Norka was one of the largest Volga German settlements, with many descendants of that settlement interested in exploring their genealogy. Many of the people who have helped maintain this website over the years have ancestral connections to, or a research interest in, Norka.
Lucky for us, there is a significant collection of Norka records that have survived, and many of those records have been obtained by the Norka Research Team.
Who is the Norka Research Team?
Family Search has a collection of Revision Lists (Census Records) that were microfilmed at the Samara Archive in 2003. These records are generally for settlements on the Wiesenseite (east or meadow side) of the Volga River. This collection includes Volga German Village revision lists for years from 1850 - 1862. Initially, the images were only available on microfilm. Eventually the images were digitized and made freely available to anyone who can access the Family Search web site (a free account is required to view the documents).
I recently noticed a page on the Family Search web site about Russian Revision List images for Volga German Villages. I thought that would make a good topic for a blog post, but realized that to put those records in context, I needed to provide more general information about Russian Revision Lists.
I will refer to the Kulberg Lists in many future blog posts, so I think it would be a good idea to explain what those Lists are and why they are important for Volga German genealogy research.
Norka was one of the largest Volga German settlements, with many descendants of that settlement interested in exploring their genealogy. Many of the people who have helped maintain this website over the years have ancestral connections to, or a research interest in, Norka.
Lucky for us, there is a significant collection of Norka records that have survived, and many of those records have been obtained by the Norka Research Team.
Who is the Norka Research Team?
Family Search has a collection of Revision Lists (Census Records) that were microfilmed at the Samara Archive in 2003. These records are generally for settlements on the Wiesenseite (east or meadow side) of the Volga River. This collection includes Volga German Village revision lists for years from 1850 - 1862. Initially, the images were only available on microfilm. Eventually the images were digitized and made freely available to anyone who can access the Family Search web site (a free account is required to view the documents).
I recently noticed a page on the Family Search web site about Russian Revision List images for Volga German Villages. I thought that would make a good topic for a blog post, but realized that to put those records in context, I needed to provide more general information about Russian Revision Lists.
I will refer to the Kulberg Lists in many future blog posts, so I think it would be a good idea to explain what those Lists are and why they are important for Volga German genealogy research.
