The Glückstalers in New Russia and North America:
A Bicentennial Collection of History, Genealogy & Folklore (Revised)
Table of Contents
Introduction — 1
by Homer Rudolf
Russian Time Line — 3
compiled by Homer Rudolf
Points of Origin — 5
by Richard Sandmeier
Stumpp Passport Lists–Glückstalers — 39
by Thomas A. Stangl
The Early Years to 1810 and the Glückstal Wolost — 49
by Homer Rudolf
Glückstal — 57
by Homer Rudolf
Neudorf — 81
by Homer Rudolf
Bergdorf — 93
by Homer Rudolf
Kassel — 105
by Homer Rudolf
Hoffnungstal — 115
by Homer Rudolf
Daughter Colonies and Chutors — 127
by Homer Rudolf
Mobility or Wanderlust of the Glückstal Colonists — 169
compiled by Thomas A. Stangl
Wolost Structure of the Glückstal Colonies — 187
by Homer Rudolf
Parish Structure of the Glückstal Colonies — 205
by Homer Rudolf
Report on 1804 Arrivals — 217
translated by Donn Koenig, edited by Thomas A. Stangl
Glückstal Colonies Crop Report, 1820–Spring 1821 — 223
translated and compiled by Margaret Freeman and Thomas A. Stangl
Statistical Reports of the Glückstal Colonies from 1825 — 235
by Homer Rudolf
Glückstal Colonies Petition, May 1827 — 245
by Thomas A. Stangl
Kassel Annahme—1830 — 251
by Thomas A. Stangl, translation by Allyn R. Brosz
Inheritances From Abroad — 255
by Thomas A. Stangl, translations by Serge Yelizarov
Distribution Of Martin Weisser Estate — 257
by Margaret Freeman
Monthly Chores in South Russia During the 1880s — 265
translated by Homer Rudolf
Voter’s Lists — 269
by Thomas A. Stangl
Consumer Associations — 297
translated by Homer Rudolf
Agricultural Associations — 301
translated by Homer Rudolf
The Colonist Wife — 303
translated by Homer Rudolf
Seals and Stamps on Russian Documents — 309
compiled by Homer Rudolf
The Church in the Glückstal Colonies and Hoffnungstal — 357
by Homer Rudolf
American Time Line — 393
compiled by Homer Rudolf
Travel from South Russia to the U.S. and Canada — 397
by Homer Rudolf
Early Glückstal Colonist Settlements in the U.S. — 419
by Homer Rudolf
Third Migration — 455
by Homer Rudolf
The Trek — 465
by Homer Rudolf
Einwandererzentralstelle (EWZ) — 495
by Thomas A. Stangl
A Ballad of Germans from Russia — 501
by Helmut Mayer, translated by Janice Huber Stangl
When Conflict Intrudes — 503
by James Klein
A Glückstaler in the Czar’s Armies — 559
by Janice Huber Stangl
German SS Activities In The Bergdorf Area, 1941 — 567
by Stephen Tyas, St Albans, England
Farming on the Steppes and the Prairies —— 571
by Barbara (Geiger) Horn
The Glückstal Women And Their Lives — 615
by Sally Gross Sologuk
Handwork of the Women of the Glückstal Coloies — 647
by Connie Dahlke
The Paul G. Martel Clothing Collection — 667
compiled by Connie Dahlke
A German-Russian Midwife In The Dakotas At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century
And Beyond—A Personal Memoir — 675
by Rosemarie Ketterling
Brauche, Healing and Home Remedies — 679
by Carol Just
Himmelsbriefe from the Glückstal Colonies — 703
by Homer Rudolf
Friedricka (Fischer) Rau Friske—A Practicing Brauchere — 715
by Homer Rudolf
Causes of Death: Epidemics, Diseases and Accidents — 743
by Janice Huber Stangl
Light Side, Dark Side Glimpses of Germans from Russia Life — 755
by Janice Huber Stangl
Church, School and Holiday Traditions — 765
by Sally Gross Sologuk
Some Research Tools for Germans from Russia — 773
by Thomas A. Stangl
Researching Federal Land Records — 779
by Allyn Brosz
Miscellaneous Photos — 783
Page last updated 5 March 2022