The following web pages contain a lot of information about the history of German settlements in West Prussia, Danzig, Cloth maker villages near Posen, Volhynia and Kiev Russia. There is also information on Vorpommern (the area on the north coast of Germany), Saxony, Augsburg, and Wurtemburg (as well as information on Sweden added in). The information is organized into these segments.

Many of the cloth makers in the villages north of Posen also chose to migrate to Volhynia and America. In fact, the first wave of migration to Volhynia in the 1830's was the cloth makers. The particular focus here is on the Krassin family of Schokken, Rattai, and Radowonke and the Hardwardt family of Szczepanowo and Rogowo. Also information is provided on Schoenlanke, the home of the Schultz family of Alberta.

The genealogical information on the Posen Cloth Maker Families is intermixed with the information for the Volhynia and Kiev residents following.

Many of the Germans in Volhynia came from West Prussia and the Posen area above. Here are many details on their life in Volhynia and Kiev Russia from 1830 to 1892.

• To find out about the arrival and life of German cloth makers in Volhynia in the 1830's. The narrative and pictures particularly focus on the villages of Faustindorf, Stanislowa, and Alt Sapust and particularly on the Hoffmann, Lehmann, Spitzer, Radke, and related families. These people migrated from the Posen area and came for economic reasons. Most moved on to Romansdorf in the 1850's. Links in this section take these folks back to Russian Poland, Prussian Poland, Saxony, and Wurtemburg.
• To find out about Romansdorf village near Kiev in the Ukraine including pictures and family trees for the Hoffmann, Lehmann, Spitzers, Krassin and related families living in Romansdorf and in nearby Grunwald and Ludwigsdorf. Links in this section take these folks back to Russian Poland, Prussian Poland, Saxony, and Wurtemburg.
• To find out more about the German settlements north of Rovno in the Ukraine. Particular details and pictures are provided for the villages of Anielowka, Berestowitz, Marcelinhof, and Kostopol. The focus is particularly on the Remus and Deutschlander families; family trees are provided for those and related families in the area. Links in this section take these folks back to West Prussia, Russian Poland, Prussian Poland, Saxony, and Wurtemburg.

The focus here is on the villages in the area of Grimmen, Vorpommern. This area is due north of Berlin. The families of interest are the Polls and Leverenz families that migrated initially to the Danville Illinois area.

The focus here is on the villages in the Nassojo area of central southern Sweden. This area is south of Stockholm and west of Gothenburg. The families of interest are the descendents of the Johannes Andersson including the Lungren family of Langenberg, Saskatchewan and the Sandberg and Sandborg families of southern Minnesota.

For a while I thought that I might be a descendent of the Rem(us) family of Augsburg. I am not related but the story of the Patrician Rem(us) family of Augsburg dating back to the 1300's is very interesting anyway.

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