Tips & Tricks to Track Your German Russian Ancestors...Tip # 3 Sources, Sources, Sources in Russia...Organizations & Societies

There are so many excellent sources from Organizations and Socities, it takes more than one post to cover the basics! Let take a look at the Germans from Russia Heritage Society next.

There is a vast amount of research available here.  You will want to explore the database and village groups. Village coordinators are organized by regions and area.  There is an alphabetical listing of Villages and Village Coordinators with who you will want to connect. The areas covered range from Beresan to Crimea to Kurchurga and Caucasus. Drill into all of the links to learn more and be sure to check out the letters which details much of the history of from the 1870s especially in the Dakotas, but including Canada and Argentina, too.

Another valuable all volunteer site is the Black Sea German Research. The Research Repository covers an incredible amount of information if your ancestors from the Black Sea Villages. There are so many links to visit, be sure to reseve at least a day to visit the whole site

And, if you doubted that descendents of Germans From Russia settled around the globe, just check  the number of languages in which this site is published. There are over 100 languages from which to choose!

There are at least four more essential sites to visit and we will cover it in the next post. Please stay tuned!

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