Volga German Institute

18 Partsezd, Omsk District, Omsk Oblast (Siberia)

The village of 18 Partsezd was founded in 1939 northeast of the city of Omsk by resettlers from the village of Schilling in the Azov District of the Omsk Oblast (Siberia).

Meiches, Kr. Vogelsberg, Hessen

Today, Meiches is administratively part of the municipality of Lautertal.

Freienseen, Kr. Gießen, Hessen

Today, Freienseen is administratively part of the municipality of Laubach.

Lenk (Grimm)

Philipp Lenk and his wife Maria Katharina are recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 84.

Brehm (Grimm)*

Philipp Brehm, his wife Katharina, and daughters (Katharina, age 6½; Anna Elisabeth, age 1½) are recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 85.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Brehm family among the Volga German colonies.

Hess (Grimm-2)*

Andreas Hess, his wife Maria Elisabeth, and children (Anna Dorothea, age 6½; Maria Elisabeth, age 4; Johann Konrad, age ¾) are recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 89.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Hess family among the Volga German colonies.

Fink (Grimm-2)

Johann Jost Fink from Zell in the region of Darmstadt & Anna Dorothea Sein from Wahlen were married on 7 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Johann Jost Fink, his wife Dorothea Sein, and their family are recorded on the 1798 census of Grimm in Household No. Gm067.

Ernest & Wilhelm Fink, sons of Johann Jost Fink, and their families are recorded on the 1834 census of Ernestinendorf in Households No. 29, 34, 41, & 43.