VGI Updates
Schmidt (Boisroux-2)
There are several Schmidt families that settled in the Volga German colony of Boisroux on 7 June 1767. Two of them are believed to be related because they came from the same place in Germany, but their exact relationship is not recorded.
Klaveno, Mariana
Mariana (Kleweno) Klaveno, daughter of Patrick & Daryl Kleweno, was born 25 October 1979. She changed her surname to help with pronunciation. She is a Hollywood actress best known for her rolls in the HBO series True Blood and Lifetime's Devious Maids.
Mariana's Volga German ancestors come from the colonies of Yagodnaya Polyana and Pobochnaya.
October 28, 2017 [NEW DATE] - Pine Island, New York - 250th Anniversary of Yagodnaya Polyana
Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Founding
of the Volga German Colony of
Yagodnaya Polyana
Saturday, 28 October 2017
Pine Island (Warwick), New York
October 21, 2017 - Calgary, Alberta - 250th Anniversary of Yagodnaya Polyana
Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the
Founding of the Volga German
Colony of Yagodnaya Polyana
Saturday, 21 October 2017
Calgary, Alberta
September 16, 2017 - Fort Collins, Colorado - 250th Anniversary of Dietel, Kratzke, Frank, Kolb, Hussenbach, Walter, and Norka
Celebrating the 250th Anniversary
of the Founding of the Volga German Colonies of
Dietel, Kratzke, Frank, Kolb, Hussenbach, Walter, and Norka
16 September 2017
Fort Collins, Colorado
Neu-Straub (2)
Daughter Colonies
Müllerdorf
Daughter Colonies
Ebenfeld
Daughter Colonies