Numerous print and online sources were used to identify and get the general locations of ancestral villages. These were cross referenced between sources and then located on gazetteers and current online maps to locate the latitude and longitude of the village. Below is a collection of some of the sources used in our research and on this site.
Historical Maps
- Carte des colonies Allemandes etables sur le Volga dans le territoire de Saratov (Map of the German colonies on the Volga in the territory of Saratov, AHSGR map #43). Author Pierre François Tardieu, 1788.
- Das deutsche Siedlungsgebiet in Polnisch-Wolhynien (The German settlement area in Polish Volhynia, AHSGR map #29). Authors Verlag Paul Parey, AHSGR. WorldCat
- Die deutschen Kolonien an der Wolga (The German colonies on the Volga, AHSGR map #4). Author A. Mergenthaler. 1970. WorldCat
- Die deutschen Siedlungen auf der Halbinsel Krim (The German settlements on the Crimean peninsula, AHSGR map #9). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR. 1959. WorldCat
- Die deutschen Siedlungen auf der Halbinsel Krim (The German settlements on the Crimean peninsula, AHSGR map #9). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR. 1959. WorldCat
- Die deutschen Siedlungen im Galizien (Map of the German Settlements in Galicia). Author Rudolf Unterschütz, circa 1939. Creative Commons Copyright.
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Wolgagebiet (Map of German settlements in the Volga region, AHSGR map #6). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR, Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland. 1954. WorldCat
- Ethnographische Landkarte der Bukowina nach der Volkszählung von 1910 (Ethnographic Map of Bukovina According to the 1910 Census). Author Ion Nistor. Creative Commons Copyright.
- Heimat Galizien im Bild. 1983. Authors Josef Lanz and Rudolf Unterschütz, p. 261. The map in this volume was adapted by Galizien German Descendants and grid lines added to match other maps drawn by Unterschütz. WorldCat
- Historical Maps of the Habsburg Empire, Austrian Third Military Survey (1869-1887). Mapire.
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Bessarabien (Map of German settlements in Bessarabia, AHSGR map #1). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR, Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland. 1965. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Gebiet (oblast) Dnjepropetrowsk (ehem. Nördl. Teil des Gouv. Jekaterinoslaw) einschl. der deutschen Dörfer im westlichen Teil des Gebiets Charkow (Map of the German settlements in the Dnepropetrovsk region, former part of the Gouv Ekaterinoslav, including the German villages in the western part of the Kharkov region, AHSGR map #22). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR, Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland. 1957. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Gebiet (Oblast) Nikolajew (ehem. Gouv. Cherson), einschließlich der wenigen deutschedn Dörfer im Gebiet Kirowograd (Map of the German settlements in the area Nikolaev Oblast, former Gouv Kherson, including the few German villages in the area of Kirovograd, AHSGR map #23). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR, Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland. 1957. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Gebiet (oblast) Odessa (ehm. westl. Teil des Gouv. Cherson (Map of the German settlements in the Odessa region/oblast, western part of the Kherson Gouv., AHSGR map #2). Author Karl Stumpp. 1955. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Gebiet (Oblast) Rostow (ehem. Dongebiet) einschl. der deutschen Kolonien im Gebiet Woroschilowograd (Map of German settlements in Rostov region, former Don region, including the German colonies in Voroshilovograd region, AHSGR map #25). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR, Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland.1958. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Gebiet (Oblast) Stalino (ehem. östl. Teil com Gouvern. Jekaterinoslaw u. westl. Teil com Dongebiet) einschl. der deutschen Dörfer im östl. Teil des Gebiets Charkow (Map of the German settlements in the Stalino region, formerly the eastern part of the governorate of Jekaterinoslav and west part of the Don region, including the German villages in the eastern part of the Kharkov region, AHSGR map #24). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR, Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland. 1958. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Gebiet Saporoshje, ehm. die Gebiete Taurien u.d. südl Teil v. Jekaterinoslaw Dnjepropetrowsk (Map of German settlements in the Zaporozhye region, ehm. The Taurien u.d. South part of Ekaterinoslav Dnepropetrovsk, AHSGR map #21). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR, Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland. 1956. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Nord u Südkaukasus (Map of German settlements in the North and South Caucasus, AHSGR map #13). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR, Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland. 1960. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Raum Alt-Samara, Ufa-Dawlekanowo, Orenburg, Neu-Samara und Aktjubinsk (Map of German settlements in the area of Alt-Samara, Ufa-Dawlekanowo, Orenburg, New Samara and Aktjubinsk, AHSGR map #11). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR. 1970. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im ukrainisch Wolhynien (Map of German settlements in Ukrainian Volhynia, AHSGR map #3). Author Karl Stumpp. 1961. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Wolgagebiet (Map of German settlements in the Volga region, AHSGR map #6). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR, Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland. 1954. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen in den Gouv. St. Petersburg (Leningrad) u Nowgorod (Map of German settlements in St. Petersburg -Leningrad- and Novgorod). Author Karl Stumpp. 1961. WorldCat
- Map of the colonies of the Belovezh District in the province of Chernigov. Author Karl Stumpp.
- William Schroeder Mennonite History Map Collection. Author William Schroeder. 2004.
Current Place Names
- GeoNames. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
- Global Gazetteer. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
- Google Maps. Google.
Books
- The Black Sea Germans in the Dakotas. George Rath. 1977. Pine Hill Press, Freeman, South Dakota.
- The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 to 1862. Karl Stumpp. 1982. Third Printing 1993. The Americans from Russia Heritage Society, Lincoln, Nebraska.
- From Catherine to Khrushchev: The Story of Russia's Germans. Adam Giesinger. 1974. Third Printing 1993. The Americans from Russia Heritage Society, Lincoln, Nebraska.
- Homesteaders on the Steppe. Joseph S. Height. 1975. Second Printing 1987. Germans from Russia Heritage Society, Bismarck, North Dakota.
- Karl Stumpp maps included with The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 to 1862. 1982. Third Printing 1993. The Americans from Russia Heritage Society, Lincoln, Nebraska.
- German-Russian Handbook. A Reference Book for Russian German and German Russian History and Culture with Place Names Listings of Former German Settlement Areas. Ulrich Mertens. Second Printing, 2010. Germans from Russia Heritage Collection. Fargo, North Dakota.
- Paradise on the Steppe. Joseph S. Height. 1973. Fifth Printing, 1989. North Dakota Historical Society of Germans from Russia. Bismarck, North Dakota.
Historical and Genealogical Societies and Museums
- Alberta Genealogical Society
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR)
- Bessarabiendeutscher Verein e.V., Stuttgart, Germany
- Bukovina Society of the Americas
- East European Genealogical Society (EEGS)
- Foundation for East European Family History Studies (FEEFHS)
- Galizien German Descendants (GGD)
- Genealogischen Forschungsstelle der Galiziendeutschen (GFG)
- Gesher Galicia
- Germanic Genealogy Society (GGS)
- Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS)
- Germans from Russia Oregon and Washington (GROW)
- Glückstal Colonies Research Association (GCRA)
- Society of German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (SGGEE)
University Libraries and Special Collections
- Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University (Oregon)
- Digital Horizons: Life on the Northern Plains a consortium of universities, libraries, state archives, public broadcasting and others
- Germans from Russia Heritage Collection at North Dakota State University
- South Dakota Germans from Russia Cultural Center, Northern State University
- Odessa Digital Library at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Sidney Heitman Germans from Russia Collection at Colorado State University
- Volga German Institute at Fairfield University (Connecticut)
Area Specific Sources
Black Sea
- Black Sea German Research
- Germans from Russia Heritage Collection at North Dakota State University
- Glückstal Colonies Research Association
- Harold Ehrman's Page
- Odessa Digital Library at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Bukovina
- Bukovina Society of the Americas
- Bukovina Chronology in the Context of European History, Sophie A. Welisch. Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans From Russia, Vol. 13, No. 1 - Spring 1990, pp. 16 - 19. Published online 25 April 1996.
- Julius A. Kolatschek. Vienna, 1869. Parish list on page 229
- Die Landschaft Bukowina: Das Werden einer Region an der Peripherie 1774–1918, (The Landscape of Bucovina: The Emergence of a Region Between 1774-1918), Kurt Scharr. 2010.
- Ethnographische Landkarte der Bukowina nach der Volkszählung von 1910 (Ethnographic Map of Bukovina According to the 1910 Census), Ion Nistor.
- Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder (Gazetteer of the Crown Lands and Territories Represented in the Imperial Council), XIII, Bukowina (Bukovina). Vienna, 1907.
- The History of Bukovina, Sophie A. Welisch. Published online March 2002.
- Mapire Austrian Third Military Survey (1869-1887)
- Volkstumskarte von Rumänien (map of Romania based on a 1930 census showing ethnic populations), 1930. Bukovina is in sections 4, 5, 13, 14.
Dobrudscha
- Alphabetical List of Villages in Dobrudscha 1937. Translated by Allen E. Konrad. 2014. Published online by Black Sea German Research.
- Bessarabiendeutscher verein (The Bessarabien Association)
- Die Deutschen in der Dobrudscha (The Germans in Dobrudscha). Paul Traeger. 1922. English translation by Allen E. Konrad, 2016. (Translation in progress. Several parts are available online at Black Sea German Research.)
- Villages in Dobrudscha with German Families in 1940. Compiled and translated by Allen E. Konrad. 2013. Published online by Black Sea German Research.
- Village plat maps, mainly from Heimatbuch der Dobrudscha-Deutschen 1840-1940, are available from are available at Black Sea German Research.
Galizien
- Archiwum Map Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny 1919 - 1939 (Map Archive of Military Geographical Institute 1919 - 1939 (WIG)
- Die deutschen Siedlungen in Galizien (Map of the German Settlements in Galicia), Rudolf Unterschütz, circa 1939.
- Galizien German Descendants
- Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder (Gazetteer of the Crown Lands and Territories Represented in the Imperial Council), XII, Galizien (Galicia). Vienna, 1907.
- Genealogischen Forschungsstelle der Galiziendeutschen (GFG)
- Heimat Galizien im Bild. 1983. Authors Josef Lanz and Rudolf Unterschütz, p. 261. The map in this volume was adapted by Galizien German Descendants and grid lines added to match other maps drawn by Unterschütz. WorldCat
- Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia. Author Brian J. Lenius. 3rd edition, 3rd printing, June 2010. WorldCat
- Gesher Galicia town locator
- Historical Maps of the Habsburg Empire, Austrian Third Military Survey (1869-1887). Mapire.
- Topographic Maps of Eastern Europe: An Atlas of the Shtetl – Galicia
- Übersicht über deutsche Siedlungen (Kolonien) und Einsiedlungen in ukrainische und polnische Dörfer : sowie Orte mit einer nicht bedeutenden deutschen Minderheit in Galizien von 1782 bis 1939 bzw. 1945 (Overview of German settlements (colonies) and settlements in Ukrainian and Polish villages: as well as places with a non-significant German minority in Galicia from 1782 to 1939 and 1945). Author Ernst Hexel. 1977. WorldCat
Mennonite
- Global Mennonite Anabaptist Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO)
- Map of the Great Mennonite Trek to Central Asia. Author Walter Ratliff.
- Mennonite Villages in Russia. GRHS. Tim Janzen, compiler.
- Mennonitische Geschichte und Ahnenforschung
- William Schroeder Mennonite History Map Collection. Author William Schroeder. 2004.
Volga
- Carte des colonies Allemandes etables sur le Volga dans le territoire de Saratov (Map of the German colonies on the Volga in the territory of Saratov, AHSGR map #43). Author Pierre François Tardieu, 1788.
- Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University (Oregon)
- Die deutschen Kolonien an der Wolga (The German colonies on the Volga, AHSGR map #4). Author A. Mergenthaler. 1970. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Wolgagebiet (Map of German settlements in the Volga region, AHSGR map #6). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR, Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland. 1954. WorldCat
- Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Wolgagebiet (Map of German settlements in the Volga region, AHSGR map #6). Authors Karl Stumpp, AHSGR, Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland. 1954. WorldCat
- Lower Volga Project
- Sidney Heitman Germans from Russia Collection at Colorado State University
- Volga German Institute at Fairfield University (Connecticut)