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- 1797-1798 (Creation)
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220 pages
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Documents dealing with Mennonites and other foreign settlers who settled in New Russia. Information about the place of settlement of the newly arrived, the numbers of colonists, the amounts of land provided for each of their families, amounts of money loaned to the colonists for the construction of homes and establishment of farms. Documents requested and received by the Expedition of Government Property and Guardianship of Foreign Settlers. Some lists of names of Mennonites in Chortitza, Rosental, Neuenburg, Neuendorf, Einlage, Chortitza island and other villages and also some lists of names of the new arrivals in those villages. Contracts with benefits and privileges offered to Mennonites and other foreign settlers wishing to settle in the regions of New Russia.
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Chortitza Census of 14 October 1797 is posted at mennonitegenealogy.com.