Church Records

Churches were founded in the earliest days of settlement in the mid-1760's and recorded many of the vital events in our ancestors lives. These records include lists of births and baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths and family lists. Family Lists (known in German as a Personal-Buch) begin with the head of household and typically include their spouse, daughters, sons, daughter-in-laws, and grandchildren living in that household. Births/baptism dates, location of birth, confirmation year and location, marriage dates, and death dates are often noted. In addition, communion dates for each household member may also be listed.

Copies of church records have been obtained for many colonies. In most cases, the records have been translated from German and Russian to English. The list below is limited to digital images and/or translations held by organizations and individuals apart from the Russian archives.

Please contact us if you have additions to this list.

Sources for the available records:

American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR)
The Family History Library (FHL) - Items transferred from the Center for Volga German Studies
Roger Burbank
Maggie Hein
Brent Mai
Tim Weeder

The type and date of available records listed by colony, and from whom, follow:

Brunnental
1860-1869 Family List - AHSGR
1877-1884 Family List Volume I - Maggie Hein
1870-1884 Family List Volume II - 
1870-1884 Family List Volume I and II - AHSGR 

Dinkel
1807-1825 Births - AHSGR
1834-1858 Births - AHSGR
1827 Family List - AHSGR

Frank
1839-1888 Births/Baptisms 
1895-1906 Births/Baptisms - Maggie Hein
1839-1853 Marriages - Maggie Hein
1872-1910 Marriages - Maggie Hein
1839-1868 Deaths - Maggie Hein
1877-1901 Deaths - Maggie Hein
1904 Deaths - Maggie Hein

Graf
1895 - Family List - AHSGR

Herzog
1879-1912 Family List - AHSGR

Huck
1844-1847 Deaths - AHSGR
1836-1845 Family List -
1836-1845 Family List - Brent Mai

Hussenbach
1818-1904 Births/Baptisms - 
1906-1909 Births/Baptisms - 
1818-1838 Marriages - 
1878-1908 Marriages - 
1818-1858 Deaths - 
1871-1908 Deaths - 

Jost
1794-1866 Births - AHSGR

Katharinenstadt
1873 Family List - AHSGR

Kolb
1839-1886 Births - Maggie Hein
1896-1913 Births - Maggie Hein
1839-1901 Deaths - Maggie Hein
1904 Deaths - Maggie Hein

Kraft
1848-1866 Births/Baptisms - 
1885-1896 Births/Baptisms - 
1901-1902 Births/Baptisms - 
1904 Marriages - 
1895-1905 Deaths - 

Krasnoyar
1834 Births - AHSGR
1874-1891 Family List - AHSGR

Kukkus
1886 Family List - AHSGR

Langenfeld
1872-1895 Baptisms - 
1872-1896 Deaths -
1896-1920 Baptisms - 
1921 Baptisms (Jan-Feb and Jul-Dec only) - 

Laub
1794-1825 Births - AHSGR
1826-1833 Births - AHSGR
1826-1833 Marriages - AHSGR
1826-1833 Deaths - AHSGR

Lauwe
1826-1840 Births - AHSGR
1826-1840 Marriages - AHSGR
1826-1840 Deaths - AHSGR

Liebenthal
1874 Family List - AHSGR

Messer
1791-1820 Births - AHSGR
1856-1858 Births - AHSGR
1804-1826 Marriages - AHSGR
1827-1892 Marriage Index - AHSGR
1805-1826 Deaths - AHSGR

Neu-Dönhof
1863-1904 Births - AHSGR
1863-1901 Marriages - AHSGR
1862-1884 Deaths - AHSGR

Neu-Messer
1904 Baptism Records - AHSGR
1917 Family List - AHSGR

Norka
1834-1845 Family List - 
1876-1890 Family List - 
1891-1905 Family List - 
1891-1905 Family List - Brent Mai

Paulskoye
Births 1798-1833 - Tim Weeder
Births 1798-1833 - Tim Weeder
Deaths 1798-1857 - Tim Weeder

Reinwald
1874 Family List - AHSGR

Rosenfeld am Jeruslan
1896-1916 Births - Roger Burbank

Stahl am Tarlyk
1775-1811 Births - AHSGR 1794-1861 Births
1835-1861 Deaths - AHSGR

Straub
1800-1810 Births - AHSGR
1847-1868 Confirmations - AHSGR
1826-1832 Marriages - AHSGR

Walter
1839-1900 Births/Baptisms - Maggie Hein
1903-1913 Births/Baptisms - Maggie Hein
1839-1853 Marriages - Maggie Hein
1894-1895 Marriages - Maggie Hein
1839-1848 Deaths - Maggie Hein
1851-1870 Deaths - Maggie Hein
1903-1904 Deaths - Maggie Hein

Warenburg
1826-1840 Marriages - AHSGR
1874 Family List - AHSGR