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Author:  gdo_researcher [ Wed May 25, 2011 8:24 am ]
Post subject:  Josefstal, Grossliebental District of Odessa
Founded: 1804
German Name: Josefstal/Josephstal, Russian Name: Sergejewka, Ukrainian Name: Josipowka
Religion: Catholic

Pioneer settler surnames: Acker, Aschenbrenner, Bachmann, Bayer, Becker, Black, Boll, Brünster, Deck, Deis, Diewald, Derschau, Eckert, Epp, Erbach, Fetsch, Fischer, Fleischmann, Gabel, Gehringer, Geiger, Grad, Gsell, Heissler, Helfried, Hensch, Herbach, Herzog, Hettler, Hirsch, Junkert, Kiefer, Koch, Kollmer, Kraus, Kreiner, Kunz, Leibel, Ludwig, Maier, Mann, Marteor, Maul, Maurath, Mergel, Moser, Neigel, Prister, Rauff, Riener, Roh, Röhrich, Rossler, Schäfer, Scherer, Schmied, Schmiedheissler, Schneider, Schön, Schuh, Schurr, Schweizer, Schwengler, Senger, Simon, Stegmann, Stein, Steiner, Stumpf, Suaton, Ungemach, Veigel, Vetter, Walter, Weger, Weisberger, Weisgerber, Weiss, Werner, Wilhelm, Wolf, Wüst, Zacher, Zink. (Source: Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack.)
Search the Black Sea database (http://www.blackseagr.org/blksea-db/searchform.php) for these settlers.

Articles:
GDO Newsletter - Josefstaler Repression List - Volume 2 Issue 3, page 3
Josefstalers Who Died in 1943 - Volume 3 Issue 2, page 2

Books:
Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack (pages 203-218)
From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (pages 102-105)
Paradise on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height (page 20, 255-259)
The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (pages 600-605)
The German Colonies in South Russia 1804-1904, Volume 1 by Rev. Conrad Keller (pages 167-190)

Census Records:
1812 Liebental District Odessa Census by GRHS
1816 census is in the Stumpp book
Josefstal Liebental District Odessa 1858 Census by GRHS and AHSGR

Church Records:
Beresan District Catholic Families A – L (http://www.odessa3.org/collections/villages/link/cathla-l.txt)
Beresan District Catholic Families M – Z (http://www.odessa3.org/collections/villages/link/cathlm-z.txt)

Plat Map: Paradise on the Steppe (page 256), The German Colonies in South Russia 1804-1904, Volume 1 (page 169) and Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa (page 218).

Village History: Paradise on the Steppe (pages 13 and 255) and The German Colonies in South Russia 1804-1904, Volume 1 (pages 167-190).
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