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From: Patrice Miller <>
Subject: [GV] Friends of the Volga Archives book restoration project
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 21:38:51 -0700


The Friends of the Volga Archives book restoration project was a great
success! Thank you to all generous 50 members who donated! * (See at the
end of the message for a complete list of donors.)

Not only have we provided substantial funds for both the Saratov &
Engels archives for restoration of many of our ancestral village book
but we have gone a long way towards establishing greater communication,
understanding and friendship with the directors of the archives, Mrs.
Elisabeth M. Erina (Yerina), director of the Engels Archives and Mr.
Alexei V. Voronetzev, director of the Saratov Archives. Both directors
now understand the value of email communication and are moving forward
on that front.

Specifically we donated equal amounts to both the archives, $1,200. As
you saw from the thank you the directors of both archives expressed to
Vera Beljakova-Miller, they were thrilled with the large amount. They
will be able to restore many books with those funds. In addition we
donated $300 to Saratov for a modem and internet connection. This is
the same as we have done previously for Engels. There was about $150 in
expenses: phone, fax, interpreter & bank fees.

Unfortunately the director of the Volgograd archives was on vacation.
Since he was the only person there authorized to sign any agreements,
and the Volgograd archives were such a far distance from Saratov where
Ken Stugart was staying, he returned with the Volgograd money, $400. We
will discuss with the people whose donation were targeted for that
archive, and decided what to do with the money. We could return it to
the donors, or give it to the Saratov / Engels archives at a future
date.

It is quite a lengthy process for the archives to provide a list of
books that they can restore with the funds provided. And it took them a
while to understand precisely what we were looking for. Saratov was able
to complete their list before Ken left and Engels is working on an exact
list although they did give us a summary list.

We will continue to work towards acquiring a complete list of Volga
German holdings in both the archives. Additionally we will work towards
setting up email communication with the archives and try to find a way
in which funds can be delivered to them safely and without too much
expense. Ultimately we would like to be able to order research from them
directly. These goals are similarly to what AHSGR is trying to
accomplish, with all Russian archives. There are no easy answers, and
there are obstacles to overcome, but what the Friends of the Volga
archives has just accomplished takes a giant step in that direction.

Please feel free to contact Vera, Ken or myself directly if you have
questions.

Patrice Miller
&
Ken Stugart
Vera Beljakova-Miller

Comments about the following restoration book lists by Patrice Miller.

Below you will find a proposed list of books that the archives are
planning on restoring. Saratov's list is complete, more details will be
coming for the Engels list. What was surprising to me was the number of
books that were listed for a single village.

You will note the books that need restoration at Saratov do not include
the censuses. I suspect that the census books, for the most part have
been well maintained in the archives, and if they needed restoration, it
has already happened. All the books listed for restoration appear to be
some type of church book: births, marriage & deaths. These are probably
part of the 700 church books that have been returned to the archives
recently from the Russian government and perhaps were stored under less
than optimal conditions. Also the books in need of restoration in
Saratov are from later years, after the 1850s up to about 1919.

Engel's preliminary list has a differently character than Saratov's.
While I don't know specifically what type of books they are, there are
many in the 1700's, such as 1764 - 1779, 1794. Some in the early 1800s,
some around 1834. I suspect a few of these books are census records
since they fall around the date of the censuses. The books extend into
the 1900s with the last date being 1922.


translated by Vera Beljakova-Miller /
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Name of Book Type
Village Nr of Book Years Pages
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Books to be restored at Saratov Archives
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Hockerberg 1 Births 1854-1879 231
Deaths 1856-1879
2 Births 1880-1903 183
Deaths ditto
3 Births 1904-1920 225
4 Births 1916-1921 64
5 Marriage 1900-1919 16
6 Deaths 1904-1917 89
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Kath'stadt 1 Births 1871-1889 288
2 Births 1866-1871 146
3 Births 1889-1901 240
4 Births 1901-1912 250
5 Births 1912-1919 144
6 Births 1834-1871 98
7 Births 1919-1911(wrong? 1921?) 262
8 Marriage 1871-1897 147
9 Marriage 1897-1919 111
10 Marriage 1912 & 1914-1917 149
11 Marriage 1913-1919 44
12 Deaths 1856-1876 240
13 Deaths 1890-1915 236
14 Deaths 1912-1919 446
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K'stadt North 1 Births 1862-1877 175 Deaths
2 Births 1878-1889 160
3 Deaths 1895-1905 208
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K'stadt South 1 Births 1892-1898 310
2 Births 1899-1905 231
3 Births 1906-1908 342
4 Births 1912-1919 742
5 Deaths 1893-1901 240
6 Deaths 1901-1905 96
7 Deaths 1906-1911 378
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Obermonjou 1 Births 1875-1885 242
2 Births 1912-1918 144
3 Births 1905-1912 192
4 Marriages 1875-1911 234
5 Deaths 1892-1907 192
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Schilling - Krasnoarmiiski District
1 Births 1903-1906(Nov) 133
2 Births 1906(Nov)-1917 196
3 Marriage 1903-1912 127
4 Evangelic-Lutheran
church congregation 1900-1927 400
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Schilling - Marx (K'stadt) district
1 Births 1893-1902 176
2 Deaths 1884-1906 111
3 Deaths 1907-1919 103
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Schwed 1 Births 1869-1892 210
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Stahl 1 Births 1908-1915 174
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Warenburg 1 Births 1915-1918 168
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ENGELS ARCHIVE
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Priority restoration list - as submitted by Engels
>From this list, books will be chosen for restoration to the value of
$1,200

* where there are figures, it means members donated for these
villages

-- where there are blanks, it means that no one donated for these
villages but their books are in need of restorations.

Village Names Nr of Books Years

priority - 1st level - need for restoration

Anton - Sevast'yanovka 15 1764-1906
Balzer - Golyi Karamyshin 34 1804-1922
Beideck - Talovka --
Bettinger - Barataevka --
Boart - Bordovoe --
Doenhoff - Gololobovka 17 1815-1906
Graf - Krutoyarovka --
Huck - Splavnukha 7 1779-1933
Kamenka --
Katharinenstadt - Boronsk/Marx 19 1821-1905
Krasnyi Yar (German one) 21 1834-1921
Louis - Otrogovka 6 1843-1915
Marientahl - Tonkoshurovka 21 1791-1922
Messer - Ust'-Zolikha. 22 1791-1916
Norka 30 1833-1911
Warenburg - Prival'noe 19 1794-1901

2nd level - in need of restoration

Fischer - Rybnoe : --
Preus - Krasnopol'e : --
Naeb - Ryasanovka : --
Reinhardt - Osinovka: 33 1822-1903
Rosenheim - Podstepnoe : 8 1819-1898
Shilling -Sosnovka (Balzer district) 8 1794-1901

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translated by Vera Beljakova-Miller ()
END of Saratov & Engels List:

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* Donor List
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Harvey Altergott, Don Loose, Corlene Smith, Gene Jenkins, Jayne Wunsch
Dye, Margo James, Dick Kraus, Michael Sharp, H.D. Funk, David and
Margaret Aul, Norma Lamont, Sam Brungardt, Ruth DeLuca, Steve Schreiber,
Rick Wacker, Paul and Abby Morasch, Joe Gareis, Pauline Dudek, John R
Krikau, Diane Heil, Kris Ball, Bruce Benne, Marvin J. & Raynona Bohrer,
Judy & Dick Leffler, Randi Bolyard, Betty Engel Muradian, Wilma Sellin,
Helen and Paul Hile, Lillian Larwig, Kevin Rupp, Kathy O'Malley, Janet
Flickinger, Kim Penrod, Bonnie Anderson, Vern Kembel, R. E. Frederking,
Bob Rentner, Bob Weigand, Bettye (Arnbrister) Grant, Sharon Reinhardt,
Jim and Marguerite Palmquist, Jeanette Jones Halter, J.B. & Marlene
Coats, L. D. Hettinger, Michael Frank, Jerry Siebert , Ken Stugart,
Vera Beljakova-Miller, Patrice Miller

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