What's New - July 2012

gdo_researcher · **Joined:** Tue May 10, 2011 8:02 pm **Posts:** 147

Dale Wahl, before his death, started a project to collect family data packets for each of the German villages in the Black Sea area. Elena Gabriel, one of his devoted volunteers, continues to research and share information on five Catholic villages located in the Odessa, South Russia area. Our goal is to eventually add this information to a GEDCOM so it is more easily searchable but that will take time. In order to help you now, we are offering this information in PDF format. Elena has gathered information on five Catholic Odessa area villages: Blumenfeld, Franzfeld, Kleinliebental, Krasna and Mariental. Elena's work can be found at http://www.blackseagr.org/family_data.html or http://www.blackseagr.org/german/family_data.html for our German speaking visitors.

Enjoy! We hope you have success in finding information on your ancestors.

gdo_researcher · **Joined:** Tue May 10, 2011 8:02 pm **Posts:** 147

Village plat maps contributed by Elena Gabriel: Baden, Elsass, Kleinliebental, Krasna, Landau, Mannheim, Rastadt, and Selz. To check out these maps go to http://www.blackseagr.org/ and click on our maps icon and then select Village Plat Maps.

New trees added this week include:
* Gabriel by Elena Gabriel
* Kamtschatka, Bessarabia Koblenz Index

Updated trees include:
*Kulm/Leipzig by Art Flegal (over 15,000 individuals added)
*Waldman/Heier by Pius Waldman (updates/corrections)

It's not too late to add your family tree. Send your GEDCOM to database@blackseagr.org

gdo_researcher · **Joined:** Tue May 10, 2011 8:02 pm **Posts:** 147

Today we have information on the Heintz family from the Alsace region (France) submitted by Elena Gabriel. She has collected records from three towns: Niederlauterbach, Salmbach, and Schleithal. Elena has also created family data packets for the Heintz family from each of these three towns. You can check it out at http://www.blackseagr.org/family_data.html.

We also have added a new family tree listed as Voegele submitted by Elaine Voegele Gray. And Pius Waldman has updated his family tree, Waldman/Heier, with some new information! To see all our family trees go to http://www.blackseagr.org/blksea-db/searchform.php.

gdo_researcher · **Joined:** Tue May 10, 2011 8:02 pm **Posts:** 147

The following trees were updated: (corrections and additions)

Bitz by Pius Waldman
Lowenstein/Zerr by Pius Waldman
Waldman by Pius Waldman
Waldman/Heier by Pius Waldman

Go to http://www.blackseagr.org/blksea-db/searchform.php to check them out.

gdo_researcher · **Joined:** Tue May 10, 2011 8:02 pm **Posts:** 147

Today we added research on the village of Jakobsonstahl submitted to us by Elvire Necker. The files include the following:

Brief history of Jakobsonstahl
Jakobsonstahl names in 1843
Jakobsonstahl confirmands in 1859, 1866, 1874, 1875
Jakobsonstahl births 1843-1879
Jakobsonstahl marriages 1868-1879
Jakobsonstahl marriages (LDS Galatz film) 1856-1913
Jakobsonstahl deaths 1868-1880

To view this great research please go to http://www.blackseagr.org/family_data.html

If you have research you would like to openly share, please contact gayla@blackseagr.org

gdo_researcher · **Joined:** Tue May 10, 2011 8:02 pm **Posts:** 147

The Schmidt/Kraus tree submitted by Siegfried Sappa has been updated with new information. Go to http://www.blackseagr.org/blksea-db/searchform.php to search this tree.

Also, updates to the Ott tree by Gerald Ott have been made.

gdo_researcher · **Joined:** Tue May 10, 2011 8:02 pm **Posts:** 147

German Odessa Area Settlement Map has been added. Go to http://www.blackseagr.org/maps_russia.html to view the map.

The following trees have been updated:
Odessa Families by Gayla Aspenleiter
Bitz, Lowenstein/Zerr, Waldman/Heier, and Walman by Pius Waldman

gdo_researcher · **Joined:** Tue May 10, 2011 8:02 pm **Posts:** 147

We just uploaded a plat map of the village of Kandel submitted by Pius Waldman. You can find this map at http://www.blackseagr.org/maps/kandel_platmap.jpg. Make sure you click on the map to enlarge it.

gdo_researcher · **Joined:** Tue May 10, 2011 8:02 pm **Posts:** 147

The following family trees were updated with new information:
* Bitz
* Lowenstain/Zerr
* Waldman/Heier
* Waldman

Check them out at http://www.blackseagr.org/blksea-db/searchform.php

gdo_researcher · **Joined:** Tue May 10, 2011 8:02 pm **Posts:** 147

Two new plat maps added to the website:

Strassburg contributed by Pius Waldman
Hoffnungstal, Odessa contributed by Rich Aspenleiter (source is Homesteaders on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height)

These two maps are availble at http://www.blackseagr.org/maps_villageplat.html

If you have a map that you would like to share please send it to gayla@blackseagr.org

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