2018CRIMEARIGMeeting

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WhyisthereaCrimeaRIG?

•  Tobringtogetherpeopleinterestedinlearning,researchingandpreservingthehistory,cultureandheritageoftheGermanRussiansfromCrimea.

•  Weareavirtualchapter.

•  Wecurrentlyhave75members.

WhatdoestheCrimeaRIGdo?

•  VillageCoordinators

•  RecordsRetrieval

•  CrimeaWebSite

•  CrimeaListserv

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

IndexofCrimeaRecordsAvailable

IndexofCrimeaRecordsAvailable

IndexofCrimeaRecordsAvailable

IndexofCrimeaRecordsAvailable

IndexofCrimeaRecordsAvailable

IndexofCrimeaRecordsAvailable

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

RosentalBaptisms1866-1880Example

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

•  Rosental1878Baptism#14

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– mweiss@shaw.ca

– matt.klee@comcast.net

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

CrimeaWebSite

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

•  AndnowforawordfromourRepresentativetotheBoardofDirectors

Questions?

•  HowcantheCrimeaRIGbemorevaluable?