Founded: 1805/1806
German Name: Freudental (aka Alt Freudental and Nikolajewskoje), Russian Name: Nikolayevskoye, Ukrainian Name: Mirnoye
Religion: Evangelical
Articles:
Story of the Bread People from Freudental
Tracing Ancestors from Hungary to Village of Freudental, Hungary to Freudental Supplement
Books:
Auswanderung Aus Schwaben Nach Russland 1816-1823 by Dr. Georg Leibbrandt
Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack (pages 233-252)
From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (pages 102-105)
Homesteaders on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height (pages 82, 183-185, 345-346)
The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (pages 572-576)
Census:
1812 Census
Freudental 1816 Census (available in the Stumpp book)
Freudental Liebental District Odessa 1858 Census
Church Records
Freudental Liebental District Odessa 1841 – 1860 Church Family Book
Freudental Liebental District Odessa 1861 – 1880 Church Family Book
The St. Petersburg Archives Freudental Parish for the years 183X – 188X
St. Petersburg Annual Reports 1899-1917
Pioneer Settler Surnames: Abel, Albrecht, Arnold, Backer, Bauer, Becker, Bechtold, Bischof, Bitz, Büttmann, Christmann, Döbler, Ebinger, Engel, Enzi, Erbs(t), Frank, Freier, Frisch, Gassert, Genther, Geissler, Gerhard, Glaser, Gottfried, Grauer, Hartenstein, Hassert, Haug, Heinzmann, Jauch, Jäger, Kappel, Ketterer, Kloz, Kramer, Kraus, Kugler, Laubenstein, Lehr, Lorenz, Losing, Maier, Mehl, Möbius, Mollenkopf, Neher, Neumüller, Niethan, Oft, Olhäuser, Orscheit, Ort, Oster, Pfaff, Philippi, Reitz, Rommel, Schatz, Schell, Schenkenberger, Schillinger, Schlecht, Schmidt, Schuler, Sieler, Stolz, Strauss, Theurer, Vogel, Volk, Wagner, Walker, Walter, Weber, Weingärtner, Welker, Wolf, Ziegler, Zisch. (Source: Homesteaders on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height and Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack.).
Many of the pioneer settlers came from Hungary. Search the Black Sea database
http://www.blackseagr.org/blksea-db/searchform.php for Freudental settlers.
Plat Map: Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack (page 252)