Altförst (Seelmann)

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Altförst (Seelmann)
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Gottfried Altförst, a single farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Seelmann on 24 August 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 90.

The 1767 census records that Gottfried Altförst came from the German region of Magdeburg.

Sources: 

- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 165.

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Brent Mai

Volga Colonies