Most of these books can be purchased or loaned through interlibrary loan
from AHSGR. Some may be found in your local public or genealogical
library. NEW! Yagodnaya Polyana, Daughter and Granddaughter Colonies",
compiled by Kris Ball. Cost is
$30 US (includes postage and handling). Over 100 pages of history,
personal stories, indexes of founders and later settlers, pictures, maps, books,
resources in the US and in Russia and a very comprehensive index of names and
places. Daughter and granddaughter colonies include Pobochnaya, Neu
Schoenfeld, Neu Schoental, Neu Yagodnaya, Schoendorf, Schoenfeld, and
Schoental. Send $30 to Kris
Ball, 2406 Webster, Dodge City, KS 67801.
General
"The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 to 1862", by Dr.
Karl Stumpp
"From Catherine to Khrushchev: The Story of Russia's Germans" by Adam
Giesinger
"Germans from Russia in The Yakima Valley Prior to 1940" by the Central
Washington Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
"Germans from Russia Index of Naturalization Records, Whitman County, WA
(Index)" by Janet Margolis Damm (Index)
"History of the Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Congregation Preston,
Maryland", by William G. Schmick
NEW "History of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada", by members of St. John's Lutheran Church in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
200 pages, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5. Contents: History of Yagodnaya Polyana,
History of Calgary, Alberta, History of the Church, Ladies of St. John,
Baptism and the Rite of Confirmation - names of all the confirmed, Luther
League - the youth of the church, Music in the Church, Brief Biographies of
the Ministers. The book can be ordered directly from Marlene Michel, 24 Falmere
Way N.E., Calgary, Alberta T3J 2Z1, Canada. Price: $29.95 plus $4.00 postage
and handling.
"Kirchenbote Obituaries", published by the Central Washington Chapter of
the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
"Migration from the Russian Empire, Volumes 1 – 4", Edited by Ira A.
Glazier
"Naturalization Records of Immigrants from Russia in Colorado, Vol. I by
Name(Index)", by the Denver Metro Chapter of the American Historical Society
of Germans from Russia (Index)
"Naturalization Records of Immigrants from Russia in Colorado, Vol. II by
Village(Index)", by the Denver Metro Chapter of the American Historical
Society of Germans from Russia (Index)
"Palouse Country: A Land and Its People", by Richard Scheuerman
"Pilgrims on the Earth, A German-Russian Chronicle", by Richard D.
Scheuerman
"Return to Berry Meadow and other stories of Our People", by Richard D.
Scheuerman
"Russian-German Settlements in the United States", by Richard Sallet,
translated by La Vern Rippley and Armand Bauer
"The Volga Germans", by Richard D. Scheuerman and Clifford E. Trafzer
“The West Siders: The Development and Disintegration of the Volga German
Community in Oshkosh, Wisconsin,” by Peggy A. Lautenschlager, Lake Forest
College, Senior Thesis, 16 May 1977
"Wir Wollen Deutsche Bleiben: The Story of the Volga Germans", by George
J. Walters
Family Histories
"Faith of Our Fathers", by Susan M. Yungman
"From the Steppes to the Land of Pleasant Living: Schmick Family
History", by William G. Schmick
"Hanneman/Hahnemann: Descendants of Konrad Philipovitch
Hahnemann& Anna C. Koch", by Kristen F. Ball
"Journeys of Hope, Yesterday and Today: An Epoch Adventure of a
Volga German Family", by Robert Glen Smick
"The Scheuermanns of Yagodnaya Polyana, Saratov Province, Russia
(compilations by Dr. Igor Pleve)
"The Weitz Saga, A story of a German family from Russia settling in
the Palouse River Valley, Whitman County, Washington", by
Howard J. Brumley Sr.
