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Melbeta, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska

Includes the following communities
Melbeta, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska
McGrew, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska
History

Following development of the sugar beet industry in the area, Volga Germans settled in and around Melbeta.

Surnames
Eisenach
Foos (Dietel)
Hopp (Frank)
Martin (Holstein)
Reisig
Trippel
Volga German Families

The following Volga German families settled in and around Melbeta, Nebraska:

Eisenach from Frank
Foos from Dietel
Hopp from Frank
Martin from Rosenberg
Reisig from Shcherbakovka
Tripple from Warenburg

Volga Colonies
Dietel
Frank
Rosenberg (Bergseite)
Shcherbakovka
Warenburg
Sources

- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 52.

Resources

Creighton Valley Cemetery (findagrave.com)

External Links

Melbeta, Nebraska (Wikipedia)

41.782415, -103.517917

Volga Colonies

Warenburg
50.926667, 46.076
Shcherbakovka
50.489167, 45.687167
Frank
51.083333, 44.816667
Dietel
50.898333, 45.17
Rosenberg (Bergseite)
50.288667, 45.348333

Migrated From