GRHS(Alberta Chapter) Library, 2003

c/o Odelia Ell, 5611 Buckboard Rd. NW, Calgary, AB T3A 4R3 ph (403) 286-4182 email odelia@telus.net

Research Resources-Canada
Research Resources-Russia
Research Resources-USA
Research Resources-General
Historical Artifacts
Other German Language Resources and Artifacts
Newsletters and Bulletins
Family Histories

Books

  1. The AHSGR Resource Kit, Vol. 1, 1998
  2. Directory of German Canadian Organizations in Alberta
  3. The Emigration from Germany to Russia, 1763 1862 Karl Stumpp
  4. Germanic Genealogy by Edward Brandt
  5. Germans of the USSR Matt Kuester
  6. Grandma's Poems -- Sylvia Miller
  7. Handbook for Researching Family Roots Prairie Heritage Chapter.
  8. Homeland Book of the Bessarabian Germans -Pastor Albert Kern
  9. Homesteaders on the Steppe by Joseph Height
  10. I -Alice Embrace the Yesteryears by Alice Kanewischer
  11. Let’s Talk German – Russian Prof. Arnold H Marzolf
  12. Moccasins We Wear Paul Reeb
  13. Paradise on the Steppe Joseph Height
  14. Recalling the Old Days -- Sylvia Miller
  15. Short Stories of Yesteryear -- Sylvia Miller
  16. Short History of 5 Colonies (East of Regina, SK) -- S. Mike Deck
  17. St. Joseph's Colony 1905 1930 Compiled by Oblate Priests
  18. St. Joseph's Colony 1905-1930 Translated by Lambert & Tillie Schneider
  19. German Russians in Alberta:Reminiscenses Dr. T. Yedlin
  20. Trials and Triumph -- Sylvia Miller
  21. They came from East and West - Wm. Sturhahn
  22. The Volga Germans in Old Russia and in Western North America: Their Changing World View by Timothy J. Kloberdanz, Colorado State University
  23. Lydia – A Journey Home by Elsie Loewen

Research Resources
     Canada

  1. Assumption Cemetery Records (Grassy Lake, AB) Don Gross & Violet Ell
  2. Beiseker, AB Cemetery (Old Side) - Wendy May
  3. Bruderheim Moravian Church Cemetery (1981) Judi Armitage
  4. Checklist of Parish Registers 1981 Canada
  5. Forest Hill (Busby) Community Cemetery (1989) Judi Armitage
  6. Bukovina Settlers, Southey, Sask. Betty Lang
  7. Cholesteral Collateral E. Weber
  8. Library Holdings, AHSGR Calgary Chapter (2001)
  9. Leipzig Cemetery Leipzig Saskatchewan
  10. Heritage Review (Canadian Issue) #15 Sept. 1976 Bert Reilander
  11. North Portal Border Crossing 1909 1910 Dennis Seher
  12. North Portal Border Crossing 1911 Dennis Seher
  13. North Portal Border Crossing 1912 Dennis Seher
  14. North Portal Border Crossing 1913 Dennis Seher
  15. North Portal Border Crossing 1914 Dennis Seher
  16. North Portal Border Crossing 1915 1918 Dennis Seher
  17. West Poplar River Border Crossing 1913 1918 Dennis Seher
  18. Obituaries - Allan, Saskatchewan -- Ann Riehl
  19. Passenger Ship Records Halifax 1900 to 1914 George Dorscher and Rosemary Mack
  20. Passenger Ship Records St. John 1900 to 1914 George Dorscher & Dennis Seher
  21. Passenger Ship Records Quebec 1900 to1914 G. Dorscher, D. Seher, Rosemary Mack
  22. Passenger Ship Records - New York Sept. 1913 - May 1914 --Dennis Seher
  23. Selz, SK Cemetery -Wendy May
  24. Scott, SK Cemetery Records - Kelly Mitchell
  25. St. Charles Cemetery, Revenue, SK - Kelly Mitchell
  26. St. Joseph's RC Parish, Balgonie, SK- Cecil Grad
  27. St. Joseph's Colony Balgonie SK - Kelly Mitchell
  28. St. Joseph’s Colony Balgonie SK Cemetery – Kelly Mitchell
  29. St. Martins RC Parish Billimun, SK – Tony Stengler
  30. Unity SK Cemetery – Old Section of Pleasant View - Kelly Mitchell
  31. Wilkie, Saskatchewan Cemetery -- Adeline Sanoy also from Kelly Mitchell

     Russia

  1. Beresan District Marriages and Transfers of Farms 1817 Russian Records Retreival
  2. Bessarabischer Heimatkalender (1956 &58), (1961 & 63, 65, 66, 69), (1981 & 85, 86)
  3. Das Schriftum ueber das Deutschtum in Russland - Dr. Karl Stumpp
  4. Der Muddersprouch der Kutschurganer, Beresanner und Liebentaler
  5. Erinnerungen an Kasachstan
  6. Gammalsvensky- (Alt Swedendorf) – The Story of a Swedish Colony – Don Krassman
  7. Gemeinde Speyer ( The Beresan Colony) -- Aubrey Marthaller
  8. German villages in the Ukraine- Key to captured German documents - Adam Giesinger
  9. Heimatbuch der Deutschen aus Russland (German) 1954, 1957 -1968
  10. History of the Volga Relief Society - Emma Schwabinland Haynes
  11. Krasna, Bessarabia Records: Births Deaths, Marriages 1840, Census 1850, Emental Birth, Death and Marriage records 1886- 1893, 1889-1896, (On computer disk )
  12. Emmental, Balmas & Larga Baptism records1917-1927, 1935-1937 (On computer disk)
  13. Klein Neudorf Kr.Tiraspol, G. Cherson 1867-1885 - Chris Bechtold
  14. Klein Neudorf sheets of birth records - Chris Bechtold
  15. a) Maps German settlements in Bessarabia, Caucasus, Crimea, Dnjepropetrowsk,Odessa, Tauria, Volga, Polish & Ukrainian Volhynia and GR settlements in Canada.
  16. b) Village Alpha Index to the Above Maps Betty Lang
  17. Landau Church Death records (1860-1872) an index by Aubrey Marthaller
  18. Landau RC Church Death records (1860-1872) -- Russian Records Retrieval
  19. Landau RC Church Baptism records (1860-1872) -- Russian Records Retrieval
  20. LDS film numbers for Bessarabian Villages - Captured German records
  21. Lutheran Marriages Index 1882-1897 Taurida, Simferopol Aubrey Marthaller
  22. Mannheim/Elsass Baptism Records, Catalog of 1819 - 1835 Russian Records Retrieval
  23. Marriages - Hesse 1767 -Emigrants to the Volga - Chris Bechtold
  24. Polish Family Tree Surnames by Thaddeus J. Obal
  25. Protestant Churches of the Volga --Horst Gutsche
  26. Reports from German Villages in the Ukraine 1942-1943
  27. Roman Catholic Baptism Records 1886-1891 (An Index) Taurida and Simferopol --A. Marthaller
  28. Rosental, Crimea Catholic Church Baptisms 1847 - 1865 compiled by Aubrey Marthaller
  29. Staatsrat- Kolonies in Sudrussland 1808 - 1818 - Samuel Kontenius
  30. Work of the Evang. Lutheran Church in the Ukraine and Moldova -- Horst Gutsche

     USA

  1. Books - Folks Index - assembled by Dale Wahl --Alvina Schurr
  2. Eureka, SD Zion Lutheran Church Confirmation Records -- Alvina Schurr
  3. Eureka, SD Zion Lutheran Church - assembled by Dale Wahl -- Alvina Schurr
  4. Germans from Russia, Eureka, SD 1887 Yvonne Kaul.
  5. Hague Area Book II by Kate Wald
  6. Pioneer Footprints, Diamond Jubilee, Java South Dakota 1900 -1975

     General

  1. Genealogy - Alberta Family History Society.
  2. General Book List NDSU Libraries – GR Heritage Collection 2001
  3. Index to place names found in “From Catherine to Krushchev” - Robert & Margaret Freeman
  4. List of Village Coordinators (GRHS & AHSGR) by village and by surname
  5. Researching the Germans from Russia Michael Miller
  6. Relatively Speaking, Alberta Genealogical Society Vol. 7 1979, Vol. 8 No.1,3,&4
  7. Forms from Statistics Canada re Requests for Information from the 1940 National Registration Records for genealogical purposes.

Historical Artifacts

  1. And When They Shall Ask In Ukraine after the Revolution Videotape
  2. Germans from Russia PBS TV Documentary 1999 Videotape
  3. Germans from Russia on the Canadian Prairies – Then and Now Videotape
  4. Schmeckfest - Food Traditions of the GRs 2000 Videotape.
  5. Prairie Crosses Prairie Voices Iron Crosses Videotape
  6. Cassette Tapes (15) of 1984 GRHS Convention, Calgary
  7. Cassette Tape from the 1983 GRHS Convention Frank Senger
  8. Cassette Tape Preserving a Dialect Ray Thomas
  9. Cassette Tape The Yagoder Calgary Chapter AHSGR
  10. Casette Tape ‘Der Phillip und der Peter” humerous story in German dialog
  11. Cassette Tape “I Came Out of Russia in WW II” – Eduard Schmidt
  12. Letters from a man who lived near Odessa
  13. Translated Letters (an envelope) John Siegle

Other German Language Resources and Artifacts

  1. Orte aus denen die Wolgadeutschen ausgewandert sind (1763 - 1769)
  2. Brudergemeinshaften - Emil Hommel
  3. Deutsch/aktiv
  4. Die Bessarabiendeutschen
  5. Erinnerungen an Kasachstan - Berta Bachmann
  6. Gesangbuch (Lutheran - 2 books)
  7. Leander & Voelker (LIFE) series - Grossbritannien, Kanada, Mexiko, Spanien
  8. Lefeluft 1957
  9. Mit Timofej durch die Taiga - Nelly Daes
  10. Music Album (printed) volumes 1 - 4
  11. Prayer books (two books)
  12. Psalterlust
  13. Wolf and Sonnenblumen - Nelly Daes

Newsletters and Bulletins

  1. AHSGR Clues 1973 - 1999 Herman Lemke
  2. AHSGR Calgary Convention 1995
  3. AHSGR Journals and Work Papers 1969 to present
  4. AHSGR News letters 1994 to present
  5. Annotated Bibliography of Materials available from AHSGR
  6. GRHS Alberta Chapter News Bulletins 1981 to present
  7. GRHS Heritage Reviews 1976 to 1994 - Louise Dmitroca
  8. GRHS Der Stammbaum total of 18, 1975, 1978-1994 -Louise Dmitroca
  9. Index to GRHS and AHSGR Publications 1972 1992 Betty Lang
  10. Mennonite Historian No. 4 1991, No. 3 & 4 1992, No. 1,2,3 &4 1993, No. 1 1994.
  11. News from Churches in Russia and the Ukraine –Horst Gutsche on disk Volumes I to III
  12. North Dakota Historical Society of Germans from Russia Sept. 1971, April 1971
  13. Our Chief and Patriarch, Dr. Karl Stumpp
  14. Volk Auf Dem Weg Dec. 1964 - Dec. 1994 - Herman Lemke

Family Histories

  1. Boechler Family History -- Ann Riehl
  2. Bosch Family History -- Nick & Thakla Bosch
  3. Boser Kinship – Fr. John Boser
  4. Brittner, Jaufmann, Moser Genealogy Odelia Ell
  5. The Dell History 1850-1993 – Fran Austman
  6. Fauth Family History Nicolas & Thakla Bosch
  7. Bechtold - The First Recyclers - George Bechtold
  8. Flemer, Ginther, Schopp, Schmoll, Ley Family History by Dennis Seher
  9. The Friet Family Mary Anne Cockrall
  10. The George & Mary Goetz Family George Dorscher
  11. The Hauck Heritage -- Thakla & Nick Bosch
  12. The Kienzle Family Dennis Seher
  13. The Langs Betty Lang
  14. Leno, Brockel, Schopp, Eherman, Pfaff Family History by Dennis Seher
  15. The Levi (Levie) Family History Donna Lawrence
  16. Materie Records - Sylvanna Penner
  17. The Materie Story - Sylvanna Penner
  18. Mock Family Tree Carol Mock
  19. Joseph Mock Family Carol Mock
  20. Jacob Moldenhauer Family - Ann Riehl
  21. Olhauser Odyssey - Betty Lang
  22. Hans Michael Reib Genealogy Paul Reeb
  23. Richter- Memories of Another Day and Time - Michael Richter
  24. Riehl Family History, 1808-1986 -- Ann Riehl
  25. Jacob Schafer Family Tree Freida Houghton
  26. Scharbach Family Tree Lorraine Zeiler
  27. Canadian Descendants of Fredrick Schlenker & Catherine Stickel by Ralph Schlinker
  28. The Basilius Schmidt Family George Dorscher
  29. Seibold Family 1680 1885 Lester Seibold
  30. Seher, Wolfer, Seidel, Metzger Family History by Dennis Seher
  31. Senger - Spanning Four Nations 1770 1985 Frank Senger
  32. The Michael Torscher Family George Dorscher
  33. The John & Catherine Torscher Family George Dorscher
  34. Descendants of Sebastian & Elizabeth (Schweitzer) Wald by Marcella, Minni & Bill
  35. Wanglers 1870 - 1990 by Kate Wald
  36. The Christian Weiss Family 1863 1978 Rebecca Weiss
  37. Weninger Family Tree Lorraine Zeiler
  38. Zeiler Family Tree Lorraine Zeiler