Josefstal – Skripalovo Russia

A German Village on the Volga

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The Volga-German village of Josefstal was founded in 1852. It was part of the Roman Catholic Parish of Marienfeld, so both villages shared a Priest. In 1941, its inhabitants were exiled to labour camps in Siberia. The village ceased to exist in the early to mid-1960's. This web site is dedicated to the memory of the people of Josefstal.

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Family: Dieser

Posted By egerk on April 30, 2009

Josefstal death

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Josefstal: Emmigration Passports

Posted By egerk on April 6, 2009

List of Volga German colonists who received passports for travel abroad to America
in the years 1886, 1890-1892, 1900, 1906-1909, 1912

The List is made on the basis of documents on delivery of passports for travel abroad which were kept in the State archive of the Saratov Region (GASO), in Fond Number 1, Office of the Saratov Governor. The package of documents for delivery of passports for travel abroad often included extracts from lists with instructions of structure of families leaving (and that who remained) and exact dates of birth. Studying of these documents can help investigating and connect family tree branches. – Igor Pleve

FAMILY NAME

FIRST NAME

YEAR OF PASSPORT

Alles

Georg

1909

Arnold

Johann Georg

1908

Arnold

Johannes

1906

Arnold

Adam

1906

Ballendir

Johann

1908

Bellendir

Kaspar

1908

Berin

Katarina

1908

Berin

Alois

1908

Wagner

Johan Jakob

1908

Gerk

Johann

1908

Gerling

Josef

1909

Holzmann

Josef

1908

Holzmann

Johann Friedrich

1908

Grenz

Adam

1886

Grinwald

Philipp

1908

Groo

Johann Peter

1908

Hubert

Baltazar

1886

Hubert

Adam

1886

Hubert

Johannes

1886

Domme

Johann Georg

1906

Domme

Kristof

1906

Sommer

Josef

1908

Kern

Johannes

1908

Kern

Nikolaus

1908

Kessler

Johannes

1907

Kessler

Johann Adam

1912

Kisser

Elisabeta

1908

Klein

Michael

1908

Polman

Barbara

1912

Rebing

Josef

1908

Rowein

Jakob

1907

Rochel

Jakob

1908

Rupp

Johann

1908

Simon

Adam

1909

Simon

Josef

1908

Fler

Johann Peter

1908

Schmidr

Jakob

1908

Eberle

Johannes Peter

1909

 

A pdf of the above list is here.

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Passports

Posted By egerk on April 6, 2009

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Dr. Igor Pleve, noted Volga-German historian, has done a great service throughout the years with his careful historical scholarship, documenting the history of this forgotten people. One of his recent research projects has been the compilation of Volga-Germans who applied for passports to leave Russia. Available on-line are the results of his research, the names of passport applications, in Russian, for the years 1886, 1890-1892, 1900, 1906-1909, 1912 . The complete list is available here.

I’ve taken the list and made an excerpt for those coming from Josefstal. That list is available here. For now just the Russian version is available, I’ll have a translated version shortly.

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Josefstal Circa 1918

Posted By egerk on April 1, 2009

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Identified in this photo are Margareta  (Stremel) Gerk, Kristina (Rausch) Gerk, Georg Gerk, “Schwarz Liz”, and Beata Kisser

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Family: Simon

Posted By egerk on April 1, 2009

Family Simon of Josefstal

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Josefstal Family Data now online!

Posted By egerk on March 1, 2009

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That’s right!  I’ve added the database…with links to the Volga villages of Josefstal, Koehler, Semenowka, Marienfeld, and others.  Over 5000 names!  Feedback would be appreciated!

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Family: Stremel

Posted By egerk on February 25, 2009

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Church in Josefstal

Posted By egerk on February 25, 2009

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Josefstal residents built a new Church in 1904, under the direction of Father A. Oks.  Josefstal shared a priest with Marienfeld, and was part of that parish.  Mass would be alternated between both villages. 

 (Image courtesy GASO Fond 656 Opis 1 Nr. 916)

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Josefstal: 1939

Posted By egerk on November 21, 2008

This house belonged to a member of the Gerk family, until it was taken away by communist officials. 2 years later all Josefstal residents would be deported to Siberia.

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Josefstal: Stamps

Posted By egerk on November 6, 2008

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