Table of Contents:

Glückstal Colonies Research Association Newsletter, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2001


  • Conventions in the Year 2001 — p. 1

  • Progress on the GCRA Bicentennial Project — pp. 1-2

  • Call for Participation [in the Bicentennial Project], by Homer Rudolf — pp. 2-3

  • Bicentennial Book/Video Donors — pp. 3-4

  • Ron Vossler: Featured Speaker — p. 4

  • How We Celebrated Easter, by Helmuth Bender — pp. 4-5

  • Marienberg: Fate of a Village — p. 5

  • Saratow/Balitsky Map, by Johann and Anetta Stroh — pp. 5-6

  • Colonists, 16 November 1820 [State Archives of the Odessa Region, File 6-1-1372], by Thomas A. Stangl — pp. 6-7

  • Eureka Post, 2 July 1908, p. 7 [letter of 20 May 1908 from Jak. Grossman of Neudorf], translated by Michael Rempfer — pp. 7-8

  • German Newspapers [& communications with South Russia, 1916-1921], by Michael Rempfer — pp. 8-9

  • Pfeifer-Heinzelman-Kuhn Requests, 1821 [State Archives of the Odessa Region, File 252-1-303], translated by Donn Koenig — pp. 9-11

  • Movement Among the Colonies, 1851-1852 [State Archives of the Odessa Region, File 6-2- 14148], translated by Gwen Pritzkau — pp. 11-13

  • Hartmann Family Reunion [report], by Harold & Bonnie Vastag — p. 14

  • Wiederrich Families [reunion], by Dean Washburn — p. 14

  • Auerhahn [A Story of Exile], by Alita (Kussmaul) Frank, translated by Gerda Fadden — pp. 15-16

  • German Congregational Church [of the U.S.A.], by Arthur Flegel — pp. 16-17

  • Reunions and Centennials — pp. 17-18

  • Brechenmacher, Meske & Fink, 1828 [State Archives of the Odessa Region, File 6-1-2317], translated by Serge Yelizarov — p. 18

  • Most Never Came Back [individuals repressed in Friedenstal, 1936-1938 - taken from Heimatbuch 1997-1998, pp. 157-158] — p. 18

  • Descendants of Georg Gohl, 1842 [State Archives of the Odessa Region, File 6-1-5842], translated by Serge Yelizarov — pp. 19-20

  • Special Thanks — pp. 20-21

  • Ashley Tribune [extractions from 1949] by Dianne Ladd — pp. 21-22

  • Arnie’s Homeland Tour [2000], by Arnold Fadden — pp. 22-25

  • Gerda’s Homeland Tour [2000], by Gerda Fadden — pp. 25-28

  • Vogel-Wanner Land Transfer, 1827 [State Archives of the Odessa Region, File 252-1-608], translated by Ross Merkel — pp. 28-29

  • Use of Neudorf Wagons, 1830 [State Archives of the Odessa Region, File 252-1-751], translated by Doris Granata — p. 29

  • Changes in Glückstal Colonies [births, deaths & marriages] in January 1812 [State Archives of the Odessa Region, File 6-1-626], translated by Thomas A. Stangl — pp. 29-30

  • Meier/Mayer in Brienne, Bessarabia [from the Brienne Family Books], by Thomas A. Stangl — pp. 30-31

  • Thurn’s Trip to Germanic Lands, 2000, by Herbert & Mildred (Dockter) Thurn, and Harold & Lea

  • (Thurn) Grasmick — pp. 31-33

  • In Memoriam — p. 33

  • New Acquisitions — p. 33

  • Odessa Digital Library [Additions] — pp. 33-34

  • Glückstal Projects and Researchers [by village and other areas] — p. 34-35

  • News Flash [Christian Kurle, Sr. family reunion] — p. 35

  • [Surname] Index — pp. 35-36


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