Johann Christoph Berg, son of Simon & Anna Eva Berg, was baptized in the Assumption of Mary Catholic church in Lampertheim on 5 November 1724. Catharina Münzberger, daughter of Johann Georg & Anna Eva Münzberger, was also baptized there on 5 December 1723. The couple married in this parish on 7 February 1753.
The baptisms of two of their daughters are recorded in the Lampertheim parish records: (1) Maria Elisabeth on 12 January 1754, and (2) Judith on 3 January 1756.
Johann Philipp Schwaab, son of Michael & Eva Schwaab, and Catharina Werran, daughter of Johannes & Susanna Werran, were married on 28 May 1754 in the Catholic church in Hofheim. The baptisms of six of their children are also recorded in the Hofheim parish records: (1) Balthasar Joseph, 19 April 1755; (2) Maria Anna, 13 February 1757; (3) Anna Maria, 1 October 1758; (4) Johann Georg, 19 September 1760; (5) Johannes, 7 July 1762; and (6) Heinrich, 12 June 1764.
The German village of Hoffnungstal (Russian name: Nadezhdovka) was founded in 1903 by Germans from the Ukraine. Following the deportation decree of 1941, many Volga German families were resettled to Hoffnungstal.
Following the deporation decree of 1941, Volga German families were resettled to the village of Rozovka, which they called Rosenfeld.
Today, very little remains of this former Volga German settlement.
The village of Oxanovka (Oksanowka in German) was the home of many Volga German families following the 1941 Deportation.
During the reorganization of administrative units following the independence of Kazakhstan, this village was reassigned to the Akmolinsk Region.
Volga Germans were sent to Ivdel to work in the forced labor of the Trudarmee during the Soviet Era. The gulag there was established in 1937.
Many Volga German families remained in the area following the completion of their forced labor time.
Volga German families settled in the Siberian village of Smorodinka.
Volga Germans were resettled in Solgon in the 1941 Deportation.
Volga German families settled in Kara-Balta. Most of the Volga Germans living in Kara-Balta have immigrated to Germany.
Today, Kara-Balta is the administrative center of the area.
Volga German families were resettled to Nur-Atinsk during the 1941 Deportation.
Today, this small town has grown and is now called Nurata. Most of the Volga German descendants who lived there have immigrated to Germany.