HISTORY
Volga German immigrants from Yagodnaya-Polyanasettled in and around Preston and nearby Federalsburg.
VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS
Immanuel Lutheran Church (founded in 1897)
VOLGA GERMAN FAMILIES
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Preston:
Fuchs from Yagodnaya-Polyana
Goehring from Yagodnaya-Polyana
Newert (Nepert) from Yagodnaya-Polyana
Schmick from Yagodnaya-Polyana
Sources
Schmick, William G. From the Steppes to the Land of Pleasant Living: A History of the John W. Schmick Family (1987).
External Links
Junior Order Cemetery (FindAGrave)
Preston, Maryland (Wikipedia)