FEEFHS Journal Volume 10, 2002 FEEFHS Journal Who, What and Why is FEEFHS? The Federation of East European Family History Societies Editor: Thomas K. Edlund. [email protected] (FEEFHS) was founded in June 1992 by a small dedicated group of Editorial Assistant: Susan Howell American and Canadian genealogists with diverse ethnic, religious, and national backgrounds. By the end of that year, eleven societies FEEFHS Executive Council had accepted its concept as founding members. Each year since then 2002-2003 FEEFHS officers: FEEFHS has grown in size. FEEFHS nows represents nearly two President: Irmgard Hein Ellingson hundred organizations as members from twenty-four states, five Ca- 1st Vice-president: Laura Hanowski, c/o Saskatchewan Genealogical nadian provinces, and fourteen countries. It continues to grow. Society, P.O. Box 1894, Regina, SK, Canada S4P 3E1. About half of these are genealogy societies, others are multi-pur- [email protected] pose societies, surname associations, book or periodical publishers, 2nd Vice-president: Kahlile Mehr, 412 South 400 West, Centerville, archives, libraries, family history centers, on-line services, institu- UT. [email protected] tions, e-mail genealogy list-servers, heraldry societies, and other eth- 3rd Vice-president: Marsha Gustad, 19415 Tara Drive nic, religious, and national groups. FEEFHS includes organizations Brookfield, WI. 53045-4807. [email protected] representing all East or Central European groups that have existing Treasurer: Miraim Hall-Hansen genealogy societies in North America and a growing group of world- wide organizations and individual members, from novices to pro- Other members of the FEEFHS Executive Council: fessionals. Founding Past President: Charles M. Hall, 4874 S. 1710 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84117-5928. [email protected] Goals and Purposes: Immediate Past President: Duncan Gardiner, C.G., A.G. 12961 The fall of the Iron Curtain opened up exciting new possibilities Lake Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107-1533. [email protected] for genealogical research, but also generated significant new prob- Webmaster: John Movius, P.O. Box 2660, Salt Lake City, UT 84151- lems in knowing where to find the needed records. One goal of 2660. [email protected] FEEFHS is to disseminate information about new developments and The Editor of the FEEFHS Journal: Thomas K. Edlund research opportunities in Eastern and Central Europe as soon as pos- sible. This multi-ethnic federation is very effective in helping fam- To subscribe: Subscription is $30 per year for non member personal or ily historians with various ethnic and religious backgrounds who institutional subscriptions. A subscription request form is found at the often seek similar types of information from the same hard-to-find back of this publication. FEEFHS members receive a free subscription locations. In the process members of FEEFHS have learned much as a benefit of membership. more about available resources in North America and Europe. FEEFHS publicizes the publications, services, and activities of its To become a member: Simply fill out the application at the back of this member societies. FEEFHS develops on-line and printed databases publication and mail it along with your membership dues, or visit the of pertinent resources, maintains liaison with other organizations FEEFHS homepage at <feefhs.org>. Dues for calendar year 2002 are worldwide that share interests, serves as a clearinghouse for infor- $25 per year for individuals and small organizations (under 250 mem- mation on the existence and services of member societies, and pro- bers), $30 for families (2 spouses receiving 1 journal), $35 per year for motes public awareness of member societies. FEEFHS also helps to medium-sized organizations (250–500 members), and $50 per year for create new ethnic or national genealogy societies where none exist large organizations (over 500 members). Special provisions exist for but a need exists. FEEFHS volunteers are in active indexing selected societies and non-commercial organizations in Eastern Europe who can- FHL microfilm collections and East European record searches. not afford to join. FEEFHS greatly appreciates sponsors and patrons who UNITY-HARMONY-DIVERSITY is our motto. We welcome all contribute more than the minimum amount to help offset the expenses of societies and individuals, regardless of present or past strife in the its many services, including its Web-site. The founders, elected and ap- homelands of Eastern Europe. pointed officers, editors, and convention speakers all serve without com- pensation and thus contribute significantly toward FEEFHS goals. Services: FEEFHS, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is non-sectarian and has no FEEFHS communicates with its individual and organizational mem- connection with the Family History Library or The Church of Jesus Christ bers in many ways: of Latter-day Saints, FEEFHS greatly appreciates the LDS contribution to family history in collecting, microfilming and sharing genealogy records. 1) FEEFHS Journal, formerly FEEFHS Newsletter, published since December 1992. Sending mail: Please send membership requests, applications, dues, ad- 2) FEEFHS tables at major national, state, and regional conferences. dress changes, subscription requests, back-issue orders, etc. to: Trea- This started in the spring of 1993. surer, c/o FEEFHS (address listed below). 3) FEEFHS International Convention in North America, held each spring or summer since May 1994. Articles: FEEFHS actively solicits original articles on topics significant 4) FEEFHS Resource Guide to East European Genealogy, pub- to family history research in Central and Eastern Europe. Member lished 1994-1995 (replaced by FEEFHS website). societies are also invited to submit previously published articles for pos- 5) FEEFHS “HomePage” on the Internet’s World Wide Web since sible republication in FEEFHS Journal. Send article submissions to mid-May 1995. This large “destination” website includes a Editor, c/o FEEEFHS (address listed below). Submissions received weekly FrontPage Newsletter, a HomePage/Resource Guide list by mail must be on 3.5" disk and in WordPerfect 5.1 or higher format or ing for all FEEFHS member organizations, surname databases, MS Word. Disks cannot be returned. E-mail submissions are also ac- detailed maps of Central and Eastern Europe, cross-indexes to cepted at [email protected]. A style guide is available by request from access related sources, and much more. The address is: http:// the editor. feefhs.org. 6) Regional North American conferences -- the first was at Calgary, Copyright © 2002 by FEEFHS. All rights reserved. FEEFHS Journal, Alberta, Canada in July 1995. ISSN 1077-1247, formerly FEEFHS Newsletter, is published by 7) Referral of questions to the appropriate member organization, FEEFHS, P.O. Box 510898, Salt Lake City, UT 84151-0898. professional genealogist, or translator. 2 FEEFHS Journal Volume X T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s F r o m t h e E d i t o r a n d P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e This Issue ................................................................................................................................... 4 by Thomas K. Edlund, FEEFHS Journal Editor From President Irmgard Hein Elllingson .............................................................................. 5 by Irmgard Hein Ellingson, FEEFHS President R e s e a r c h A r t i c l e s Jewish Addresses in Rechitsa................................................................................................... 6 by Leonid Smilovitsky Researching Stalin’s Victims.................................................................................................. 16 by David Obee Galicia: A Multi-Ethnic Overview and Settlement History ............................................... 22 by Irmgard Hein Ellingson Estonian Genealogical Research ........................................................................................... 41 by Kahlile B. Mehr The Early German Settlement of North Eastern Moravia ................................................ 44 by Frank Soural A Beginner’s Guide to Austrian Research ........................................................................... 49 by Steven W. Blodgett The Dachau Indexing Project ................................................................................................ 56 by Nolan Altman Doukhobor Names and Naming Practices ........................................................................... 58 by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff Zurich’s Militia Records in the Fifteenth Century ............................................................. 66 by Albert Winkler. The Bukovina-Germans During the Habsburg Period....................................................... 81 by Sophie A. Welsch A Finnish Sawmill Book Keeper Daughter’s Journey to Alaska ....................................... 99 by Maria Marlsdotter Enckell Pre World War I Migration Patterns of Banat Germans to North America ................. 115 by David Dreyer and Anton Kraemer M e m b e r S p o t l i g h ts Saskatchewan Genealogical Society.................................................................................... 124 by Marge Thomas The Saskatchewan Genealogical Society Library ............................................................. 126 by Laura M. Hanowski and Celeste Rider The Bukovina Society of the Americas ............................................................................... 128 by Oren Windholz History of the Oberländer Family......................................................................................