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The following are a list of recently added items to the Mennonite Genealogical Resources website. There are also links to these items under the appropriate geographical category.

January 2026

Prussia

  • Polish-Prussian Mennonites Who Received Dutch Aid in 1735 and 1737, Glenn H. Penner.
    • Added 11 January 2026

    December 2025

    Prussia

    The 1772 Census of West Prussia: Villages Containing Mennonites, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Updated 30 December 2025

    Mennonite Deaths in the Evanglical Church Records of Elbing St. Annen (1713-1799), compiled by Glenn Penner

      Updated 19 December 2025

    The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, compiled by Glenn H Penner.

      Updated 18 December 2025

    November 2025

    Latin America

    Mexican Mennonite Colony Village Names and Numbers; compiled by Sean Görzen.

      Added 22 November 2025

    Russia

    List of Chortitza Settlement Members of Mennonite Congregations: 1923, by Glenn Penner, Elfriede Rempel, and Wilhelm Friesen.

      Added 5 November 2025

    October 2025

    Prussia

    Mennonite Men Married to non-Mennonites in West Prussia: 1799, by Glenn Penner.

      Added 2 October 2025

    Russia

    Property Sales in Tiegerweide, Molotschna: 1894-95, extracted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 2 October 2025

    August 2025

    Prussia

    Rosenort Baptisms 1810-1813 and 1833-1834, extracted by Steve Fast.

      Added 19 August 2025

    Russia

    List of Settlers in Dmitrovka, No. 3, Arkadak Mennonite Settlement: 1913, extracted and translated by Tatiana Drozdova.

      Added 2 August 2025

    List of Settlers in Marianovka, No. 4, Arkadak Mennonite Settlement: 1913, extracted and translated by Tatiana Drozdova.

      Added 2 August 2025

    Russian Liquidation Law Lists of 1916: Miscellaneous Settlements, by Peter Franz and Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 11 August 2025

    Ahead-of-schedule Conscription of Mennonites for the Year 1916, translated by Tatiana Drozdova.

      Added 23 August 2025

    July 2025

    Russia

    Brandenburg Mennonites Requesting Permission to Immigrate: 1832, translated by Glenn Penner.

      Added 4 July 2025

    Deutsch Michalin: Census of 1850, by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 4 July 2025; updated 3 January 2026

    June 2025

    Russia

    Burwalde, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement: 1926 Census, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English and GRanDMA Numbers by Glenn Penner.

      Added 26 June 2025

    Tax-free Years and Settlement Support for Mennonites Settling in the Molotschna Settlement: 1817–1825, and 1828, translated by Willi Friesen and Glenn Penner.

      Added 26 June 2025

    April 2025

    Russia

    Russian Liquidation Law Lists of 1916: Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, by Peter Franz and Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 10 April 2025

    Russian Liquidation Law Lists of 1916: Yazykovo Mennonite Settlement, by Peter Franz and Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 13 April 2025

    Russian Liquidation Law Lists of 1916: Neu-Rosengart Mennonite Settlement, by Peter Franz and Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 14 April 2025

    Repressed Mennonites from the Pavlodar Region of Kazakhstan, by Viktor Petkau; edited by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 15 April 2025

    March 2025

    Poland

    Mennonites in the Civil Records of Czermno, Płock County, Masovian Voivodship, Poland: 1826-1867, translated and prepared by Tim Pennington.

      Added 1 March 2025

    Mennonites in the Civil Records of Zyck, Płock County, Masovia Voivodship, Poland: 1808-1867, translated and prepared by Tim Pennington.

      Added 23 March 2025

    Russia

    Berdyansk, Russia Mennonite Voter Lists: 1847 and 1852, extracted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 4 March 2025

    Householder and Voter Lists for the Chortitza Mennonite Settlement: 1869, extracted and translated by Glenn Penner.

      Added 10 March 2025

    Residents of Margenau, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1910, extracted and translated by Glenn Penner.

      Added 10 March 2025

    Residents of Margenau, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1912, translated by Glenn Penner.

      Added 10 March 2025

    Deaths in Petershagen, Molotschna: 1881-1900, written by Heinrich Friesen, extracted, translated and GRanDMA numbers by Glenn Penner.

      Added 11 March 2025

    Prussia-to-Russia Inheritance Documents: 1836, translated Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn Penner.

      Added 11 March 2025

    Molotschna Landless Petition: 1863, extracted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 11 March 2025

    Antonovka, Volhynia, Census Extract of Males: 1850, by Glenn Penner and Daniel Sobchkov.

      Added 17 March 2025

    Court Cases involving Molotschna Mennonites: 1859-1860, Glenn H Penner and Daniel Sobchakov.

      Added 23 March 2025

    Census of Property Owners for Forty Molotschna Villages: 1899, compiled by Glenn Penner and Daniel Sobchakov.

      Added 25 March 2025

    Lists of German Nationals Evacuated in 1941-1942 to the Ust-Tarksky District, Novosibirsk (Oblast) Region, translated and edited by Anna Kreuzer, Glenn Penner (gpenner@uoguelph.ca), and Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 26 March 2025

    Census of Miloradovka, Pavlodar: 1926, translated and compiled by Anna Kreuzer and Lilia Schartner; GRanDMA numbers by Elfriede Rempel.

      Added 30 March 2025

    Census of Nadarovka, Pavlodar: 1927, translated and compiled by Anna Kreuzer and Lilia Schartner; GRanDMA numbers by Elfriede Rempel.

      Added 31 March 2025

    February 2025

    Russia

    Russian Liquidation Law Lists of 1916: Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, by Peter Franz and Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 19 February 2025

    January 2025

    Poland

    Mennonites in the Civil Records of Czermno, Płock County, Masovian Voivodship, Poland: 1808-1825, translated and prepared by Tim Pennington.

      Added 19 January 2025

    Russia

    Russian Liquidation Laws of 1916: Kuban Mennonite Settlement, extracted, translated, and GRanDMA numbers by Tatiana Drozdova.

      Added 24 January 2025

    Census of Household Heads in Kuban Oblast, Batalpashinsk District, Colony Velikoknyazheskoye (Wohldemfuerst): 1920, extracted, translated, and GRanDMA numbers by Tatiana Drozdova.

      Added 24 January 2025

    November 2024

    Russia

    Schoenwiese, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement: 7 March 1835 Census, Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn Penner.

      Added 8 November 2024

    Schoenwiese, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Revision List: 4 August 1850, Glenn Penner.

      Added 24 November 2024

    October 2024

    1920s Emigration from the Soviet Union

    Emigration Applications of Jacob and Catharina (Wiens) Hildebrand, Siberia: 1923, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn Penner.

      Added 20 October 2024

    Russia

    Harms, Plenert, and Voth Inheritance Documents: 1840, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn Penner.

      Added 20 October 2024

    Chortitza Colony Property Transfer Records: 1807, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn Penner.

      Added 20 October 2024

    Mennonite Immigrants to Russia: 1805, translated by Glenn Penner.

      Added 20 October 2024

    Membership Lists for two Mennonite Brethren Congregations in the Omsk Region: 1934, by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn Penner.

      Added 20 October 2024

    September 2024

    Canada

    Early Genealogical Sources for Mennonites in Manitoba: 1874-1921, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 2 September 2024; revised 12 February 2025

    Prussia

    Early Mennonite Members of the Elbing Sankt Georgen Brotherhood, by Glenn Penner.

      Added 2 September 2024

    Russia

    List of Single Purchases in the Schlachtin Mennonite Settlement (2–8 Jan 1873), translated by Glenn Penner.

      Added 2 September 2024

    Mennonite Administrative and Agricultural Apprentices: 1840, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated from German to English by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 2 September 2024

    Molotschna School Records: 1853-1855, compiled by Steve Fast.

      Added 2 September 2024

    USA

    Mennonite Settlers in Glorieta, New Mexico: 1890, extracted and annotated by Glenn Penner.

      Added 2 September 2024

    July 2024

    Russia

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for September 1813, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 10 July 2024

    May 2024

    Russia

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Revision List for 1835, by Glenn Penner.

      Added 28 May 2024; updated 2 September 2024

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for July 1810, translated by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 20 May 2024

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1809, translated by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 18 May 2024

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for November 1808, translated by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 10 May 2024

    January 2024

    Russia

    Emigration from West Prussia to South Russia: 1798–1802 and 1806–1815, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Updated 28 January 2024

    Events in the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1859–1860, by Glenn H. Penner and Daniel Sobchakov.

      Added 28 January 2024

    Residents of Margenau, Molotschna: 1899, extracted and translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 28 January 2024

    Neukirch, Molotschna Landowners: 1904, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 28 January 2024

    September 2023

    Prussia

    The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, compiled by Glenn H Penner.

      Updated 2 September 2023

    West Prussian Mennonite Villages, compiled by Glenn H Penner.

      Updated 2 September 2023

    Mennonite Distillers in Danzig around 1660, by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 2 September 2023

    Russia

    Schoeneberg, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement 1925 Census, translated by Tim Janzen; GRanDMA Numbers and Notes by Donella Robb.

      Updated 14 September 2023

    Emigration from the Tragheimerweide Congregation in West Prussia to Samara and other Regions in Russia and Poland, by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 7 September 2023

    Hamberg, Molotschna Households: 1861 and 1913, compiled by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 7 September 2023

    Hierschau, Molotschna Settlement Households: 1904 and 1910, compiled by Glenn H Penner.

      Updated 7 September 2023

    Incidences in Mennonite Colonies: 1823-1826, by Glenn H Penner and Daniel Sobchakov.

      Added 3 September 2023

    Rueckenau, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Class List, 1911, Pam Klassen-Dueck.

      Added 3 September 2023

    List of Mennonite Refugees, July 1922, edited by Pam Klassen-Dueck.

      Added 3 September 2023

    Delegates at the 27-30 June 1924 Congress of the All-Russian Mennonite Agricultural Union, extracted by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 3 September 2023

    Chortitzer Zentralschule Students Residing in Canada in 1944, translated by Henry Fast (Winnipeg, Canada) and Glenn H Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 3 September 2023

    Kleefeld, Molotschna Residents - 1912, extracted and translated by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 3 September 2023

    Verwandte Gesucht - Relatives Sought in the Mennonitische Rundschau, 1922, translation and GM numbers by Edie Williams; introduction and editing by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 3 September 2023

    1834 Chortitza Colony Schulz and Beisitzer List, extracted by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 3 September 2023

    Chortitza and Yazykovo Mennonites Murdered between 1917 and 1921, extracted by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 2 September 2023

    Lists of Chortitza Colony Prosperous Farmers: 1828 and 1833, translated and transcribed by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 2 September 2023

    Russian Mennonites in Need of Aid - 1922: From Die Mennonitische Rundschau, translation and GRanDMA database numbers by Edie Williams and Glenn H Penner.

      Added 2 September 2023

    List of those who came from Sabatisch and Velke Levare to the Hutterite Community in Wischenke, Russia: 1784, transcribed by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 2 September 2023

    August 2023

    Latin America

    Mennonite Passenger Lists for Refugee Transport to Paraguay in 1930-1931, updated and compiled by Marvin Rempel.

      Added 31 August 2023

    Prussia

    Those Leaving the Danzig Flemish Mennonite Church: 1802-1806, translated by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 31 August 2023

    Church Transfers (Attesten) from the Diary of Aeltester Gerhard Wiebe of the Elbing-Ellerwald Congregation: 1778 – 1788, extracted by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 31 August 2023

    Russia

    Molotschna Settlement Property Transfers: 1836-1862, extracted by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 31 August 2023

    April 2023

    1920s Emigration from the Soviet Union

    Ontario "Swiss" Mennonites Hosting "Russian" Mennonite Immigrants in 1924, transcribed by Carole Grier, MHA Volunteer; Edited by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 9 April 2023

    Russia

    Census of Landowners in the Village of Chortitza, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement: 1928, translated from Russian to German and GRanDMA database numbers by Willi Frese, Rodgau, Germany; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn Penner, Winnipeg, Canada.

      Added 1 April 2023

    January 2023

    1920s Emigration from the Soviet Union

    Mennonite Applicants for Emigration from the Soviet Union in 1926, translated by Tatiana Drozdova.

      Added 31 December 2022

    December 2022

    Poland

    Deutsch Kazun Landowners: 1795, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 22 December 2022

    Prussia

    List of Danzig Mennonites: 1681, translated by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 11 December 2022

    The Elbing Territory Census of 1811, compiled by Glenn H Penner

      Updated 20 December 2022

    The 1772 Census of West Prussia: Villages Containing Mennonites, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 30 December 2022

    Russia

    List of Chortitza Settlement Prosperous Farmers: 1833, translated and transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 11 December 2022

    List of some Memrik Colony Settlers: 1888, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 19 December 2022

    Schoenfeld-Brazol Early Settler Lists, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 20 December 2022

    Orenburg Colony Petition: 1916, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 20 December 2022

    Mennonite Deaths for Sparrau and Konteniusfeld, Molotschna Settlement: 1924-27, translated by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany) and Glenn H. Penner (Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 20 December 2022

    Mennonite Teachers and Students in the Chortitza Teacher Training School: 1928, translated from Russian to German by Willi Frese; translated from German to English by Glenn Penner.

      Added 23 December 2022

    Baratov Mennonite Region Baptisms: 1922 & 1923, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 23 December 2022

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1807, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 25 December 2022; updated 14 September 2023

    Kronsgarten, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for 1805, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 25 December 2022

    Baratov Mennonite Settlement Education Report: 1907, translated by Willi Friesen and Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 30 December 2022

    Residents of Gnadenthal, Molotschna Settlement, South Russia: 1900, Mennonitische Rundschau 18 July 1900 page 1, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 31 December 2022

    November 2022

    Prussia

    West Prussian Mennonite Ministers in 1769, extracted by John D. Richert.

      Added 3 November 2022

    Russia

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1805, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 2 November 2022

    October 2022

    1920s Emigration from the Soviet Union

    Russian Mennonite Emigration List: 1922, provided by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 20 October 2022

    Russian Mennonite Emigration List: 1923, provided by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 20 October 2022

    Lists of Russian Mennonites Wishing to Leave the USSR via Dutch Aid Organizations, translated by Henry Fast (Winnipeg, Canada) and Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 18 October 2022

    Mennonites from Millerowa Wanting to Immigrate to Mexico, translated by Marvin Rempel (Vancouver, Canada); introduction by Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 17 October 2022

    Mennonites from the Soviet Union who Settled in San Juan: September 1925, translated by Marvin Rempel (Vancouver, Canada); introduction by Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 17 October 2022

    Prussia

    Amt Schwetz Census: 1810 and 1812 -- 1810 Census transcribed and translated by Esther Patkau and Glenn Penner; 1812 Census transcribed and translated by John Richert.

      Added 23 October 2022

    Groningen Old Flemish Ministers in the Vicinity of Schwetz and Culm, derived from Adalbert Goertz s List of Mennonite Ministers in Prussia, compiled by John D. Richert.

      Added 23 October 2022

    Mennonite Births Recorded in the Schwetz Lutheran Church Register: 1800-1803, extracted by John D. Richert.

      Added 23 October 2022

    Mennonite Ministers in the Sch nsee (Culm) Churches of West Prussia, compiled by John D. Richert.

      Added 23 October 2022

    Mennonite Properties in the Schwetz Region, West Prussia: 1788-1824, compiled by John D. Richert.

      Added 23 October 2022

    Russia

    Kronsdienst List, compiled by Pam Klassen-Dueck

      Added 21 October 2022

    September 2022

    1920s Emigration from the Soviet Union

    Mennonites from the Soviet Union Settling in Mexico: 1924 to 1926, translated by Marvin Rempel (Vancouver, Canada); introduction by Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 18 September 2022

    Russian Mennonites Who Immigrated to Mexico: 1924, translated by Marvin Rempel (Vancouver, Canada); introduction by Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 18 September 2022

    Russian Mennonites who Immigrated to Mexico: A List from 1924, translated by Marvin Rempel (Vancouver, Canada); introduction by Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 18 September 2022

    Russian Mennonites Who Immigrated to Mexico: Departing in October 1924, translated by Marvin Rempel (Vancouver, Canada); introduction by Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 18 September 2022

    Russian Mennonites Who Arrived in Mexico on 14 December 1924, translated by Marvin Rempel (Vancouver, Canada); introduction by Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 18 September 2022

    Russian Mennonites Who Immigrated to Mexico: 1925, translated by Marvin Rempel (Vancouver, Canada); introduction by Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 18 September 2022

    Russian Mennonites Who Settled in Rosario: 1925, translated by Marvin Rempel (Vancouver, Canada); introduction by Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 18 September 2022

    Mennonites from the Soviet Union Wishing to go to Mexico: 1924, translated by Marvin Rempel (Vancouver, Canada); introduction by Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 18 September 2022

    House Listings in Prenzlau and Hammerstein, extracts from Die Mennonitische Rundschau compiled by Marvin Rempel.

      Added 10 September 2022

    Mennonite Emigration List for Transport #2, 2 July 1924, translated by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany) and Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 4 September 2022

    Mennonite Emigration List for Transport #2, 1924: Molotschna Rayon, translated by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany) and Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 4 September 2022

    Mennonite Emigration List for Transport #2, 1924: Those who Wish to be Accommodated in the Province of Ontario, Canada, translated by Henry Fast (Winnipeg, Canada) and Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 4 September 2022

    Mennonite Emigration List for Transport #2, 1924: Rejected Mennonites in Antwerp - S. S. Marglen, translated by Henry Fast (Winnipeg, Canada) and Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 4 September 2022

    Mennonite Emigration List for Transport #2, 1924: Departure Visas Issued by the NKVD in Moscow to Mennonites Willing to Leave the Country, translated by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany) and Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 4 September 2022

    Mennonite Emigration List for Transport #2, 1924: List of Mennonites Rejected in Lebesh - S. S. Marglen, 27 July 1924, translated by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany) and Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 4 September 2022

    Mennonite Emigration List for Transport #2, 1924: List of Mennonites Left Behind in Liverpool, translated by Henry Fast (Winnipeg, Canada) and Glenn H. Penner (Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 4 September 2022

    Emigration Applications for Mennonites of the Chortitza Region: 1928, translated by Olga Schmakina (Fresno, California) for the California Mennonite Historical Society; index prepared by Diana Kauenhofen (Winnipeg, Manitoba).

      Added 1 September 2022

    Emigration Applications for Mennonites of the Chortitza Region: 1929, translated by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany) and Glenn H. Penner (Winnipeg, Canada)

      Added 1 September 2022

    August 2022

    Russia

    Nikolaipol (Nikolaifeld), Borissovo: Residents List, ca 1901, extracted by Pam Klassen-Dueck

      Added 1 August 2022

    Bethania Nervenheilanstalt: Staff List, ca. May 1927, extracted by Pam Klassen-Dueck

      Added 1 August 2022

    Sergeyevka, Fuerstenland List of Deaths Reported in Die Mennonitische Rundschau: Late 1910s Early 1920s, extracted by Pam Klassen-Dueck

      Added 1 August 2022

    July 2022

    Prussia

    Mennonite Marriages in the Culm Civil Records: 1811-1814, compiled by John D. Richert.

      Added 8 July 2022

    Russia

    Moscow: 1929, Extracts from Die Mennonitische Rundschau, compiled by Marvin Rempel.

      Added 8 July 2022; updated 1 August 2022

    Elections for Oberschulze, Village Schulze, and Village Beisitzer in the Colonies of Wohldemfuerst and Alexanderfeld, Batalpashinsk Ujezd, Kuban Oblast: 25 November 1875, translated by Tatiana Drozdova, Russia.

      Added 9 July 2022

    Teachers in Kuban in 1881-1916, extracted from Kuban oblast annual reference books by Viktor Petkau; translated by Tatiana Drozdova.

      Added 9 July 2022

    Members of Kuban Division of the AMLV: Allrussischer Mennonitischer Landwirtschaftlicher Verein (All-Russia Mennonite Agricultural Society): 1924-1926, extracted and translated by Tatiana Drozdova, Russia; notes by Jo-Ann Bakker, Canada and Tatiana Drozdova, Russia.

      Added 9 July 2022

    May 2022

    Russia

    Neu Samara Mennonite Settlement New Settlers: 1907, translated by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany) and Glenn H. Penner (Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 14 May 2022

    Hierschau, Molotschna Settlement Households: 1910, compiled by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 14 May 2022

    Report on Schools in the Schoenfeld/Brazol Mennonite Settlement: 1895, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H Penner.

      Added 14 May 2022

    Mennonite Births in the Hierschau area of the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1924-1927, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 14 May 2022

    Industries in the Chortitza and Molotschna Mennonite Settlements: 1914, translation by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H Penner.

      Added 14 May 2022

    1917 List of Members of the Molotschna Volost Zemstvo, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H Penner.

      Added 16 May 2022

    Report on the Activities of the Chortitzer Association of Conservationists for 1913, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 16 May 2022

    April 2022

    Russia

    Chortitza Family Registers, Mennonite Library and Archives (Fresno, CA) and California Mennonite Historical Society.

      Added 29 April 2022

    Birth Records of the Gnadenfeld Volost, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1898-1920, by the California Mennonite Historical Society & Mennonite Library & Archives (Fresno, CA).

      Added 22 April 2022

    March 2022

    Prussia

    Mennonite Deaths found in the Catholic Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1812-1816, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 27 March 2022

    Russia

    Mennonite Marriages in the Alexanderwohl area, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement for 1925, translated from Ukrainian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English, Edited and GRANDMA database numbers added by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 26 March 2022

    Mennonite Refugees in Constantinople: 19 April 1923, from the Mennonitische Rundschau 23 May 1923 pages 6-8, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 26 March 2022

    Members of the Allrussischer Mennonitischer Landwirtschaftlicher Verein (All-Russia Mennonite Agricultural Society) in the Arkadak Settlement in 1925, translated by Tatiana Drozdova (Russia) and Glenn Penner.

      Added 26 March 2022

    Mennonite Immigrants to Russia: 1819, translated by Wilhelm Friesen, Tim Janzen, and Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 26 March 2022

    Mennonites in the Metric Books of the Municipality of Prishib-Molotschansk and Village of Friedensfeld, original Russian transcription and German translation by Willi Friesen; translation into English by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 26 March 2022

    Michalin, Volhynia Mennonite Census of 26 April 1858, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English, edited and GRANDMA database numbers by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 26 March 2022

    Mennonites Who Immigrated from Gnadental, Baratov to Siberia: 1907 -1913, extracted from Jakob Redekopp. Es war dei Heimat Baratow-Schlachtin. 1966, page 31; edited by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 22 March 2022

    List of 53 Mennonite Families Arriving in Russia in 1803, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn Penner.

      Added 22 March 2022

    List of Recently Arrived Settlers in the Molotschna Settlement: 1844, translated by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany) and Glenn H. Penner (Winnipeg, Canada).

      Added 22 March 2022

    November 2021

    Prussia

    Mennonite Marriages Found in the Roman Catholic Church Records of Sarnau, Culm Region, West Prussia: 1800-1813, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 15 November 2021

    Mennonite Deaths from the Civil Registers of Culm, West Prussia, 1808 1814, edited by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 20 November 2021

    Russia

    Weapons Confiscated from Russian Mennonites in 1914 and 1915: Part 2, translation from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translation from German to English and comments by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 27 November 2021

    Income and Expenses for the Chortitza Mennonite Settlement: 1813, by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn Penner.

      Added 25 November 2021

    Mennonite Deaths in the Chortitza/Rosenthal District: 1929-1932, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen, Detmond, Germany; translated from German to English and Edited by Glenn Penner.

      Added 22 November 2021

    Family Heads in Karassan, Crimea in 1874, translated by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 21 November 2021; corrected 22 March 2022

    Attendees at the Allgemeine Mennonitische Bundeskonferenz: Rudnerweide, Molotschna, August 13-15, 1913, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen, Detmold, Germany; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn H Penner, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

      Added 21 November 2021

    List of Molotschna Mennonites Living on their Own Land Outside of the Colony: 1860, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen, Detmold, Germany; translated from German to English and Edited by Glenn H Penner, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

      Added 21 November 2021

    Schoenwiese, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement 1 April 1858 Census; translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen, Detmold, Germany; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn Penner, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

      Added 16 November 2021

    Events in the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1840, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen, Detmold, Germany; translated from German to English and Edited by Glenn H Penner, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

      Added 20 November 2021

    October 2021

    Prussia

    A Guide to the Genealogy of Prussian Mennonites, Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 24 October 2021

    Russia

    Forestry (Forstei) Lists: 1881-1901, Glenn Penner and Tatiana Drozdova.

      Updated 30 October 2021

    Mennonite Immigrants to Russia: 1809, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated from German to English and Edited by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 24 October 2021

    September 2021

    Russia

    Lists of Hutterites: 1818, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated from German to English, edited, and GRanDMA numbers added by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 26 September 2021

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Property Transfers Report: 1812, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H Penner.

      Added 26 September 2021

    Russian Census of Males in the Chortitza Mennonite Settlement: 1811, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German into English, edited, and GRanDMA Numbers added by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 26 September 2021

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Household Heads: 1816, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and Glenn H Penner.

      Added 25 September 2021

    Request to have a Mennonite Brethren (Brudergemeinde) Conference in Rueckenau, Molotschna: 1912 (with signatures); translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen and translated from German and edited by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 12 September 2021

    Reports on Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Schools: 1895/96 & 1897/98, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German and edited by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 11 September 2021

    April 2021

    Canada

    Early Genealogical Sources for Mennonites in Manitoba: 1874-1921, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Updated 11 April 2021

    Prussia

    West Prussian Mennonite Villages, compiled by Glenn Penner.
      Added 25 April 2021; updated 2 September 2023

    Mennonites Found in the Burial Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Reichenberg, Danziger Werder, Prussia: 1615-1800, originally published by Adalbert Goertz; edited and reformatted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 11 April 2021

    Russia

    Samara Region Requests for Exemption from Military Service: 1882, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen, Detmold, Germany; translated from German to English and Edited by Glenn H Penner, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

      Updated 25 April 2021

    Documents on the De-Kulakization of the Inhabitants of Nikolaifeld/Nikolaipol, Borissovo Colony: 1930, translated from Russian to German and GRANDMA database numbers added by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn H Penner.

      Updated 11 April 2021

    Statement Regarding the Good, the Average, and the Negligent Proprietors from the Molochansk Mennonite District: 1839, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen (Detmold, Germany); translated from German into English & Edited by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 4 April 2021

    Events in the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1841, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German and edited by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 4 April 2021

    Fuerstenland Colony Mennonite Brethren Marriages Performed by Johann Enns: 1917 1922, compiled by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 4 April 2021

    USA

    Mennonites in the 1875 Kansas State Census, extracted and edited by John D. Richert.
      Added 25 April 2021

    March 2021

    Russia

    1829 Molotschna Settlement Lists of Loans, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen, Detmold, Germany; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn H Penner, Winnipeg, Canada.

      Added 24 March 2021

    February 2021

    Prussia

    A Guide to the Genealogy of Prussian Mennonites, Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 21 February 2021

    Russia

    Hutterite Landowners in 1839, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 15 February 2021

    Molotschna Settlement List of Landowners in 1822, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 15 February 2021

    Molotschna Settlement Property Transfers: 1827 and 1829, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 15 February 2021

    Molotschna Settlement Property Transfers: 1843, translated by Glenn H. Penner.
      Added 15 February 2021

    Molotschna Settlement Property Transfers: 1847, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 15 February 2021

    January 2021

    Russia

    Chortitza Settlement Vital Records: 1809-1812, translated and Edited by Tim Janzen.

      Added 25 January 2021

    December 2020

    Poland

    Kazun Nowy/Niemiecki (Deutsch Kasan) 1832-1841 Civil Records, compiled and formatted by Daniel Foote.

      Added 5 December 2020

    Mennonites in the Civil Records of Troszyn Polski, Mazovia, Poland: 1809 1867, prepared by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 8 December 2020

    Mennonites Found in the Lutheran Records of Ilow, Poland, Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 8 December 2020

    Prussia

    Members of the Lithuanian Mennonite Plauschwarren Church: 1777, translated by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 18 December 2020

    List of Mennonites in the Thorn/Torun District: 1818, translated by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 18 December 2020

    Russia

    Mennonites Immigrants Added to the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: 1840-1851, translation by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 17 December 2020; revised 12 February 2025

    Chortitza/Rosenthal Congregation Membership List: 1926, translated and transcribed from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen and translated from German to English and edited by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 18 December 2020

    Forestry (Forstei) Lists: 1881-1901, Glenn Penner and Tatiana Drozdova.

      Added 20 December 2020

    November 2020

    Russia

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for September 1814, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 30 November 2020

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, 1795, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 22 November 2020

    Genealogical Data Extracted from Barnaul Region Settlement Documents (1907-1915), translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated into English by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 14 November 2020; expanded 14 May 2022

    Ignatyevo Mennonite Settlement Census: 1899, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated from German to English, edited, and GRANDMA database numbers added by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 11 November 2020; corrected 22 February 2022; corrected 12 February 2025

    1920 Chortitza Settlement Census: Chortitza, translated by Jakob Quiring.

      Added 1 November 2020

    1920 Chortitza Settlement Census: Neuendorf, translated by Jakob Quiring.

      Added 1 November 2020

    October 2020

    Russia

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1810, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 9 October 2020

    September 2020

    International

    MCC Auswanderungslisten nach 1945: The Mennonite Central Committee Post-World War II Refugee List, 1945-1952, by Hermann Schirmacher, Hans Peter Wiebe, and Thomas Schirmacher.

      Added 9 September 2020

    Prussia

    Mennonite Deaths in the Civil Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1813 and 1814, prepared by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 12 September 2020

    West Prussian Mennonite Ministers in 1787, extracted by John D. Richert.

      Added 12 September 2020

    1750 "Census" of Villages in Kreis Kulm, Prussia, compiled by John D. Richert.

      Added 11 September 2020

    Russia

    Typhus Deaths in Neu-Osterwick, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, South Russia: Winter 1919-1920, by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 10 September 2020

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement: New Immigrants, 1833-34, translated by Tatiana Drozdova and Glenn H Penner.

      Added 10 September 2020

    First Settlers in Liebenau and Elisabethtal, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated from German to English and edited by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 10 September 2020

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for May 1813, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 8 September 2020

    August 2020

    Prussia

    Protection Money Paid by the Mennonites in the City of Elbing, 1745, Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 13 August 2020

    Culm Region Mennonites in the 1772 Census of West Prussia, Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 2 August 2020

    Russia

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for November 1811, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 23 August 2020

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, October 1802, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 14 August 2020; revised 23 August 2020

    Molotschna Colony Voter Lists: 1835-1862, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 13 August 2020

    Family List for Yakovlevo (Jakowlewo), Alexandrovsk District: 1920, translated by Tatiana Drozdova; edited by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 2 August 2020

    Mennonite Workers in the Diedrich Schultz Implement Factory: 1900-1918, translated from Russian by Maria Wilms; editing, introduction, and GRANDMA database numbers by Glenn Penner.

      Added 2 August 2020

    July 2020

    Russia

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for May 1816, translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 14 July 2020

    June 2020

    Latin America

    Mennonite Passenger Lists for Brazil, compiled by Hermann Schirmacher.

      Added 18 June 2020

    Poland

    Civil Records for the Mennonite Congregation of Deutsch Kazun, Poland: 1868 1913, translated from Russian to German and condensed by Wilhelm Friesen, Detmold, Germany; edited and indexed by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 9 June 2020

    Prussia

    Mennonite Births found in the Lutheran Church Records of Gross Lunau, Culm, West Prussia: 1848-1852, extracted from LDS film #71289 by Glenn H. Penner; transcribed by John D. Richert.

    Russia

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1816, initial translation by Tim Janzen; revised translation and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 23 June 2020

    Abraham F. Reimer Diary (1808-1892), translated and edited by Steve Fast.

      Added 3 June 2020

    May 2020

    Prussia

    Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelisches Kirchenbuchduplikat Neuheide, Kreis Elbing: 1830-1833, compiled by Erich Lohrey.

      Added 25 May 2020

    Mennonite Deaths in the Lutheran Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1830 1852, extracted by Glenn Penner and transcribed by John D. Richert.

      Added 25 May 2020

    Combined List of Mennonite Births from the Lutheran and Catholic Church Records of Culm: 1787-1850, extracted by Glenn H. Penner with assistance from John D. Richert.

      Added 23 May 2020

    Mennonite Births found in the Catholic Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1787-1817, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Replaced previous version 22 May 2020

    Mennonite Births from the Lutheran Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1800 1830, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 22 May 2020

    Mennonite Births from the Lutheran Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1831 1850, extracted by Glenn H. Penner; transcribed by John D. Richert.

      Added 22 May 2020

    Mennonite Marriages from the Civil Registers of Culm, West Prussia: 1810 1814, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 20 May 2020

    Russia

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Voting Lists: 1848-1851, compiled by Steve Fast.

      Added 25 May 2020

    April 2020

    Canada

    Mennonite Emigrants from Russia and Prussia passing through the Port of Hamburg: 1890 1899, by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 3 April 2020

    Prussia

    Sch nsee (Culm) Baptism Records: 1862-1943, extracted by John D. Richert.

      Added 4 April 2020

    Prezechowka Gemeinde Households in the Vicinity of Schwetz, 1715 and 1719, compiled by John D. Richert.

      Added 3 April 2020

    Mennonite Land Census of Niederausmaas in 1830 and 1806, extracted by John D. Richert.

      Added 3 April 2020

    Russia

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for November 1815, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German to English and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 11 April 2020

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Vital Records: 1815-1816, compiled by Tim Janzen.

      Added 3 April 2020

    List of Mennonites in the Molotschna Settlement who Bought or Built a House in a Village in which they are not listed in the Revision (of 1835): 1841, translated from Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated into English and tabulated by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 2 April 2020

    New Arrivals in the Molotschna Colony: 1848, translated by Maria Willms and Glenn H Penner.

      Added 2 April 2020; this file replaces an earlier version posted on the MHSBC website in June 2001; replaced on 17 December 2020.

    Lists of Those Wishing to Emigrate from West Prussia to Russia 1803 to 1806, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 2 April 2020; this file replaces earlier versions from around 1999.

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for 14 October 1797, edited by Richard D. Thiessen and Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 1 April 2020

    Mennonite Schools in the Molotschna Colony, 1836: Teachers and other Information, transcribed and translated by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 1 April 2020

    March 2020

    Prussia

    West Prussian Land Leases and Village Lists Containing Mennonites: 1600 - 1770, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 29 March 2020

    Russia

    A Guide to the Available Molotschna Settlement School Registers, compiled by Glenn H Penner.

    Mennonite Families Passing Through Koenigsberg in August 1788 on the way to Russia, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 29 March 2020

    The First Mennonite Settlers in the Chortitza Settlement, by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 28 March 2020

    Funds Loaned to Mennonite Settlers in the Chortitza Settlement: 1788-1793, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; translated from German into English & Edited by Glenn H Penner.

      Added 28 March 2020

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for October 1808, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 28 March 2020

    ltester and Lehrer in the Molotschna Mennonite Colony, 1835, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 21 March 2020

    List of All Mennonite ltester, Lehrer and Diakonen for Russia: 1856, by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 21 March 2020

    List of Those Wanting to Immigrate to Russia, 1852, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen and edited and Translated from German to English by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 19 March 2020

    Halbstadt Zentralschule Student Lists: 1876, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; edited by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 18 March 2020

    Statement Regarding the Good, the Average, and the Negligent Proprietors from the Molochansk Mennonite District: 1843, by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 18 March 2020

    Immigrants to the Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, 1841, translated from Russian to German by Wilhelm Friesen; edited by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 17 March 2020

    List of Elected Voters of the Mennonite Districts in the Bakhmut Uyezd, Russia, 1912, for the 4th State Duma (2nd Congress) by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 17 March 2020

    Molotschna Farms Purchased by Recent Immigrants in 1830, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 17 March 2020

    Starvation Deaths in Orenburg, Russia (1921-1922), extracted from the Mennonitische Rundschau 6 September 1922 by Steve Fast.

      Added 17 March 2020

    October 2019

    Prussia

    Those living on the Marienburg Castle Grounds: 1745, by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 20 October 2019

    1772 Census of Sch nsee, Tiegenhof District, West Prussia, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 20 October 2019

    1772 Census of Mennonites in Wernersdorf, Pussia, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 20 October 2019

    Mennonites from Obernessau Congregation in the 1791 Census of the Radziejow District, by Michal Targowski and Glenn H Penner.

      Added 16 October 2019

    Russia

    Typhus Deaths in Chortitza, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, South Russia: November 1919 to March 1920, by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 15 October 2019

    List of the Original Settlers in Tiegerweide, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, 1822, by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 15 October 2019

    Rosenort, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census, September 1926, translated by Tim Janzen with assistance from Natalia Prikhodko.

      Added 6 October 2019

    Rosenort, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census of Landless Families, 11 August 1926, translated by Tim Janzen with assistance from Natalia Prikhodko.

      Added 6 October 2019

    Wernersdorf, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Landowners Census, 1924, translated by Tim Janzen with assistance from Natalia Prikhodko.

      Added 6 October 2019

    Wernersdorf, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census, 30 September 1926, translated by Tim Janzen with assistance from Natalia Prikhodko.

      Added 6 October 2019

    United States

    Richert Cemetery in Marion County, Kansas, by John D. Richert.

      Added 7 October 2019

    March 2019

    Prussia

    Mennonite Births in the Evangelische Kirche Heilige Drei K nig Elbing Register: 1800-1816, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 11 March 2019

    Russia

    Mennonite Deaths Reported for the Rueckenau, Molotschna Area: 1926 to 1929, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 20 March 2019

    The Transfer of Mennonites between Villages in 1848, by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 20 March 2019

    Weapons Confiscated from Russian Mennonites in 1914, by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 19 March 2019

    Lists of Immigrants to the Mennonite Samara Colonies, 1859-1863, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and edited by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 19 March 2019

    15 October 1801 Census of Kronsgarten, Chortitza, South Russia, extracted by Tim Janzen.

      Added 18 March 2019

    Kronsgarten, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for 1806, translated by Wilhelm Friesen and edited by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 18 March 2019

    Kronsgarten, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census for 1816, Karl Stumpp; edited by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 18 March 2019

    1873-74 School Register for Gnadenthal, Molotschna Settlement, Russia, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 11 March 2019

    1846 Transfers within the Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, translated from the Russian to German by Willi Friesen; translated into English and tabulated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 11 March 2019

    1806 Census of the Hutterite Village of Radichev, South Russia, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 11 March 2019

    Schoenwiese, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement 1816 Census, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 11 March 2019

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census for 24 November 1811, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 1 March 2019

    February 2019

    Prussia

    1737 List of the Members of the Schweingrub / Tragheimerweide Congregation, by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 26 February 2019

    Russia

    Paulsheim, Molotschna Census, 1850, by Tim Janzen.

      Added 25 February 2019

    Name Index to Die niederl ndisch-niederdeutschen Hintergr nde der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 18. und 19. Jahrhundert, by Tim Janzen.

      Added 25 February 2019

    Compilation of Mennonite Villages in Russia; prepared by Tim Janzen

      Added 24 February 2019

    Compilation of Mennonite Villages in Russia, sorted alphabetically by German Village Names; prepared by Tim Janzen

      Added 24 February 2019

    Compilation of Mennonite Villages in Russia, sorted alphabetically by Russified Village Names; prepared by Tim Janzen

      Added 24 February 2019

    Compilation of Crimean Mennonite Villages; prepared by Tim Janzen

      Added 24 February 2019

    Original List of Mennonite Villages in Russia from the DAI Documents; prepared by Tim Janzen

      Added 24 February 2019

    Modified List of Mennonite Villages in Russia from the DAI Documents; prepared by Tim Janzen

    Chortitza Settlement Landowners, 1814, compiled by Tim Janzen.

      Added 22 February 2019

    Am Trakt Colony Census of 8 Nov 1857 listing Mennonites who emigrated from Prussia to Russia in 1855-1856, settling in the Samara Gubernia, Novousensky Uezd, translated by Dmitry Panov.

      Added 20 February 2019

    January 2019

    Russia

    1863 Molotschna Colony Grain Loan Lists, extracted by Tim Janzen.

      Added 20 January 2019

    November 2018

    Russia

    Mennonite Extractions from the EWZ Files, by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 20 November 2018

    Memrik Colony Birth Registers 1902 1923, translated by Glenn H. Penner and Tatiana Drozdova.

      Added 6 November 2018

    September 2018

    Prussia

    Mennonite Births, Marriages and Deaths Found in the Lutheran Church Records of Katznase, West Prussia:1800 1825, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 25 September 2018

    Russia

    Molotschna Colony Voter Lists: 1847, 1850, 1857 and 1862, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 28 September 2018; replaced 13 August 2020

    List of Original Settlers in Alexajewka, Aulie Ata, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 26 September 2018

    1922 Mennonite Refugees in Batum, Georgia, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 26 September 2018

    Register of Persons Living Outside the Chortitza Colony in 1859, translated by Mennonite Heritage Archives volunteer Erica Enns, Winnipeg, Manitoba; edited by Glenn Penner.

      Added 24 September 2018

    Agricultural Union (Collective Farm) SUCCESS, Alexanderfeld/Alexandrodar Settlement of Batalpashinsk District, Kuban Oblast': List of Members in 1920, extracted and translated by Tatiana Drozdova; additions blue colour by Tatiana Drozdova (Chelyabinsk) and Jo-Ann Bakker (Canada).

      Added 22 September 2018

    Agricultural Union (Collective Farm) LABOR, Alexanderfeld/Alexandrodar Settlement of Batalpashinsk District, Kuban Oblast': List of Members in 1920, extracted and translated by Tatiana Drozdova; additions blue colour by Tatiana Drozdova (Chelyabinsk) and Jo-Ann Bakker (Canada).

      Added 22 September 2018

    August 2018

    Prussia

    Mennonite Births, Marriages, and Deaths Found in the Lutheran Church Records of Finkenstein, West Prussia: 1800-1825, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 13 August 2018

    Russia

    4 Jan 1803 Census of the Hutterite Village of Radichev, South Russia, extracted by Tim Janzen.

      Added 13 August 2018

    22 Sep 1801 Census of the Hutterite Colony of Wishenka (Vishenka/Vyshenka), translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 13 August 2018

    May 2018

    Russia

    1850 Molotschna Settlement Voter List, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 17 May 2018; Replaced 28 September 2018

    October 2017

    Canada

    Early Genealogical Sources for Mennonites in Manitoba: 1874-1921, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 18 October 2017

    Prussia

    The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, 7th edition, compiled by Glenn Penner.

    Mennonite Births in the Gross Czyste, Culm Catholic Church Records: 1800 1808, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 17 October 2017; replaced 23 May 2020

    A Comparison of the 1715/1719 Dirks/Berents list and Information in the Przechowka Church Records, as obtained from the GRANDMA Database, by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 15 October 2017

    Przechowka Church Register, originally translated by Jacob A. Duerksen, Velda Richert-Duerksen, and the Mennonite Immigrant Historical Foundation staff in Goessel, KS; transcribed and edited by Rod Ratzlaff.

      Added 9 October 2017

    Russia

    Register of Deaths and Marriages, 1919-22, by Rev. Abram Kroeger, Neu-Chortitza, Baratov Settlement, Russia, compiled by Glenn Penner.

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Land Transfers for 1852, translated by Jake Friesen and edited by Glenn Penner.

      Added 16 October 2017

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Land Transfers for 1853, translated by Glenn Penner.

      Added 16 October 2017

    Elder Tobias Unruh Baptism Register: 1854-1889, transcribed by Martha Becker, edited by Rod Ratzlaff.

      Added 15 October 2017

    February 2017

    Prussia

    1755 List of those Holding Land Leases in the Villages of Laakendorf, Waldorf and Bollwerk, West Prussia and 1762 List of those Holding Land Leases in the Village of Waldorf, West Prussia, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 5 February 2017

    Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Lutheran Church Records of Gross Mausdorf, West Prussia: 1808 - 1830, extracted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 5 February 2017

    Land Leasers in Tiegenhof, West Prussia in 1685, Glenn Penner.

      Added 5 February 2017

    The Elbing Territory Census of 1811, compiled by Glenn H Penner

      Added 18 February 2017

    Russia

    1858 Census Extracts for the Karolswalde, Volhynia Mennonites Who Settled in Jadwinin, Volhynia in 1858, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 5 February 2017; updated 10 January 2026

    November 2016

    Prussia

    Mennonite Marriages in the Lutheran Church Register of Elbing Neuheide: 1801-1820, originally extracted by Adalbert Goertz; compiled and Edited Glenn Penner.

      Added 8 November 2016

    Mennonite Properties in the Danzig Administrative District in 1824, originally published by Adalbert Goertz; translated, edited and reformatted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 6 November 2016

    Russia

    Waldheim s Original Settlers, by Bob Buller.

      Added 24 November 2016

    Emigration from West Prussia to South Russia 1798-1802 and 1806-1815, by Glenn Penner.

      Added 15 November 2016; replaced 28 January 2024

    September 2016

    Prussia

    Sch nsee, Poland: Mennonite and Non-Mennonite Residents, 1695 1800, compiled by Bob Buller.

      Added 6 September 2016

    August 2016

    Russia

    Census of Individuals and Families who were Not Landowners in Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Compiled on 25 April 1801, extracted by Tim Janzen.

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Villages, compiled by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 8 August 2016

    July 2016

    Russia

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, May 1811, translated and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 11 July 2016

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, May 1814, translated and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 11 July 2016

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, October 1814, translated and comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 11 July 2016

    June 2016

    Prussia

    Mennonite Marriages from the Lutheran Church records of Gross Mausdorf, West Prussia, 1728, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 25 June 2016

    Russia

    Waldheim, Molotschna and Heinrichsdorf, Volhynia: 1833-1851, by Glenn Penner and Steve Fast.

      Added 25 June 2016

    Antonovka Land Contract, 1804, translated from the Russian by Ola Heska; edited by Rod Ratzlaff.

      Added 25 June 2016

    Land Contract for Mennonite Colonists Resettling in the Village of Dosidorf, 1848, translated from the German by Ute Brandenburg; edited by Rod Ratzlaff.

      Added 25 June 2016

    Prussia to Russia Mennonite Inheritance Documents from the Odessa Archives, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 25 June 2016

    West Prussia to Russia Emigrants for 1842 and 1844, Peter J. Braun Archives File 906, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 25 June 2016

    1852 Immigrants to Am Trakt, Peter J. Braun Archives File 1647, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 25 June 2016

    May 2016

    Russia

    1816 Revision/census of Antonovka Village, Volyn Gubernia. translated by Rod Ratzlaff.

      Added 25 May 2016

    March 2016

    1920s Emigration from the Soviet Union

    List of Families from Sch nau Wanting to Immigrate to Mexico, transcribed and edited by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Revised 8 March 2016

    Prussia

    Land Owners in Mierauerwalde, West Prussia in 1732, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 18 March 2016

    Russia

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, 1795, extracted by B. H. Unruh; comments by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 31 March 2016; replaced 22 November 2020

    Chortitza Colony Census of 1 September 1801, extracted by Tim Janzen.

      Replaced 19 March 2016

    Nikolaidorf, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Early Landowners, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 18 March 2016

    Census of Mennonites located in Ostrog: 1819, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

      Added 18 March 2016; revised 12 February 2025

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Census, November 1807, translated by Tim Janzen.

      Added 7 March 2016

    Molotschna Mennonite Settlement Census, 27 October 1806, translated by Tim Janzen.

      Added 8 March 2016

    February 2016

    Prussia

    Mennonites Baptized/Christened into the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter and Paul in Danzig: 1751-1800, extracted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 1 February 2016

    Mennonite Marriages for Schoensee, West Prussia, 1810-1852, taken from the Lutheran Church Register of Kulm, West Prussia, originally extracted by Adalbert Goertz; compiled and edited by Glenn Penner.

      Added 2 February 2016

    Mennonite Immigrants from Prussia to Russia, 1803-1804, scanned and indexed by Glenn Penner.

      Added 6 February 2016

    Russia

    Mennonite Immigration from Jeziorka, West Prussia to Volhynia, Russia in 1803 and 1804, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 2 February 2016

    Mennonite Ministers in the Chortitza and Molotschna Mennonite Settlements in 1846, extracted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 1 February 2016

    Mennonite Teachers in the Molotschna, Chortitza and Bergthal Settlements in 1846, extracted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 1 February 2016

    Names and Signatures of Molotschna District and Village Officials for 1840, transcribed by Steve Fast.

      Added 11 February 2016

    Register of Mennonites in Rovno Region, Volhynia, 1819, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

      Added 15 February 2016

    Register of Mennonites in Rovno Region, Volhynia, 1819-1820, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

      Added 15 February 2016

    Census of Mennonites at the Volinsky Estate: 1816, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

      Added 15 February 2016; updated 3 January 2026

    January 2016

    Russia

    Students in the Orloff Vereinsschule, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, in 1828 extracted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 31 January 2016

    June 2015

    Poland

    Baptismal Records for the Mennonite Congregation of Deutsch Kazun, Poland, 1834-1943, compiled by John Friesen, Don Fehr, and Glenn Penner.

      Added 30 June 2015

    Civil Records for the Mennonite Congregation of Deutsch Kazun, Poland, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 29 June 2015

    April 2015

    Prussia

    Mennonites in Tiegenhagen Catholic Burial-Plot Purchase Register, 1758-1772, transcribed by Steve Fast.

      Added 1 April 2015

    March 2015

    Russia

    1874 Mennonite Emigration Loan Fund's Account Book (Schnurbuch), extracted by Steve Fast.

      Revised 12 March 2015

    February 2015

    Prussia

    Information on West Prussian Property Records Found in Various Sources, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 7 February 2015

    The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, Version 5, January 2015, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 6 February 2015

    Russia

    1803 West Prussia to Russia Emigration List, translated by Steve Fast.

      Added 7 February 2015

    January 2015

    Russia

    Chortitza Colony Village Mayors and Assistants for 1847, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 29 January 2015

    Immigration Information on Five Families Moving from Brandenburg, Prussia to Gnadenfeld, Molotschna Colony in 1835, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 29 January 2015; replaced 22 December 2022

    June 2014

    Prussia

    Immigration to Russia from the Orlofferfelde Mennonite Congregation of West Prussia: 1804-1880, by Glenn Penner.

      Added 29 June 2014; reformatted 8 September 2023

    Russia

    Molotschna Colony Immigration Lists: 1836-1849, by Glenn Penner.

      Added 29 June 2014

    Chortitza Tobacco Growers: 1846, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

      Added 29 June 2014

    Kleefeld, Molotschna - Early Landowners, by Glenn Penner.

      Added 29 June 2014

    1874 Mennonite Emigration Loan Fund's Account Book (Schnurbuch), extracted by Steve Fast.

      Added 18 June 2014

    April 2014

    Russia

    List of Molotschna Mennonites Wishing to Immigrate to America: 1874, translated by Steve Fast.

      Added 13 April 2014

    January 2014

    Russia

    Mennonites Living Outside Molotschna Colony in 1859, translated by Steve Fast.

      Revised 1 January 2014

    November 2013

    Russia

    Corrections to English Translation of 1835 Molotschna Colony Census by Steve Fast.

      Updated 23 November 2013

    August 2013

    Poland

    Mennonite Births and Deaths in the Deutsche Wymyschle Region of Poland for 1840, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 3 August 2013

    Prussia

    Mennonite Burials in the Catholic Church Records of Gross Lichtenau, West Prussia 1767 1774, translated by Glenn Penner.

      Added 3 August 2013

    Mennonite Marriages in the Catholic Church records of Gross Lichtenau, West Prussia 1765 1773, translated by Glenn Penner.

      Added 3 August 2013

    Koenigsberg Mennonite Marriages 1766-1831, transcribed by Melissa Dalley and Glenn Penner.

      Added 3 August 2013

    Mennonite Births in the Lutheran Records of Tiegenort, West Prussia 1759 -1781, originally transcribed by Adalbert Goertz; compiled and Edited by Glenn Penner.

      Added 3 August 2013

    Russia

    Mennonites Living Outside Molotschna Colony in 1859, translated by Steve Fast.

      Added 17 August 2013

    Corrections to English Translation of 1835 Molotschna Colony Census by Steve Fast.

      Added 28 August 2013

    Rosengart, Chortitza 1920 Census.

      Added 29 August 2013

    June 2013

    Prussia

    The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Updated 1 June 2013

    May 2013

    Russia

    Immigration Lists for 1839, translated by Steve Fast.

    Family Lists for those moving from the Chortitza Colony to the Villages of Schoenthal and Heubuden in the Bergthal Colony in 1839, translated by Steve Fast.

    May 2012

    Prussia

    Court Records of Klein Lubin, Amt Graudenz, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, edited by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 6 May 2012

    Property Records for Heubuden, West Prussia, submitted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Expanded 6 May 2012

    Prussian Cemetery Grave Stone Inscriptions, compiled by Dolores Harder and Glenn Penner.

      Added 6 May 2012

    Russia

    Annotated List of Chortitza Colony Householders for 1847, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

      Expanded 6 May 2012

    November 2011

    Prussia

    Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths in the Danzig Church 1665-1943 and Family Books 1, 2, and 3 of the Danzig Mennonite Church, transliterated and Digitized by Ernest H. Baergen.

      Added 13 November 2011

    July 2011

    Prussia

    Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Montau-Gruppe Mennonite Church: 1661-1945, transliterated and digitized by Ernest H. Baergen.

      Added 26 July 2011

    Russia

    1859 List of Chortitza Colony Householders, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

      Added 26 July 2011

    Mennonite Relocations within the Molotschna Colony: 1849, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

      Added 26 July 2011

    Recent Immigrants from Prussia Requesting to Settle in Neu-Halbstadt, Molotschna, 1843, transcribed by Olga Shmakina and Glenn Penner.

      Added 26 July 2011

    1822 Chortitza Colony Vital Records, compiled by Tim Janzen.

    May 2011

    Russia

    1863 Molotschna Colony Grain Loan Lists, extracted by Tim Janzen (MHSA site)

    March 2011

    Canada

    Schools and School districts in R.M. of Rhineland (1884-1963), written mainly by J.C. Fehr.

      Added 21 March 2011

    December 2010

    Canada

    Canadian Low-German Mennonites Drafted or Recruited in World War I, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 20 December 2010

    September 2010

    Prussia

    Koenigsberg Mennonites in 1732, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

      Added 20 September 2010

    Mennonite Deaths in the Tannsee Lutheran Church Records: 1800-1830, translated by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 20 September 2010

    Russia

    1808 Chortitza Colony Vital Records, compiled by Tim Janzen.

    1920 Chortitza Colony Census, translated by Jakob Quiring and edited by Tim Janzen.

      Villages of Neu Osterwick, Neuenburg, Nieder Chortitza, Rosenthal, and Schoeneberg added 19 September 2010

    August 2010

    Prussia

    The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, Version 3, June 2010, compiled by Glenn H. Penner.

      Revised 7 August 2010

    Russia

    1925 Schoeneberg Census, translated by Tim Janzen.

      Added 27 August 2010; replaced 14 September 2023

    July 2010

    Russia

    Early (1848 & 1850) Voters Lists for Hierschau, Molotschna Colony, compiled by Glenn H. Penner and Tim Janzen.

      Added 1 July 2010

    May 2010

    Russia

    List of Families from Sch nau Wanting to Immigrate to Mexico, transcribed and edited by Richard D. Thiessen.

    April 2010

    Prussia

    Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records of Elbing - Neuheide, Part 2 (1770- 1786), compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Replaced 23 2009

    September 2009

    Canada

    Canadian Low-German Mennonites Drafted or Recruited in World War I, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 2 September 2009

    Prussia

    The 1661 Census of Mennonites in Danzig, originally created by Horst Penner; converted into digital form by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 14 September 2009

    Danzig in West Prussia - Membership List 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 10 September 2009

    Berlin - Membership List 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 1 September 2009

    August 2009

    Prussia

    Heubuden-Marienburg in West Prussia - Membership List 1935, by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 23 August 2009

    Ladekopp-Orlofferfelde in West Prussia - Membership List 1935, by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 23 August 2009

    Rosenort in West Prussia - Membership List 1935, by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 23 August 2009

    April 2009

    Russia

    Mennonite Deaths Reported to the Chortitza Village Soviet: 1925 1928, by Glenn Penner and Nikolai Penner.

      Added 10 April 2009

    November 2008

    Prussia

    Alphabetical Index of 1869 Petitioners List, compiled by Tim Janzen.

      Added 15 November 2008

    Mennonite Births in Tiegenhagen: 1781-1800, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

      Added 15 November 2008

    September 2008

    Prussia

    Mennonite Births found in the Catholic Church Records of Culm, West Prussia: 1787-1817, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 6 September 2008

    November 2007

    Prussia

    Property Records for Heubuden, West Prussia, submitted by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 25 November 2007

    Elbing-Ellerwald Church Book: 1788-1880, transcribed by James W. Shaw. (CMBS Hillsboro site)

    Church Record of those in the Ladekopp District: 1775-1829, transcribed by James W. Shaw. (CMBS Hillsboro site)

    Church Directory of the Mennonite Church at Orlofferfelde: 1800-1818, transcribed by James W. Shaw. (CMBS Hillsboro site)

    Marcushof Baptism, Marriage, Death Register: 1754-1834, transcribed by James W. Shaw. (CMBS Hillsboro site)

    Church Record of the Mennonite Congregation in Koenigsberg: 1794-1832, transcribed by James W. Shaw. (CMBS Hillsboro site)

    Russia

    Transfer of Households in Molotschna: ca. 1848, translated by Nikolai Mazharenko. (MHSBC site)

      Added 12 November 2007

    1920 Chortitza Colony Census, translated by John Quiring and edited by Tim Janzen.

      Added 11 November 2007

    March 2007

    Prussia

    Count of Family Names in the 1776 Census, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 19 March 2007

    Russia

    Annotated List of Chortitza Colony Householders for 1847, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Revised 17 March 2007

    January 2007

    Canada

    Index to Pioneer Portraits Published in the Red River Valley Echo (Altona, Manitoba) 1974-1980, compiled by Alf Redekopp

      Added 23 January 2007

    Prussia

    Tiegenhagen, West Prussia Membership List: 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 8 January 2007

    F rstenwerder, West Prussia Membership List: 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 1 January 2007

    October 2006

    Canada

    Abbotsford Area Cemetery Index, Abbotsford, BC

      Added 23 October 2006

    September 2006

    Prussia

    Tragheimerweide Church Records: 1781-1862, transliterated by Esther Patkau and edited by Ernest H. Baergen.

      Added 15 September 2006

    Russia

    F rstenland Baptism Register: 1885-1932, translated by Cary Desnoyers, edited by Tim Janzen.

      Added 19 September 2006

    July 2006

    Prussia

    1810 Mennonite Census of the Schwetz Region of West Prussia, transcribed and translated by Esther Patkau and Glenn Penner.

      Added 25 July 2006

    February 2006

    Prussia

    West Prussian Mennonite Villages, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 26 February 2006; replaced on 25 April 2021

    Russia

    A West Prussian Mennonite Emigration List for 1803-1804, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

      Updated 08 February 2006

    December 2005

    Russia

    1820 Chortitza Colony Orphans Office Records, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

      Added 18 December 2005

    October 2005

    Russia

    Annual Report of the Mennonite Church Pertaining to the Maintenance of the Forestry Service in 1908, transcribed by Michael Penner.

      Added 18 October 2005

    August 2005

    Prussia

    Mennonite Marriages in the Jungfer Lutheran Church Register: 1801-1820, transcribed by Adalbert Goertz and Glenn Penner.

      Added 26 August 2005

    Mennonite Marriages in the Tannsee Lutheran Church Records, translated by Glenn Penner.

      Added 22 August 2005; reformatted 8 October 2025

    Mennonite Marriages in the Zeyer Lutheran Church Register: 1801-1824, by Adalbert Goertz and Glenn Penner.

      Added 22 August 2005

    Russia

    Mennonites from the Molotschna Colony who Requested Transfer to the Chortitza Colony: From document dated January 29, 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

    Mennonites from Kronsgarten in the Chortitza Colony who Requested Transfer to the Chortitza Volost: From document dated 18 March 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

    Mennonites from Schoenwiese in the Chortitza Colony who Requested Transfer to the Molotschna Colony: From document dated 18 March 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

    Mennonites from Chortitza Colony who Requested Transfer to the Molotschna Colony: From document dated 9 Jan 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

    Mennonites from Kronsgarten in the Chortitza Colony who Requested Transfer to the Molotschna Colony: From document dated 18 March 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

    Mennonites from the Chortitza Colony who Requested Transfer to Kronsgarten in the Chortitza Colony: From document dated 18 March 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

    Mennonites from Kronsgarten in the Chortitza Colony who requested transfer to the Chortitza Volost: From document dated May 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

    People from the Chortitza Colony or the Josephtal Colony who Requested Transfer Elsewhere: From document dated June 1836, translated and compiled by Tim Janzen.

    April 2005

    Prussia

    Names of Mennonite Petitioners in 1868, transcribed by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 14 April 2005; reformatted 25 September 2025

    Names of Mennonite Petitioners in 1869, transcribed by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 14 April 2005; reformatted 25 September 2025

    FAQ: Ostpreußen (East Prussia).

      Updated 14 April 2005

    FAQ: Prussia (Preußssen).

      Updated 14 April 2005

    FAQ: Westpreussen (West Prussia).

      Updated 14 April 2005

    January 2005

    Russia

    Register of Molotschna Mennonites Receiving Farmsteads in 1835, translated from the Russian by Nikolai Penner and edited by Glenn Penner

      Added 19 January 2005

    Molotschna Mennonites who gave up their Farmsteads in 1834 and 1835, translated from the Russian by Nikolai Penner and edited by Glenn Penner.

      Added 07 January 2005

    November 2004

    Russia

    Settlers in the New Villages of Friedensruh, Steinfeld and Marienwohl, by Nikolai Penner and Glenn Penner.

      Added 27 November 2004

    Ostrog area, Volhynia: 1819 Census, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

      Added 18 November 2004

    October 2004

    Prussia

    Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Deaths: 1772-1799, extracted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 08 October 2004

    September 2004

    Prussia

    Mennonite Baptisms in Montau, 1661-1740, compiled by Glenn Penner and Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 30 September 2004

    May 2004

    Russia

    A West Prussian Mennonite Emigration List for 1803-1804, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

      Added 11 May 2004

    April 2004

    Prussia

    Danzig Flemish Mennonite Baptisms: 1667-1800, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

      Added 11 April 2004

    Russia

    1864 List of Families Intending to Settle in the Kuban Colony, translated by Tim Janzen
      Added 07 April 2004

    1866 List of Families Living in the Kuban Colony, translated by Tim Janzen

      Added 07 April 2004

    1869 Kuban Colony Census, translated by Nikolai Penner, edited by Tim Janzen

      Added 07 April 2004

    March 2004

    Russia

    Molotschna Colony Family Transfers and Vital Statistics For May, June and July, 1814, translated By Glenn Penner and Nikolai Penner.

      Added 1 March 2004

    January 2004

    Prussia

    Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1726-1771, compiled by Glenn Penner, (145K).

      Format revised 2 January 2004

    Mennonite Baptisms in Ladekopp 1809-1813, transcribed by Glenn Penner, (19K).

      Added 1 January 2004

    Russia

    Transfers from the Molotschna to Chortitza Colonies in 1835, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

      Added 1 January 2004

    December 2003

    Prussia

    Alphabetical List of the 1727 Brandregister, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 30 December 2003

    Mennonites Expelled from Lithuania in 1724, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

      Added 28 December 2003; file removed 19 February 2022

    Mennonite Baptisms in Heubuden: 1770-1799, transcribed by Glenn Penner.

      Added 16 December 2003

    November 2003

    Prussia

    Mennonite Baptisms in Tiegenhagen, 1801-1813, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 01 November 2003

    October 2003

    Prussia

    Mennonite Baptisms in Baerwalde: 1782-1805, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 12 October 2003

    September 2003

    Prussia

    Gross Werder Gemeinde Baptisms: 1814-1823, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 17 September 2003

    July 2003

    Russia

    Chortitza Colony Village Lists for 1863, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 01 July 2003

    June 2003

    Prussia

    Mennonite Baptisms in Plauschwarren, East Prussia 1771-1800, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (17K).

      Revised and expanded 30 June 2003

    Mennonites in the Marriage Records of the Lutheran Church of Marienau, Prussia (1800 - 1821), compiled by Glenn Penner, (25K).

      Revised and expanded 25 June 2003

    Mennonite Baptisms in Ladekopp 1782-1804, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (95K).

      Converted to html 23 June 2003

    Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1772-1804, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (113K).

      Converted to html 23 June 2003

    Mennonite Baptisms in Tiegenhagen, 1782-1800, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (98K).

      Converted to html 23 June 2003

    Mennonite Baptisms in Montau, 1741-1813, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (284K).

      Converted to html 23 June 2003

    The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, compiled by Glenn Penner, (810K).

      Added 15 June 2003

    Russia

    Chortitza Colony Vital Records: 1801-1813, compiled by Tim Janzen.

      Expanded 09 June 2003

    List of Mennonites Living Outside the Bergthal Colony in 1852, translated by Ed Enns, edited by Tim Janzen, (75K).

      Added 08 June 2003

    List of Mennonites Living Outside the Molotschna Colony in 1852, translated by Ed Enns, edited by Tim Janzen, (918K).

      Added 08 June 2003

    The Molotschna School Registers, compiled by Tim Janzen.

      Added 07 June 2003

    1862-63 Neuanlage, Neuberslav, and Hutterdorf School Register, compiled by Tim Janzen.

      Added 07 June 2003

    Latin America

    Mennonite Passenger lists for Refugee Transport to Paraguay in 1930, compiled by Ron Isaak

      Added 01 June 2003

    May 2003

    Prussia

    Rosenort Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1782-1795, originally compiled by Adalbert Goertz, revised by Glenn Penner.

      Added 31 May 2003

    Elbing-Ellerwald Marriages: 1779-1795, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 14 May 2003

    April 2003

    Prussia

    Mennonites in Prussia, 1786-1806, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 24 April 2003

    January 2003

    Prussia

    Mennonitenh fe in Amt Neuenburg, Kreis Schwetz, Marienwerder District, Westpreussen, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 15 January 2003

    Elbing-Ellerwald Marriages: 1801-1807, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 06 January 2003

    December 2002

    Prussia

    Preliminary Report on Mennonite Documents at the Thorn/Torun District Archives (Archiwum Panstwowe w Toruniu), by James Jakob Fehr.

      Added 21 December 2002

    Elbing-Ellerwald Baptisms: 1778-1795 and 1810-1819, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 17 December 2002

    November 2002

    Prussia

    Der Mennonit: Name Index, 1948 - 1973, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 6 November 2002

    Russia

    Owners of Land Situated in Thirteen Molotschna Villages in 1873, compiled by John P. Braun.

      Added 8 November 2002

    Dr. David G. Rempel's Microfilms of Mennonite Related Documents in the St. Petersburg Archives.

      Added 6 November 2002

    September 2002

    Russia

    Molotschna School Related Records: 1892-1896, translated by Sergei Chaidermann and Nikolai Mazharenko.

      Added 4 September 2002

    August 2002

    Prussia

    Mennonite Births 1800-1808 in the Gross Mausdorf (Kr. Elbing) Evangelische Kirchenbuch, Westpreussen, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 24 August 2002

    Russia

    Molotschna School Registers: 1884-1894, translated by Sergei Chaidermann, edited by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 26 August 2002

    Prussian Mennonite requests for Russian passports in 1833, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

      Added 26 August 2002

    Russian Government Embassy in the City of Danzig Register of the Distribution of Passports, 19/31 March to 15/27 July 1834, for settlement in the Mennonite colonies of Tauridia District, translated by Sergei Chaiderman.

      Added 26 August 2002; replaced with pdf version 30 June 2025

    Register of Persons Living Outside the Chortitza Mennonite Settlement in 1852, translated by Ed Enns and edited by Tim Janzen.

      Added 22 August 2002; revised 25 September 2002; reformatted 5 September 2023

    June 2002

    Prussia

    Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelische Kirche Zeyer Kirchenbuch: 1785 - 1815, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 10 June 2002

    May 2002

    Canada

    Mennonite Ship Passengers Arriving in Canada: 1900-1914, compiled by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 28 May 2002

    Prussia

    Mennonite Deaths in the Catholic Church Records of Schöneberg, West Prussia (1749-1761), extracted by Glenn Penner.

    Adobe Acrobat version

      Added 12 May 2002

    April 2002

    Prussia

    Gifts to the School for the Poor in Marienwerder collected in Kreis Stuhm, West Prussia in 1829, by Alan Guenther.

      Added 24 April 2002

    March 2002

    Canada

    Mennonite Immigrants to Canada Departing from Hamburg, Germany: 1890-1898 , compiled by Richard D. Thiessen

      Added 28 March 2002; replaced 3 April 2020

    Mennonite Immigrants on Quebec Passenger Lists: 1881-1896, compiled by John Dyck and William Harms; minor revisions by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 27 March 2002

    Russia

    Annotated List of Chortitza Colony Householders for 1848, compiled by Glenn Penner (544K).

      Revised 26 March 2002

    Prussia

    Mennonite Births in the Evangelische Kirche Zeyer Kirchenbuch: Part 1, extracted by Glenn Penner.

    Adobe Acrobat version

      Added 22 March 2002

    February 2002

    Russia

    Mennonite Extractions from the EWZ Files, by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 14 February 2002; replaced 20 November 2018

    January 2002

    Russia

    Chortitza Colony Deaths Recorded in the Diaries of Jacob Wall and David Epp, extracted by Glenn Penner.

    Chortitza Colony Marriages Recorded in the Diaries of Jacob Wall and David Epp, extracted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 27 January 2002

    1897 Census of Miloradovka. (MHSBC site)

    1897 Census of Petrovka, Naumenko Colony. (MHSBC site)

    1897 Census of Vassilyevka, Naumenko Colony. (MHSBC site)

      Links added 23 January 2002

    December 2001

    Russia

    Migration of Mennonites to Molotschna: 1851-1852. (MHSBC site)

      Link added 21 December 2001; replaced on 17 December 2020

    Migration of Mennonites to Molotschna: 1848-1850. (MHSBC site)

      Link added 20 December 2001; replaced on 17 December 2020

    Migration of Mennonites to Molotschna: 1849. (MHSBC site)

      Link added 18 December 2001; replaced on 17 December 2020

    Yazykovo Colony census lists (1869, 1873). (MHSBC site)

      Link added 18 December 2001

    November 2001

    Russia

    Annotated List of Chortitza Colony Householders for 1847, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 11 November 2001; updated 6 May 2012

    October 2001

    Russia

    Russian Names of Molotschna Colony Villages

      Added 23 October 2001

    Migration of Mennonites from Brandenburg, Prussia to Russia: 1833-35, compiled by Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added 22 October 2001

    Chortitza Mennonite Settlement Villages.

      Added 17 October 2001; replaced 5 November 2025

    Internal Movement of Mennonites in Russia: 1848, translated by Nikolai Mazharenko. (MHSBC site)

      Link added 7 October 2001

    Lists of Mennonite Colonists who Migrated to Russia through Grodno in 1803-1804, translated by Sergei Chaiderman

      Added 3 October 2001

    August 2001

    Prussia

    Mennonites in the Catholic Burial Register of Tiegenhagen, West Prussia (1757-1770), extracted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 10 August 2001

    July 2001

    Russia

    1847 Molotschna Colony Voters List, extracted by Tim Janzen.

      Added 20 July 2001; Replaced 28 September 2018

    May 2001

    Russia

    Chortitza Colony Census of 25 April 1801 (Single and Landless), extracted by Tim Janzen (replaced 9 August 2016).

      Added 2 May 2001

    Chortitza Colony Census of 1 September 1801, extracted by Tim Janzen.

      Added 1 May 2001; updated 28 November 2021

    Kronsgarten Census of 15 October 1801, extracted by Tim Janzen.

      Added 2 May 2001 and replaced 18 March 2019

    Neuenburg Census of 30 April 1802, extracted by Tim Janzen.

      Added 2 May 2001

    Chortitza Colony Vital Records: 1801-1807, extracted by Tim Janzen.

      Added 1 May 2001

    Smallpox Vaccinations in Chortitza Colony, 12 August 1809, extracted by Tim Janzen.

      Added 2 May 2001

    Smallpox Vaccinations in Chortitza Colony, 1814, extracted by Tim Janzen.

      Added 2 May 2001

    April 2001

    FAQ

    FAQ: Westpreussen

      Updated 1 April 2001

    March 2001

    Prussia

    Mennonite Baptisms in Thiensdorf-Markushof, West Prussia: 1758-1799, extracted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 29 March 2001

    Adobe Acrobat version of Mennonite Baptisms in Thiensdorf/Markushof, West Prussia, organized chronologically, extracted by Glenn Penner

      Added 31 March 2001

    Adobe Acrobat version of Mennonite Baptisms in Thiensdorf/Markushof, West Prussia, organized alphabetically, extracted by Glenn Penner

      Added 31 March 2001

    February 2001

    Prussia

    Bibliography of the works of Adalbert Goertz, (14K)

      Updated 15 February 2001

    January 2001

    Canada

    Quebec Passenger Lists: 1874-1880, annotated by Cathy Friesen Barkman, compiled as individual files by Judith Rempel

      Added 8 January 2001

    International

    Genealogical Resources for the Low German Mennonite Researcher by Tim Janzen

      Link added 6 January 2001

    Prussia

    Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Transfers: 1772-1804, extracted by Glenn Penner.

      Added 9 January 2001

    Adobe Acrobat version of Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records of Elbing St. Annen (1713-1799), compiled by Glenn Penner

      Added 9 January 2001; replaced 4 November 2025

    Adobe Acrobat version of Mennonite Burials in the Zeyer Evangelical Lutheran Church Records: 1774 - 1786, compiled by Glenn Penner

      Added 9 January 2001

    Adobe Acrobat version of Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1726-1771, compiled by Glenn Penner

      Added 9 January 2001

    Russia

    Smallpox Vaccinations in Chortitza Colony, 12 August 1809, extracted by Tim Janzen

      Added 17 January 2001; GEDCOM files added 20 January 2001

    Eichenfeld by Ted Regehr

      Link added 6 January 2001

    1873-74 Molotschna School Registers, alphabetized

      Added 5 January 2001

    1862-63 Neuanlage, Neuberslav, and Hutterdorf school registers with year of birth

      Added 5 January 2001

    1873-74 Molotschna School Registers, alphabetized with year of birth

      Added 4 January 2001

    1875-76 Molotschna School Registers, modified with year of birth

      Added 4 January 2001

    1875-76 Molotschna School Registers, alphabetized with year of birth

      Added 4 January 2001

    December 2000

    Canada

    Quebec Passenger Lists: 1874-1880, annotated by Cathy Friesen Barkman, (309 K)

      HTML and Adobe Acrobat versions added 31 December 2000

    Adobe Acrobat version of the Composite Index of Early Manitoba Mennonite Church Registers, compiled by Loren Koehler

      Added 31 December 2000

    FAQ

    faq.deutschland, by Adalbert Goertz

      Updated 31 December 2000

    November 2000

    Prussia

    Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records of Elbing - Neuheide, Part 1 (1730-1769), compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 27 November 2000

    Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records of Elbing - Neuheide, Part 2 (1770- 1786, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 27 November 2000

    October 2000

    Prussia

    Mennonite families in Brenkenhofswalde and Franztal, 1826, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 23 October 2000

    Russia

    Migration of Mennonites from West Prussia to Russia, 1820-1841 , compiled by Adalbert Goertz

      Revised 17 October 2000

    August 2000

    Russia

    Busau Mennonite Church Books, transcribed by Tim Janzen.

      Added 23 August 2000

    July 2000

    Russia

    Mennonite Emigration from Prussia to Russia: 1853-1855, compiled by Adalbert Goertz

      Added 20 July 2000

    May 2000

    Prussia

    Mennonite Births in the Heinrichswalde/Krs. Elchniederung Evangelical Church Register: 1826-1829, compiled by Erwin Wittenberg.

      Added 23 May 2000

    Thiensdorf - Preuss. Rosengart in West Prussia - Membership list 1935, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (48K).

      Added 11 May 2000

    April 2000

    Prussia

    Mennonite Deaths 1774-1776 in the Lutheran Records of Graudenz-Land, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Added 22 April 2000

    Mennonite Ministers in Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (219K)

      Added 22 April 2000

    Mennonite Deaths in the Marienau Catholic Church Records: 1778 - 1780, compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 22 April 2000

    Mennonites in the Marriage Records of the Lutheran Church of Marienau, Prussia (1800 - 1821), compiled by Glenn Penner.

      Added 22 April 2000; page since revised and expanded and this version removed from web site

    Mennonite Deaths in the Evanglical Church Records of Elbing St. Annen (1713-1799), compiled by Glenn Penner

      Added 3 April 2000; replaced 4 November 2025

    Russia

    Felsenbach (Borozenko Colony) Family Register, transcribed by Hermann Schirmacher.

      Added April 2, 2000
      Added a zipped version of the GEDCOM on April 19, 2000

    March 2000

    Prussia

    Mennonite Deaths in the Evangelical Church Records
    of Elbing St. Annen: Part 1 (1730-1769)
    , compiled by Glenn Penner

      Added March 29, 2000

    West Prussian Land Leases and Village Lists Containing Mennonites (1600 - 1770), compiled by Glenn H. Penner

      Added March 9, 2000; replaced 29 March 2020

    February 2000

    Prussia

    Court Records from the Grund- and Hypotheken-Acten of Neu Dessau, Amt Driesen, Brandenburg, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz (33K)

      Added February 18, 2000

    Court Records of Gross Lubin, Amt Neuenburg, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz

      Added February 3, 2000

    January 2000

    Prussia

    Mennonite Burials in the Zeyer Evangelical Lutheran Church Records: 1774 - 1786, compiled by Glenn Penner (5K)

      Added January 8, 2000

    Mennonite Deaths 1753-56, 1773 and 1774 in the evang. Kirchenbuch Gross Mausdorf, Westpreussen, compiled by Glenn Penner, (5K).

      Added January 8, 2000; reformatted 11 October 2025

    Mennonite settlers in the Neumark, Brandenburg (1767/1778), compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (5K).

      Corrected January 8, 2000

    Mennonite births in the Lutheran records of Heinrichswalde, East Prussia: 1804-1818, compiled by Erwin Wittenberg.

      Corrected January 5, 2000

    December 1999

    Latin America

    Mennonite Deaths in the Manitoba, Swift Current and North Colonies, Mexico: 1922-1978, recorded by Jacob J. Friesen.

      Added December 1999; Revised 1 January 2025

    Prussia

    Mennonite Baptisms in Montau, 1741-1813, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Updated December 24, 1999

    Mennonite settlers in the Neumark, Brandenburg (1767/1778), compiled by Adalbert Goertz. (5K)

      Corrected December 22, 1999

    Mennonites in the Przechowka area, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.

      Corrected December 22, 1999; Revised 13 September 2025

    Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church Baptisms: 1726-1771, compiled by Glenn Penner, (82K).

    September 1999

    Prussia

    Mennonite Settlers in Uruguay: 1948-1951, Adalbert Goertz and Richard D. Thiessen.

      Added September 1999; Revised 11 September 2025

    September 1996

    Prussia

    The Complete Brandregister of 1727, transcribed by Glenn H. Penner.

      Added 24 September 1996; updated 28 July 2025

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