Researching Volga German Ancestry Through Russian Archives with Brent Mai
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Catherine the Great invited Western Europeans, most of whom were ethnically German, to settle the Russian steppes in the 1760s. Over 30,000 people responded to this invitation and were settled in 106 colonies along the Volga River north of what today is the city of Volgograd. From arrival in 1764 until deportation in 1941, Russian authorities kept detailed records of the activities of these colonists and the local Lutheran, Reformed, and Roman Catholic clergy recorded pastoral acts (baptisms, marriages, and burials) in each of the parishes. Following Stalin’s deportation of the descendants of these colonists to gulags in Siberia and Kazakhstan in August & September of 1941, records that survived the war time were scattered among 4 major archives. Dr. Mai will be presenting at ID Quest on the documentation of Volga German ancestry that has been discovered in these archives and some of what is available to researchers to-date.
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I had never heard of "Volga Germans" until a few months ago. I started doing ancestry research and was shocked and confused when I found that my mother's 'German' grandparents immigrated here from (and were born in) Russia! As were their parents and theirs before them... going back generations! My mom had no idea and neither did any family around my age. We were all extremely confused until I googled "why would Russian ancestors claim to be German" and I got results that made it all make sense! They were from the Volga colonies. I still know very little as I'm just beginning this journey. ❤
I admire and respect the work Brent has done for us who follow the volga germans history for many years and for the common folks looking for their ancestors.
The first in my family line of Volga Germans actually came from France (1760 something). His wife died soon after their arrival, he then married a German.
Great job Brent 👍 this helps a lot. Speaking from experience and speaking to you Volga history can be tedious but this makes a huge difference and will only add to my resources list.
both my father's and my mother's families are Volga Germans. They lived in different villages and meer until they came to the USA. wWe have gotten my mother's name family to Germany in the 1700s.
What an amazing video, very informative! My family (2 of them only, rest stayed behind) came from the village of brabander in russia to the city of Fresno in California, in 1910-1912. Sadly one of them died (which was my great great great grandfather) in 1912, and the other one out of the 2, which was his wife, she never spoke of him after he died, or of her life in russia...nothing. So we have zero information of who her or his family was and so when ive tried to do research, I find nothing everytime :( All I know is their last names were Graf and his was "Martell" but still can never find anything and it seems Martell isnt even a german last name because I never see it in any volga german records?? I'm not sure.
Usully it writes with one L at the end - Martel.
There are a lot VolgaGermans Martel. ;)
Martell ist vielleicht ein französischer Name. An der Wolga waren auch Kolonisten aus Frankreich.