Table of Contents:

Glückstal Colonies Research Association Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2004

• Glückstal Colonies Book and Video Debut July 21 — p. 1

• Bicentennial Book and Video Donations — pp. 2-3

• 2004 Conventions — p. 4

• Special Thanks from GCRA — p. 4

• Interested in Postcards [Internet sites], by Joy Fisher – p. 4

• Bundestreffen 2004 — p. 5

• Reunions — p. 5

• GCRA Offers Condolences To: — p. 5

• Recent Purchases — p. 5

• Attention Erlenbusch Researchers — p. 6

• Items of Interest — p. 6

• GEDCOMs Needed — p. 6

• Cemetery Project in Process [McPherson, County, SD] — p. 6

• Glückstalers in Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia, by Curt Renz — pp. 7-17

• Deutsches Ausland Institut [records of Glückstalers] — pp. 18-19

• Items from Old Newspapers, extracted by Selma Lapp — p. 19

• The Case of Tavrida Province Board of Administration, 1894 [re: Petition of Gottlieb Jacob Kolb of Glückstal & Johann Philipp Obenauer of Bergdorf, to build an iron foundry – State Archives of the Odessa Region, File 27-13-2264] translated by Maryna Yelizov — pp. 20-22

• Early German-Russian Churches in [the Fredonia area of] North Dakota — p. 22-23

• Hiring a [Reformed] Pastor for Odessa, 1828 [State Archives of the Odessa Region, File 630-1-16], translated by ? — pp. 23-25

• Tragedy in Glückstal [re: Five people struck by lightning, 1829 – State Archives of the Odessa Region, File 252-1-712], translated by Doris Granata, Karl Hoffmann & Serge Yelizarov — pp. 25- 26

• Movements or Transfers Between Colonies, 1851-1852 [State Archives of the Odessa Region, File 6-2-14148], by Thomas A Stangl — pp. 26-41

• Note on Warsaw Colonists, by Thomas A. Stangl — p. 41

• Glückstal Projects and Researchers [by village & other areas] — p. 42

• Index of Family Names — pp. 43-44

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