Founded: 1825 (In 1822, the mother colony of Alt-Elft (Fere Champenoise I) separated into two villages forming the new village of Neu Elft.)
German name: Neu Elft or Fere Champenoise II
Books:
* From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (page 118)
* The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (pp. 539-540)
* Homeland Book of the Bessarabian Germans by Pastor Albert Kern, village history (pp.57-59), list of MIA/deaths in WWI/II pp. 284-285.
* Heimatbuch der Gemeinde Neu-Elft, Bessarabien by August Zaiser
Websites:
Armin Zimmerman's website:
http://www.armin-zimmermann.eu/Bessarab ... lisch.html1848 village history:
http://grhs.org/vr/vhistory.htmChurch records: See the Black Sea German database for St. Pete information
Census records: Available in Black Sea German-Russian Census Vol. II