Publications
GCRA Publications
The Glückstalers of New Russia, the Soviet Union, and North America," the latest offering of the Glückstal Colonies Research Association is 756 pages of well researched and translated material purchased and prepared since the publication of the GCRA Bicentennial book in 2004. New subjects this time around are: articles on the Polish period en route to Russia, the migration to Russia, the early arrivals to North America, several articles on individual memories of the Trek from those who survived the experience, articles on trips to Russia over the years, an exhaustive listing of recently available martyrology records, numerous post 1885 church records, more EWZ records, passenger lists, and GEDCOM lists organized by family names, and much more. Some of this data is on the searchable DVD bundled in the envelope on the back cover of the book.
• The package documentary describes how German immigrants made a perilous trip to Russia to settle near the Black Sea in Ukraine and Moldova and claim it as their new homeland. The story contines with those who took on the challenges of pioneering on the American Plains, surviving the Terror Years or the banishment to the gulag.
• 800 page book, 2 CD-ROMs, & documentary available in DVD & VHS formats
• The book contains births and marriages found in the microfilm of the St. Petersburg Consistory for the Glückstal Colonies parishes. References include the film number, item number, page, and sequence number, so users can easily access specific documents for ancestors. The book includes a brief history of the colonies, lists the parishes, the daughter colonies, and pastors. Selected maps, readings, and references are included.
• The price for GCRA members is $50 for softcover edition and $75 for hardcover edition plus postage and handling for each book (Shipping for softcover books are $4 for shipping in the US, $9 for shipping to Canada, $15 for shipping outside the US and Canada. Shipping cost for hardcover books are $5 US, $10 Canada, $18 for shipping outside the US and Canada..
• The cost for non-GCRA members is $70 each for softcover edition and $95 for hardcover edition, plus postage.
• Mail to:
The Libraries
North Dakota State University
P.O. Box 5599
1201 Albrecht Blvd.
Fargo, ND 58105-5599
• The data, which forms the core of the volume, includes extractions of almost 10,000 death events (1833-1900) for the Lutheran Colonies of Bergdorf, Glückstal, Kassel and Neudorf and their daughter colonies in the province of Cherson, Imperial Russia.
• The price for Glückstal Colonies Research Association (GCRA) members is $45 for softcover edition and $70 for hardcover edition plus postage and handling for each book ($4 for shipping in the US, $9 for shipping to Canada, and $15 for shipping outside the U.S. and Canada).
• The cost to non-GCRA members is $65 each for softcover edition and $90 for hardover edition, plus postage.
• All orders must be in US dollars.
• Make check or money order payable to NDSU Library
• Mail to:
The Libraries
North Dakota State University
P.O. Box 5599
1201 Albrecht Blvd.
Fargo, ND 58105-5599
• Government Archive from Kherson District, Fond 22, Writing 1, Case 66, First Edition
Revision list for the Glückstal Colony, Tiraspol Area for the year 1858. Started 13 May 1858 and finished 1858.
• The price for GCRA members $10 for softcover edition plus postage and handling for each publication ($3 for shipping in the US, $5 for shipping to Canada, and $8 for shipping outside the US and Canada). Insurance is included in the postage and handling price on Canadian and foreign orders.
• The cost for non-GCRA members is $10 each for softcover edition plus postage and handling.
• All orders must be in US dollars.
• Make check or money order payable to NDSU Library
• Mail to:
The Libraries
North Dakota State University
P.O. Box 5599
1201 Albrecht Blvd.
Fargo, ND 58105-5599
• The book is based on a chronicle of this daughter colony of the Glueckstal group of villages written by Johann Bollinger. The volume also includes genealogical data from the EWZ (German resettlement) records which relate to residents of the village in 1944, when they were forced to flee and began their trek west to Occupied Poland.
• The price is $35 (softcover) and $55 (hardcover) plus postage and handling for each book ($4 for Softcover, $6 for Hardcover for shipping in the U.S.; $8 for Softcover, $10 for Hardcover for shipping to Canada; $15 for Softcover, $20 for Hardcover for shipping outside U.S. and Canada).
• Mail to:
The Libraries
North Dakota State University
P.O. Box 5599
1201 Albrecht Blvd.
Fargo, ND 58105-5599
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