was 20 centimeters thick.<br />
In order to provide an overview of the situation in the parish Fere Champenoise, the following report on<br />
the church life from 1932 is added.<br />
I Inner Church Life<br />
a. The worship life<br />
Church attendance in the year 1932 was in general satisfactory, especially when the pastor held the<br />
service. If there are complaints about worship services attended less well, there are certain reasons. For instance,<br />
when the lay preacher/teachers state that printed sermons do not keep the attention (of the people)<br />
as well, so that many stay away from worship. In bad and in cold weather the church attendance in villages<br />
where the church was unheated, for instance in Paris, was very low. Special church celebrations did not<br />
take place in 1932.<br />
b. The religious moral life<br />
In this area, it must be stated that in some villages, as for instance in Fere Champenoise II and Plotzk,<br />
apathy and so called non-participation was present. In other (villages) active life ruled. For instance Paris<br />
with 6 and Fere Champenoise I with 5 prayer/Bible study meetings, where the word of God was with more<br />
or less understanding, but with great participation and joy. Those outside of the prayer meetings usually are<br />
apathetic towards everything that has to do with religion or is associated with it. For many religious life consists<br />
solely of outward observances and therefore found a beleaguerment in 1932 where an offering should<br />
have been brought.<br />
The village political animosities had a bad influence upon the religious moral life. For instance in Paris,<br />
between the upper and lower part of the village. The disputed piece of land was only 1 hectar of pasture<br />
land. However, it caused much excitement in the village. Thanks to the efforts of the church council, the<br />
dispute could be resolved by the end of the year. In the same way, the land dispute between Paris and Fere<br />
Champenoise I went so far that both congregations no longer wanted to hold their common praiseworthy<br />
day of repentance as in earlier years on May 19,1932. Only after much effort was an agreement attained on<br />
the night before the day of repentance. The Rumanian political party campaigns brought much unrest into<br />
our villages. Where the people signed the party (membership) list as for instance in Fere Champenoise II and<br />
Dennewitz. The poorer population allows itself to be entranced by communist ideas which are spread on the<br />
part of Jews and Baptists.<br />
A bad habit which threatens morals and which is widespread is drinking. Although few are drunkards,<br />
recently too much alcohol is often drunk. In Paris there are two wine bars, one of which is owned by a Jew.<br />
Besides this, many deal in secret with brandy and wine! The community of Fere Champenoise I always hindered<br />
the opening of bars.<br />
To the sins against sex, the sporadic birth of illegitimate children may be mentioned - 6 in the year 1932<br />
as with the no longer single couples, of whom there were 18 out of 62 marriages. One man committed suicide<br />
in Dennewitz.<br />
The stealing of field and garden fruit is a widespread amoral act and is hardly viewed as a breaking of the<br />
commandments anymore. Also. the amoral view of not paying debts has entered from the outside. Coupled<br />
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with this is the fact that it is no longer possible to enforce church tax.<br />
Love offerings:<br />
1. For the Alexander <strong>Home</strong> (asylum in Sarata). ................................................... 9,599 lei<br />
2. Gustaf-Adolf Society ....................................................................................... 4,815 lei<br />
3. Helping poor congregations ........................................................................... 2.607 lei<br />
4. Foreign missions ............................................................................................... 702 lei<br />
5. J. Traichel in New Odessa ................................................................................ 301 lei<br />
6. A deaconess nurse in Arcis ............................................................................ 1,200 lei<br />
7. Children’s support ........................................................................................... 226 lei<br />
8. For the church building in Zadowa .................................................................... 404 lei<br />
Sects activity<br />
Together 19,864 lei<br />
To be named are Baptist families in Fere Champenoise I. In Plotzk 1 family.<br />
Changes over to the Baptists did not take place during the year 1932, however, one man who came here<br />
became Baptist in Larjari.<br />
In Paris and Fere Champenoise I there are some people called Separatists, no one joined them.<br />
One girl from Dennewitz left the village and became Orthodox.<br />
II Outward Church Affairs<br />
a. Dues (church tax) varied during the year 1932. For the churches were 74,886 lei. On the lay preacher/<br />
teacherages and schools 31,626 lei were spent.<br />
b. Extent and Membership of the Parish<br />
The parish consists of 6 congregations: Fere Champenoise I (Aft Elft), Paris, Katzbach, Fere Champenoise<br />
II (Neu Elft), Dennewitz, and Plotzk. To Paris belongs the preaching point New Paris (Deubal). The number of<br />
souls on January 1, 1932 consisted of 3,144 males and 3,455 females, together 6,599 persons.<br />
III Religious Instruction<br />
a. In school religious instruction took place in the individual classes for 2 hours per week. This was<br />
taught by the respective teachers as a secondary subject with an average low success rate.<br />
b. The instruction for children was mostly attended regularly by the children. Only in Paris was the children's<br />
attendance unsatisfactory. The success rate was in general not satisfactory as only very few children<br />
show interest in the instruction.<br />
IV Members<br />
Communicants in 1932 ...................Male 789 .................. Female 995 ..............= 1,784<br />
Confirmed in 1932 ...........................Male 28 .................. Female 24 ..............= 52<br />
Pastor 1; lay preachers/teachers 6; Churches 6; Chapels 1<br />
(This is the last installment of Church Happenings Since 1911)<br />
(Editor’s note: See article on page 28 of this newsletter for more information on Pastor Simsont)<br />
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/'6)LOPVRI%HVVDUDELD<br />
The film data reflected below has been assembled over several years from several sources and has been reviewed from<br />
time to time with the film listings of the FHC CD Catalog to ensure it to be current. Continued from <strong>Bessarabian</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong><br />
Volume 2 Issue 1. B - Birth/Baptism Alph - Alphabetized<br />
D - Death/died/burial Index - Indexed<br />
M - Marriage/bands Hist - History<br />
Conf - Confirmation<br />
FR - Family Record<br />
COLONY ............ PARISH .............REC. YEARS ........INDEX .......FILM IT .... COMMENTS<br />
Denevitz<br />
see Dennewitz<br />
Dennewitz Alt Eft B 1841-1842 38882 with Alt Elft<br />
Dennewitz Alt Eft D 1837-1840 38891 pp 68-71 - fair<br />
Dennewitz Alt Eft FR 1861-1880 38890 fair<br />
Dennewitz Alt Eft 38892<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft B 1835-1840 1198663<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft B 1841-1842 1198663<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft B 1843-1854 1198664<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft B 1855-1862 1198665<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft B 1835-1901 1768317<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft Conf 1841-1852 1768096<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft D 1837-1901 1768317<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft FR 1834 1766543<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft FR 1846-1860 1766543 continued 1768265<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft FR 1846-1860 1766617 page 91 (only part of FR)<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft FR 1912 1768318<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft FR 1861-1880 1768318<br />
Dennewitz Alt Elft FR 1883-1902 1768318<br />
Dolinovka<br />
see Gnadental<br />
Draguli<br />
see Plotzk<br />
Eichendorf Albota FR 1939 1768319<br />
Eigenfeld Eigenfeld B 1906-1933 1198683<br />
Eigenfeld Eigenfeld D 1905-1934 1198683<br />
Fere-Champenois I<br />
see Alt Elft<br />
Fere-Champenois II<br />
see Neu Elft<br />
Fersampenuazul-Mare<br />
see Alt Elft<br />
Fridenstal<br />
see Friedenstal<br />
Friedensfeld FR 1901-1915 1767876<br />
Friedensfeld Eigenfeld FR 1901-1915 38893 good<br />
Friedenstal Arzis B 1850-1854 1767874<br />
Friedenstal Arzis B 1833-1850 1768319<br />
Friedenstal Arzis BD 1855-1872 1767874<br />
Friedenstal Arzis D 1848-1854 1766557<br />
Friedenstal Arzis D 1848-1854 1766557<br />
Friedenstal Arzis D 1890-1913 1766557<br />
Friedenstal Arzis FR 1901-1915 38893<br />
Friedenstal Arzis FR 193_ 1766557<br />
Friedenstal Arzis FR 1841-1860 indexed 1767874<br />
Friedenstal Arzis FR 1847 indexed 1767874<br />
Friedenstal Arzis FR 1861-1880 indexed 1767875<br />
Friedenstal Arzis FR 1881-1900 indexed 1767875<br />
Friedenstal Arzis FR 1901-1920 1767876<br />
Friedenstal<br />
see Friedensthal<br />
Friendensthal Arzis B 1850-1854 extracted 38894 smudged & faint<br />
Friendensthal Arzis D 1842-1843 38891 pp 88-90 - faint<br />
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Friendensthal Arzis FR 1847-1860 indexed 38894 good<br />
Friendensthal Arzis FR 1861-1880 indexed 38894 good - some parts blurred<br />
Gnadental Gnadental D 1857-1891 1766530<br />
Gnadental Gnadental FR 1861-1880 indexed 1766528<br />
Gnadental Gnadental FR 1939 1766529<br />
Gnadental Gnadental FR 1881-1900 1766529<br />
Gnadental Gnadental FR 1939 1766530 continued from 1766529<br />
Gnadental Gnadental FR 1883-1940 1766530 continued from item 1<br />
Gnadental Sarata B 1857-1878 38922<br />
Gnadental Sarata B 1842-1885 1766528<br />
Gnadental Sarata D 1857-1891 38895 water damaged<br />
Gnadental Sarata FR 1861-1880 indexed 38895 good<br />
Gnadental Sarata FR 1939 38895 rumpled pages<br />
Gnadental Sarata FR 1881-1900 38896 parts blurred<br />
Gnadental Sarata FR 1940 38896 rumpled pages<br />
Gnadental Sarata FR 1834 38923 p153-195 parts blurred<br />
Gnadental Sarata FR 1834 38924 duplicate (pp 22-38 - good)<br />
Gnadental Sarata FR 1939 38925<br />
Gnadental Sarata FR 1861-1880 38925<br />
Gnadental Sarata FR 1940 38926<br />
Gnadental Sarata FR 1881-1900 38926<br />
Gnadental Sarata Immigrant Lists 1270524<br />
Gnadenthal<br />
see Gnadental<br />
Hirtenheim Kishinev FR 1939 1766530<br />
Hoffnungstal Klöstitz B 1842-1885 1766528<br />
Hoffnungstal Klöstitz B 1866-1875 1768397<br />
Hoffnungstal Klöstitz D 1842-1882 1768087<br />
Hoffnungstal Klöstitz FR 1861-1880 1768085<br />
Hoffnungstal Klöstitz FR 1881-1900 1768085<br />
Hoffnungstal Klöstitz FR 1900-1920 1768086<br />
Hoffnungstal Klöstitz FR 1920-1940 1768086<br />
Hoffnungstal Klöstitz FR 1847-1879 1768096<br />
Hoffnungstal Klöstitz FR 1940 38897 rumpled pages - poor<br />
Hofmannsfeld FR 1940 1766531<br />
Hotin Kishinev B 1788-1793 38937 Katholic<br />
Jakobsthal Eigenfeld BDM 1843-1877 1768087<br />
Jakobsthal Eigenfeld FR 1939 38898 parts blurred<br />
Jakobsthal Eigenfeld FR 1939 1768087 3 & 4 "Trauungen"<br />
Josefsdorf Mathildendorf FR 1939 1768087<br />
Kashpalat FR 1939 1766545<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft B 1841-1842 38882<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft B 1821-1840 1198663<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft B 1829-1836 1198663<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft B 1841-1842 1198663<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft B 1843-1854 1198664<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft B 1855-1862 1198665<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft B 1821-1888 1768087<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft B 1863-1888 1768088<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft Conf 1841-1852 1768096<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft Conf 1841-1852 1768096<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft D 1837-1840 38891 pp 83-87 - parts faint<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft D 1820-1840 38899 excellent<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft D 1841-1899 38899 excellent<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft D 1821-1899 1766544<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft FR 1841-1860 38882 p 99-196 - faint & illegible<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft FR 1841-1860 38882<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft FR 1883-1901 1766544<br />
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Katzbach Alt Elft FR 1883-1901 1766544<br />
Katzbach Alt Elft FR 1861-1880 1768088<br />
Kischinew Kischinew 1923-1930 1767903 communion<br />
Kischinew Kischinew 1825-1938 1767903 chronicle<br />
Kischinew Kischinew B 1835-1891 indexed 477311 A-D<br />
Kischinew Kischinew B 1835-1938 indexed 477807 A-D "fehlen"<br />
Kischinew Kischinew B 1814-1815 1766545 "Bruchstücke"<br />
Kischinew Kischinew B 1835-1869 1766545<br />
Kischinew Kischinew B 1892-1940 1766545<br />
Kischinew Kischinew B 1930-1937 1766546 "Bruchstücke"<br />
Kischinew Kischinew BD 1938-1939 1767903<br />
Kischinew Kischinew Conf 1838-1900 1766546<br />
Kischinew Kischinew Conf 1900-1920 1766547<br />
Kischinew Kischinew Conf 1900-1920 1766547<br />
Kischinew Kischinew D 1920-1929 1766546<br />
Kischinew Kischinew D 1892-1940 1767877<br />
Kischinew Kischinew D 1921-1928 1767877<br />
Kischinew Kischinew D 1936-1939 1767903<br />
Kischinew Kischinew FR 1861-1880 1767877<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1838-1877 1768282<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1890-1897 1768282<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1899-1902 1768283<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1903 1768284<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1906 1768284<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1908 1768284<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1908 1768285 continued from 1768284<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1911 1768285<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1918-1919 1768319 marriage certificates<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1918-1919 1768320 marriage certificates<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1921-1924 1768320<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1925-1928 1768321<br />
Kischinew Kischinew M 1932-1940 1768322<br />
Kischinew Kischinew 1937 1767876 permission to marry<br />
Kischinew Kischinew 1938 1767877 permission to marry<br />
Kischinew Kischinew 1825-1887 1767904 permission to marry<br />
Kischinew Kischinew 1931 1767904 permission to marry<br />
Kischinew Kischinew 1933-1939 1768291 marriage certificates<br />
Kischinew Kischinew 1933-1939 1768291 marriage certificates<br />
Kishineff Kishineff B 1835-1869 38900 parts blurred & faint<br />
Kishineff Kishineff Communion 38901 1923- 1930 (parts blurred)<br />
Kishineff Kishineff D 1920-1929 38901 in Rumanian<br />
Kishineff Kishineff M 1911-1912 38900 some blurred pages<br />
Kishineff Kishineff M 1920-1925 38900 in Rumanian<br />
Kishineff Kishineff M 1921 38901 good<br />
Kishineff Kishineff M 1933-1939 38901 good - in Rumanian<br />
Kishinjew<br />
see Kishineff<br />
Kisil Andrejewka FR 1940 1768396<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz 1814-1899 1767907 list of names<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz 1845-1869 1768287 record information<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz B 1830/1832 1766535<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz B 1830-1841 1768396 4<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz B 1866-1873 1768397<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz BD 1836-1865 1768396<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz BDM 1814-1830 1768396<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz D 1830-1841 38904 p 1,9-10,13-15,26-53 - good<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz D 1817-1836 1768286<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz D 1830-1841 1768286<br />
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Klöstitz Klöstitz D 1860-1864 1768286<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz D 1866-1886 1768286<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz D 1864-1870 1768287<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz DM 1825-1828 1766535<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz FR 1847-1860 38904<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz FR 1908 38905<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz FR 1908 38905<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz FR 1861-1880 1766558<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz FR 1881-1900 1766560<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz FR 1908 1767905<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz FR 1908 1767906 continued from 1767905<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz FR 1834-1847 1767907<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz FR 1847 1767907<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz FR 1847 1767908 continued from 1767907<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1854-1856 38902 parts faint<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1859-1880 38902 parts faint<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1881-1885 38903 fair<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1903-1909 38903 fair - in Russian<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1885-1889 38903 fair<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1922-1925 38904 parts faint<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1859-1865 1766547<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1865-1880 1766558<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1880-1890 1766559<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1855-1867 1766564<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1898-1901 1767904<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1898-1901 1767904<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1901-1903 1767905<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1901-1917 1767905<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1903-1909 1767905<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1909-1920 1767906<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1909-1920 1767906<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1920-1922 1767907<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1922-1925 1767907<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1842-1880 1768378<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1852-1858 1768378<br />
Klöstitz Klöstitz M 1816-1852 1768397 2<br />
Krasna Kishinev B 1814-1827 1768287 in Latin<br />
Krasna Kishinev M 1827-1837 1768287 in Polish<br />
Kulm Tarutino FR 1840-1860 0161713<br />
Kulm Tarutino B 1848-1863 38906 parts faint & blurred<br />
Kulm Tarutino B 1843-1852 38928 pp 95-124 - good<br />
Kulm Tarutino B 1824-1843 1766535<br />
Kulm Tarutino B 1843 1766536<br />
Kulm Tarutino B 1844-1852 1766537 pg 95-124<br />
Kulm Tarutino B 1853-1864 1768035<br />
Kulm Tarutino B 1848-1863 1768287<br />
Kulm Tarutino D 1852 38928 pp 156-159 - good<br />
Kulm Tarutino D 1830-1847 38929<br />
Kulm Tarutino D 1887-1897 72003<br />
Kulm Tarutino DM 1824-1829 1766535<br />
Kulm Tarutino FR 1861-1880 38906 fair<br />
Kulm Tarutino FR 1861-1880 1768288<br />
Kulm Tarutino FR 1939 1768378<br />
Kulm Tarutino FR 1939 1768379<br />
Kulm Tarutino M 1855-1867 1766564 [To be continued in next <strong>issue</strong>]<br />
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