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