Glückstal Colonies Research Association

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=75 BGCOLOR="#CC9966" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Glückstal Colonies Research Association</B></FONT><B>    |     </B></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=405 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0cc00142egerdp.jpg"> <div> <I><B>                                   Glückstal Colonies Research Association</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="659" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 95 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0af8e590.png" border=0 width="142" height="89" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="95" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="105" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="95" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="199"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="95" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="199" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="140"><div> <B>Glückstal Colonies Research Association</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 WIDTH="504"><div> <I><B>A nonprofit organization researching family histories of the German colonists living in the Black Sea colonies of Glückstal, Neudorf, Bergdorf, Kassel, and their daughter colonies.</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Glückstal"><U>Glückstal</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0b0f4090.png" border=0 width="500" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Neudorf"><U>Neudorf</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=3 WIDTH="105"><div> <B>NEW</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=3 COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="396"><div> <A HREF="http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/history_culture/history/stpaul/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/histo"><U><B>St.Paul's Lutheran Church Project</B></U></A> - requesting contributions of photos, letters, and records related to the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Odessa, Ukraine.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/history_culture/history/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/histo"><U><B>GRHC - Germans from Russia Heritage Collection</B></U></A><B> - </B>A great resource page with links about German-Russian history</div> <div> <B>            </B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bergdorf"><U>Bergdorf</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 36 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kassel"><U>Kassel</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership"><U>Membership</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0b0f4090.png" border=0 width="500" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletter"><U>Newsletter</U></A></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 WIDTH="504"><div> <B>Glückstal Colonies Bicentennial Documentary</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research"><U>Research</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=3 COLSPAN=3 WIDTH="504"><div> The establishment and history of the Glückstal Colonies (founded in 1804) has been documented in an 800 page book, 2 searchable data CD-Roms and a DVD.  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.</div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Order Form"><U><I><B>Click here for order form and additional information</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comments"><U><I><B>Click here to read comments from those who have purchased the book and DVD</B></I></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Publications"><U>Publications</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 54 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Order Form"><U>Bicentennial Project</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Order Form"><U>Order Form</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Can You Identify?"><U>Can You Identify?</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0b1f4090.png" border=0 width="500" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id14.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=10 COLSPAN=3 WIDTH="504"><div> <B>Invitation to Join</B></div> <bR> <div> GCRA is a non-profit organization that depends upon the generosity of its donors and volunteers.  The organization has provided valuable help to its members through its research efforts in the United States, Germany and Ukraine.  Yearly dues of $20 helps underwrite the expenses and supports the work done by GCRA. </div> <div>  <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Invitation to Join"><U><B>Click here to join.</B></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b2f4090.png" border=0 width="500" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Dr. Adam Giesinger writes in </B><I><B>From Catherine to Khruschev</B></I><B>, a volume giving an overall history for the German colonies in Russia, the following about the Glückstal District: </B></div> <div> "Of the German immigrants who were to become the founders of the Glückstal Colonies, the first group, 70 families from Württemberg, were settled in the Armenian town of Grigoriopol on the Dniester in 1804-1805. In 1806, they were joined by 9 German families from Poland, in 1807 by 24 German families from Hungary and in 1808-09 by 3 families from Germany until there were 106 German families, with 525 people, in Grigoriopol. Because of friction with the Armenians and other factors, the government decided to resettle the Germans by having them trade places with the Moldavians of the village of Glinoi, 10 versts from the Dniester, northeast of Grigoriopol. The resettlement took place in the spring of 1809 and founded three additional villages in 1809-1810. The four colonies thus founded were: Glückstal (1809), Neudorf (1809), Bergdorf (1809), and Kassel (1810). The first three were close together; Kassel was about 15 versts to the south. In addition to Württembergers, who formed the largest group among the Glückstal Colonists, there was a large group of Alsatians and smaller numbers from Baden, the Palatinate and various other parts of Germany. All were Protestants, the majority Lutheran, a minority Reformed." </div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b3f4090.png" border=0 width="500" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Monument Dedication"><U><B>Monument Dedication in Moldova Remembering the Germans from Russia </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>IN MEMORY of Staff Sgt. Lance Koenig - </B><A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Army Staff Sgt. Lance Koenig"><U><B>Memorial Page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/order/nd_sd/mcpherson.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/order"><U><B>Researcher's Guide to McPherson County, South Dakota Cemeteries </B></U></A><B>-</B> summarizes information from over 100 family plots, grave sites and cemeteries throughout McPherson County, SD</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/outreach/journey/photographs/journey05/jrny056.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/outre"><U><B>2005 Glückstal Colonies Photos from </B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/outreach/journey/photographs/journey05/jrny056.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/outre"><U><I><B>Journey to Homeland</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 535 ><NOBR><div> <B>GCRA</B></div> <div> 611 Esplanade</div> <div> Redondo Beach, CA  90277</div> <div> 310-540-1872</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:GCRA31@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:GCRA31@aol.com"><U>GCRA31@aol.com</U></A></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>