Mennonite
Historical
Society

of Alberta

File #138

Compiled November 15, 2000 by Tim Janzen

File 138: 1804-1806; 828 pages in the original file, 1253 frames on the microfilm

Summary:

  • Information about building materials purchased for building houses by Mennonites in the Molotschna Colony
  • Plan for the Prischib Colony along the Molotschna River
  • Lists of families in need of lumber in the villages of Munsterberg, Lichtenau, Lindenau, Fischau, Schoenau, Muntau, and Halbstadt
  • Reports in regards to the Molotschna Colony
Index by frame #:
3-13: Reports in 1804 concerning the establishment of the Molotschna Colony
14-17: List of 55 heads of households in 1804 whose families were in need of lumber in the villages of Munsterberg, Lichtenau, Lindenau, Fischau, Schoenau, Muntau, and Halbstadt
18-77: Reports in 1804 concerning the establishment of the Molotschna Colony
78-81: Report in 1804 concerning Cornelius Fast, David Reimer, and Franz Brakov?
82-270: Reports in 1804 and 1805 concerning the Molotschna Colony
271-274: Detailed statistical data in 1804 concerning the Molotschna Colony
275-300: Reports in 1805 concerning the Molotschna Colony
301-324: Reports in 1805 concerning David Schroeder, Bernhard Friesen, Heinrich Wiens, and Heinrich Penner
325-444: Assorted reports in 1805
445-446: Map in 1805 showing the following locations: Fort of Alexandrovsk, Dnepr River, Nieder Chortitza, Insel Chortitza, various surrounding rivers, and various other villages
447-462: Assorted reports in 1805
463: Detailed map in 1805 showing the of a layout of the village Weinau in the Prischib Colony near the Molotschna River
464: Report in 1805
465: Detailed map in 1805 showing the of a layout of the villages Alt-Montal, Rosenthal, Prischib, Hoffenthal, and Alt-Nassau in the Prischib Colony near the Molotschna River as well as the Molotschna Colony villages of Halbstadt, Muntau, and Schonau
466-500: Assorted reports in 1805
501: Report in 1805 concerning Heinrich Penner
502-793: Assorted reports in 1805
794-795: Detailed drawings in 1805 for the construction of a building
796-898: Assorted reports and statistics in 1805
899-900: Contract in 1805 between Claas Wiens and Johann Classen of Schoenwiese, Chortitza Colony with Barke Michaelavitsch
901-1101: Assorted reports in 1805
1102-1103: Report in 1806 concerning Peter Penner and Cornelius Friesen
1104-1108: Report written February 19, 1806 by Thomas Wiens of Altonau, Molotschna Colony addressed to his brother that mentions Franz Kroeker, Gerhard Fast of Petershagen and Mr. Nowitzky
1109-1252: Assorted reports in 1806 concerning the Molotschna Colony

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Last Updated 4 May 2001

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