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 Census 
1850 Census of Russia Township, Lorain County, Ohio
Russia Township includes Oberlin, Ohio, and its immediate surroundings.
Barton County, Kansas 1920 Federal Census
Germans from Russia Census Extraction,
Chortitza Census October 14, 1797
A census of the following South Russia Mennonite villages : Chortitza, Rosental, Insel Chortitza, Einlage, Kronsgarten, Kronsweide, Neuenburg, Neuendorf, Schoenhorst, and Schoenwiese.
Lorain County. 1860 Census of Russia Township, Lorain County, Ohio
Russia Township includes Oberlin, Ohio, and its immediate surroundings.
Nebraska. Lincoln, Nebraska Census of Germans from Russia 1913-1915
North Dakota. Germans from Russia in North Dakota Census Records
Russia. 1801 Census, Chortitza Colony, South Russia
Russia. Censuses for the Yazykovo Colony : 1858, 1869, 1873 (Mennonites, Russia)
Russia. Germans from Russia : Index to the 1798 census for the Lower Volga Valley Villages, A-L
Russia. Germans from Russia : Index to the 1798 census for the Lower Volga Valley Villages, M-Z
Russia. Index to the 1835 Molotschna Census (Mennonites, Russia)
Russia. Kuban Colony Census, 1869 (Mennonites, South Russia)
South Russian Mennonite Census, 1795-1814
Lists names, estimated birth dates, village names, and the source page number for Mennonites who lived in the Black Sea region of Russia.
The Molotschna Colony Census 1835: Chortitza and Bergthal Colony Connections

 Birth, Death, Marriage 
Alberta. Births, Marriages & Deaths, Chortitza Colony, Russia 1801-13
Free download of gedcom files from the Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta (links at the bottom of the right hand column.)
Marriage Register for the Village Osterwick, Chortitza Colony, Russia, 1941
Russia. Bessarabia, South Russia Births, Deaths and Marriages 1833-1885
This information was compiled from the St. Petersburg Lutheran Evangelical archives published by the LDS.
Russia. Eigenheim, South Russia Births and Deaths 1861-1884
Russia. Family Names of the Prussian Mennonites
Russia. Freudental, South Russia Births, Deaths and Marriages 1833-1885
Compiled from the St. Petersburg Lutheran Evangelical archives published by the LDS.
Russia. Glueckstal, South Russia Births, Deaths and Marriages 1833-1900
Compiled from the St. Petersburg Lutheran Evangelical archives published by the LDS.
Russia. Grossliebental, South Russia Births, Deaths and Marriages 1833-1885
Compiled from the St. Petersburg Lutheran Evangelical archives published by the LDS.
Russia. Parish of Alt Elft, Bessarabia, South Russia Birth Records, 1855-1863
(located on the territory of today's Ukraine)
Russia. Parish of Alt Elft, Bessarabia, South Russia Marriage Records, 1820-1899
(located on the territory of today's Ukraine)
Russia. Parish of Alt Elft, Bessarabia, South Russia Marriage Records, 1900-1920
(located on the territory of today's Ukraine)
Russia. Rohrbach, South Russia Births, Deaths, and Marriages 1835-1885
Compiled from the St. Petersburg Lutheran Evangelical archives published by the LDS.
Russia. Volhynian, South Russia Births, Deaths, and Marriages 1835-1885
Compiled from the St. Petersburg Lutheran Evangelical archives published by the LDS.
Russia. Zuerichtal, South Russia Births, Deaths, and Marriages 1833-1839
Compiled from the St. Petersburg Lutheran Evangelical archives published by the LDS.

 Cemeteries 
Russia. American Historical Society of Germans From Russia Obituary Collection Index

 Residents 
Inhabitants in the Burgh Selkirk, 16th June 1817
Russia. Yazykovo Colony Census Lists, State Archive of the Zaporizhzhe Region, Zaporizhzhe, Ukraine
This site makes available the extractions of material from three important documents relating to the earliest settlers in the Yazykovo Colony in South Russia.

 Passenger List 
Canada. Immigrants from the Russian Empire (LI-RA-MA)
The Likacheff-Ragosine-Mathers collection (LI-RA-MA) contains documents created between 1898 and 1922 by the consular offices of the Russian Empire in Canada. The series on passports and identity papers is comprised of about 11,400 files on Jewish, Ukrainian and Finnish immigrants who came to Canada from the Russian Empire. The series includes passport applications and questionnaires containing general information.
Passenger List. Passenger List of the Eugenie, Germany to Tasmania, 1871-1872
Prussian, Alsatian, Swedish, Danish, Austrian, Mecklenberg, and Saxon immigrants.
Passenger List. Passenger List of the Eugenie, Germany to Tasmania, 1871-1872
Prussian, Alsatian, Swedish, Danish, Austrian, Mecklenberg, and Saxon immigrants.
Russia. Deutsch-Michalin Mennonites
The earliest Mennonite settlement in Russia started in Deutsch-Michalin in 1787. Records for this early period have not surfaced. We know the names of emigrants from Montau for 1804-1805 who show up later in Deutsch-Michalin.
Russia. Migration of Mennonites from West Prussia to Russia 1820 - 1841

 Court Records 
Russia. 1847 Molotschna Colony Voters' List (Mennonites, South Russia)

 Military 
England. England Genealogy Search
Click on 'England Genealogy Search' to access a custom search engines using the power of google to search 210 websites related to doing genealogy in England.
International Genealogy Community Pages Access a custom search engines using the power of google to search websites related to genealogy in various nations.
Manitoba. Schoenhorst Register, Chortitza Colony South Russia
The register was taken to Canada after World War II and is currently in the possession of a family in Vancouver. Copies of the register are available at the Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies and the Mennonite Heritage Centre, both located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

 Property 
Russia. 1814 Chortitza, Russia Landowners List

 Culture 
British Columbia. The Doukhobor Collection, 1898-1930
The Doukhobor Collection database is comprised of over 120 primary source items (totaling over 400 images) dating from 1898 to 1930. Among these items are a variety of scanned manuscripts, photographs, books and book chapters, magazine articles, and financial documents. The origin of the Doukhobors dates to 17th and 18th century Russia, when a number of Christian religious sects began to form. A database of the Simon Fraser University Library (British Columbia, Canada.)
Russia. American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - Ancestors List
This genealogy database has been developed from the family history data submitted by members of AHSGR.

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Austria. WW-Person : A data base of the higher nobility in Europe
Over 350,000 names. WW-Person now contains 87000 persons of English nobility (including Irish nobility and Scottish nobility), 20000 persons of Italian nobility, 25000 persons of Spanish nobility, 13000 persons of Russian nobility, 60000 persons of French nobility and over 100000 persons of German nobility (including Austrian nobility and Swiss Nobility). For each person original names, titles, dates and relatives are given.
Clatsop County. Declarations of Intent for Clatsop County, Oregon to 1888: Finns and Russians
Estonia. Deportation from Estonia to Russia : Deportation in June 1941 & Deportation in 19401953
(in Estonian)
Families Transferring from Chortitza to Molotschna between 1816 and 1835 plus
Germany. Extracts from Emmerichenhain parish, Nassau, Prussia records from 1669 - 1806
(Germany)
Russia. Alternate surnames found in the Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe Pedigree database
A list of real name changes, German names converted to a Polish or Russian or English equivalent, sounds-like variations, etc. (pdf document)
Russia. Germans from Russia : The Lower Volga Villages Obit Project
Russia. Kratzke - Brent Mai's Research Germans from Russia
Details on over 12,000 families from Prussia & Russia.
Russia. Lists of Mennonites emigrating from Danzig to Russia 1804-1805
Russia. ODESSA ... a German-Russian Genealogical Library
Browse or search over 300 Mbytes of data.
Russia. Russia Genealogy Search at GeneaNet
Russia. Russian Links
Russia. Russian Links
Russia. Vaccination Records, Chortitza Colony, 1809 an 1814 (Mennonites, Russia)