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Origins of the Colonists
Catherine's Manifesto 1763
Why go to Russia?
Recruitment 1766
Planning 1764-1766
Marriages Prior To Emigration 1766
Voyage to Russia 1766
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Ship Transport 1766
Journey 1766-1767
Founding of Norka 1767
Early Years 1767-1769
Norka 1769
Pallas Report 1773
Pugachev Raid 1774
Norka 1775
Norka 1798
Norka 1811
Napoleons Soldiers
Norka 1834
Daughter Colonies 1850s
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Neu-Norka
Oberdorf
Brunnental
Rosenfeld (am Jeruslan)
Neu Hussenbach (Gaschon)
Privileges Lost 1871-1874
Immigration 1875-1924
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To the United States
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Colorado
Ft Collins Colorado
Globeville Colorado
Mason City, Iowa
Culbertson, Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sutton, Nebraska
Burlington, Oklahoma
Weatherford, Oklahoma
Canby, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
To Canada
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Duffield, Alberta
Ponoka, Alberta
Spruce Grove, Alberta
Stony Plain, Alberta
Vegreville, Alberta
Arcola, Saskatchewan
To Germany
To South America
Famine 1891-1892
Norka 1898
War & Turnoil 1904-1906
World War 1914-1918
Revolution & War 1917-1922
Soviet Rule 1918-1941
Famine 1921-1924
Famine 1932-1933
The Great Terror 1936-1938
Deportation 1941
Repression 1941-1956
Cultural Loss 1957-2006
A Culture in Peril
Recent Times
Traditions
Food and Drink
Clothing
Holidays
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New Year
Fastnacht
Lent
Easter
Ascension Day
Pentecost
Founder's Day
Harvest Festival
Jahrmarkt
Christmas
Anniversaries & Birthdays
Crafts
Games
Folk Medicine
Superstitions
Nicknames
Folk Music
Church Music
Prayers
Baptism
Confirmation
Communion
Weddings
Funerals and Burials
Religion
Planning and History
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Norka Reformed Church 1767-1864
1909 Norka Parish Report
Pastors
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Johann Heinrich Fuchs
Johann Georg Herwig
Johannes Baptista Cattaneo
Lukas Cattaneo
Emanuel Grunauer
Friedrich Börner
Christian Gottlieb Hegele
Christoph H Bonwetsch
Gottlieb N Bonwetsch
Wilhelm Staerkel
Woldemar Sibbul
David Weigum
Friedrich Alexander Wacker
Emil Pfeiffer
Church Practices
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Parochial Certificates
Church Buildings
Church Organs
Bell Tower
Brethren Movement
Resources
Family Research
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Arrival Records 1766
Descendant Charts
German EWZ Records
Soviet Gulag Records
Maps
Glossary
Bibliography
Periodicals
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Die Welt-Post Letters
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Geographical Description
Government
Social Structure
Health
Education
A Land of Ethnic Diversity
Cottage Industries
>
Sarpinka
Mills
Language
Population
Military Service
Crime and Punishment
History
Timeline
Origins of the Colonists
Catherine's Manifesto 1763
Why go to Russia?
Recruitment 1766
Planning 1764-1766
Marriages Prior To Emigration 1766
Voyage to Russia 1766
>
Ship Transport 1766
Journey 1766-1767
Founding of Norka 1767
Early Years 1767-1769
Norka 1769
Pallas Report 1773
Pugachev Raid 1774
Norka 1775
Norka 1798
Norka 1811
Napoleons Soldiers
Norka 1834
Daughter Colonies 1850s
>
Neu-Norka
Oberdorf
Brunnental
Rosenfeld (am Jeruslan)
Neu Hussenbach (Gaschon)
Privileges Lost 1871-1874
Immigration 1875-1924
>
To the United States
>
Colorado
Ft Collins Colorado
Globeville Colorado
Mason City, Iowa
Culbertson, Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sutton, Nebraska
Burlington, Oklahoma
Weatherford, Oklahoma
Canby, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
To Canada
>
Duffield, Alberta
Ponoka, Alberta
Spruce Grove, Alberta
Stony Plain, Alberta
Vegreville, Alberta
Arcola, Saskatchewan
To Germany
To South America
Famine 1891-1892
Norka 1898
War & Turnoil 1904-1906
World War 1914-1918
Revolution & War 1917-1922
Soviet Rule 1918-1941
Famine 1921-1924
Famine 1932-1933
The Great Terror 1936-1938
Deportation 1941
Repression 1941-1956
Cultural Loss 1957-2006
A Culture in Peril
Recent Times
Traditions
Food and Drink
Clothing
Holidays
>
New Year
Fastnacht
Lent
Easter
Ascension Day
Pentecost
Founder's Day
Harvest Festival
Jahrmarkt
Christmas
Anniversaries & Birthdays
Crafts
Games
Folk Medicine
Superstitions
Nicknames
Folk Music
Church Music
Prayers
Baptism
Confirmation
Communion
Weddings
Funerals and Burials
Religion
Planning and History
>
Norka Reformed Church 1767-1864
1909 Norka Parish Report
Pastors
>
Johann Heinrich Fuchs
Johann Georg Herwig
Johannes Baptista Cattaneo
Lukas Cattaneo
Emanuel Grunauer
Friedrich Börner
Christian Gottlieb Hegele
Christoph H Bonwetsch
Gottlieb N Bonwetsch
Wilhelm Staerkel
Woldemar Sibbul
David Weigum
Friedrich Alexander Wacker
Emil Pfeiffer
Church Practices
>
Parochial Certificates
Church Buildings
Church Organs
Bell Tower
Brethren Movement
Resources
Family Research
Research Resources
>
Arrival Records 1766
Descendant Charts
German EWZ Records
Soviet Gulag Records
Maps
Glossary
Bibliography
Periodicals
>
Die Welt-Post Letters
Related Links