2018 CRIMEA RIG Meeting RIG Presentation 2018.pdfSaratov privately funded by the Friends of Crimea...
Transcript of 2018 CRIMEA RIG Meeting RIG Presentation 2018.pdfSaratov privately funded by the Friends of Crimea...
WhyisthereaCrimeaRIG?
• Tobringtogetherpeopleinterestedinlearning,researchingandpreservingthehistory,cultureandheritageoftheGermanRussiansfromCrimea.
• Weareavirtualchapter.
• Wecurrentlyhave75members.
ElectionofChapterRepresentatives
• RepresentativetotheBOD
• ChapterSpokesperson
• Webmaster
• ListservAdministrator
ElectionofChapterRepresentatives
• CurrentRepresentatives– MervWeiss,Rep.toBOD
– MattKlee,SpokespersonandWebmaster– YvonneHaefner,ListservAdmin.
• Allarewillingtoserveagain.• Anyothernominations?
VillageCoordinators
• WhatisaVillageCoordinator?– Volunteerswhohelpotherresearchersbysharingtheirknowledgeofthevillages,thefamiliesandthehistory
– TherecanbemorethanoneVCpervillage
• Qualifications– Interestedinaparticularvillage– AmemberofGRHS– Helpfultohaveanemailaddress
VillageCoordinators
• Feodosia&Herzenberg:volunteerneeded• Friedental:KenMessmer&BobSchamber
• Heilbrunn:WandaHopkins,KenMessmer,&ViSchielke
• Kronental:MattKlee,BobSchamber,&ViSchielke
• Neusatz:AlBerger&KenMessmer
• Rosental:AlBerger&MattKlee
• Simferopol:MattKlee
• Sudak:MervWeiss• Zurichtal:KenMessmer,FriedaNusz,CharPerry,BobSchamber
RecordsRetrieval
• TranslationofGRHSObtainedRecords
• TranslationofPrivatelyObtainedRecords
• IndexingofFamilyHistoryLibraryFilms
• IntegrationofData
What’sNew?
• RosentalParishCatholicDeaths1861-1899– SaratovArchive,indexedbyMervandMatt
• ZurichtalBaptisms1840-1848– RussianLanguagewebsite,indexedbyMatt
• IndexofCrimeaRecordsAvailable– Varioussources,developedbyMatt
• SimferopolDeathsvariousyears1865-1880– SaratovArchive,partialindexbyMatt
What’sNew?
• BiographicalandFamilyInformationofIndividualsnotedonHeadstonesintheZürichtalCemetery– byJohannesKünzig,compiledbyKenMessmer
• RosentalParishCatholicBaptisms1866-1880– SaratovArchive,indexedbyMervandMatt
IndexofCrimeaRecordsAvailable
• CatholicRecords– RosentalandSimferopolParish– LDSFilmsandDigitalImages– SaratovArchiveFonds1166and365
• LutheranRecords– NeusatzandZürichtalParishes– LDSFilmsandDigitalImages
• RevisionListsandStatisticalReports• FoundingFamilies
RosentalBaptisms1866–1880
• IndexofrecordsfromtheRussianStateArchiveinSaratovprivatelyfundedbytheFriendsofCrimea
• Allavailablebaptismrecordsfortheyears1866-1880.(1215)
• ThemajorityofthesebaptismsoccurredinRosental,butmanytookplaceinthefilialchurchesofZurichtal,Gruenental,Alatai,Blumental,etc.– IncludesCzechbaptismsupto1873
• NowavailableontheCrimeaRIGResearchwebpage
FriendsofCrimeaRecordAcquisitionTeam
• BillBosch• DonDitter• KayGavin• AnnaHaug• WandaHopkins• CharoletteKahler• MattKlee• KenMessmer• CharlottePerry• KenReinbold• MikeRoller• WayneSchaad• BobSchamber• KenVollman• MarinaVollmer• LisaWallender• MervWeiss
RosentalBaptisms1866-1880
• Tenmostcommonsurnames– Bosch80– Kelsch49– Hoerner44– Heck37– Fauth34– Dick32– Antoni31– Dewald30– Lang30– Sautner25
CaseStudy:JosephLang
• FromlocalhistorybookforChamberlain,SK– ChamberlainCrossroads,Atripbackintime1981
CaseStudy:JosephLang
• JosephLangmarriedMagdalenaFeistin1900andwiththeirthreechildrenEmmanuel,MatthewandKatherine,immigratedtoCanadaandsettledinReginawhereMarywasborn.TheythenmovedtothePrelatedistrict,duringwhichtimeSebastian,CeciliaandJosephwereborn.ThefamilymovedbacktoReginathentoLibertyandontoAylesbury,beforeretiringinChamberlainin1941.WhileheretheywerefaithfulmembersofSt.Anne’sRomanCatholicChurch
CaseStudy:JosephLang
• KnownFacts:– JosephandMagdalenaLangwerefromCrimea
– JosephandMagdalenaLangwereCatholic– Magdalenageb.FeistwasthedaughterofNicholasFeistandKatharinaBoser
– JosephLang’stombstonegiveshisbirthyearas1878
CaseStudy:JosephLang
• Questions:– WhoareJosephLang’sparents?
– IshedescendedfromtheRosentalLangfoundingfamily?
• Wherecanwefindtheanswers?
CaseStudy:JosephLang
• WhoareJosephLang’sparents?– JosephLangandKatharinaSchafer
• IshedescendedfromtheRosentalLangfoundingfamily?– Probablynot,otherwisethefather’sstatuswouldbegivenas“RosentalColonist”andnotas“BadenNative”
RosentalParishCatholicRecordsObtained(sofar)
• Baptisms1831–1880(2654)• Marriages1831-1899(822)
• Deaths1834–1899(1311)• 1852ParishInventory(827)
PossibleFutureProjects
• AdditionalAcquisitionsofCatholicRecordsfromSaratovArchive
• AddMaidennamesto1852RosentalParishList
• BuildIndexesfromotherLDSfilms– NeusatzandZurichtalparishrecordsetc.
• UpdateFoundingFamiliesdocuments
PossibleFutureProjects
• Wanttogetinvolved?Here’show:– ContributetofutureAcquisitionsfinancially– Provideinputonwhatprojecttodonext– Helpwithtranslatingorproofreading
• ContactMervorMatt– [email protected]
FoundingFamilies
• Colony-widelistingoffoundingfamilies.• Integratesdatafromawiderangeofsources.• Updatedasnewinformationbecomesavailable.• Pleasesubmitcorrectionsandadditionstoauthors.
• Completed:– Rosental,Kronental,Simferopol,Neusatz,Friedental,Zürichtal,HeilbrunnandSudak
• Lefttocomplete:– FeodosiaandHerzenberg
GRHSPublications
• 1806RevisionList(EconomicReport)
• 1810EconomicReport
• 1813EconomicReport• 1815EconomicReport• 1816EconomicReport
• 1816RevisionList• 1818EconomicReport[Neusatz,Friedental,Rosental]• 1850RevisionList[Heilbrunn&Sudak]• 1852RosentalListofCatholicParishioners
CrimeaWebSite
• CrimeaRIGMembershipList– Emailaddresses
– VillagesofInterest– SurnamesofInterest
• Example
CrimeaWebSite
• CrimeaResearchPage– Linkstodatafiles
• CensusRecords• ChurchRecords• FoundingFamiliesdocuments• History• Otherareasofinterest
CrimeaListserv
• JoinandmakeuseoftheCrimeaRIGListserv
– AskQuestions
– Addtothediscussion
– Sharedata
– Learnwhatisnewandhappening
WhatishappeningoutsideofGRHS?
• Blackseagr.org– Over2.3millionsearchablenamesindatabase– SometreesthatfeatureCrimeaGermans
• WeissDatabasebyMervWeiss
– ResearchDocuments–Crimea/Taurida
• Familysearch.org– LutheranChurchBookDuplicates,1833-1885– CrimeafilmsavailableatFamilyHistoryLibraries– GRHS/LDSLiaison:ourownKenMessmer