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The Mennonites of the Molotschna settlement were mostly of the Flemish branch. Only the village of Rudnerweide was of the Frisian branch. In 1805 the first 18 villages were organized into one congregation, the Ohrloff-Petershagen-Halbstadt Mennonite Church, with Jakob Enns as elder. Klaas Reimer separated from this group in 1814 and founded the Kleine Gemeinde. Another separation occurred in 1823 which resulted in the organization of the Lichtenau-Petershagen Church. Later this congregation was subdivided into the Margenau-Schönsee, Pordenau, and Alexanderkrone congregations. In addition to these the following congregations were organized among the settlers that came later: Rudnerweide in 1820, consisting of the Frisian Mennonites alone, Alexanderwohl in 1820, Gnadenfeld in 1834, and Waldheim in 1836, which were all of the same Old Flemish or Groningen Flemish background. In addition to these congregations there existed independent congregations in most of the daughter settlements of the Molotschna.
I've entered some of my favorite links. If you have some good research sites I have missed please let me know.
Harms information and Background:
More Harms history and Russian information by Ken Ratzlaff can be discovered here:
http://www.theratzlaffs.net/ukrainetrip99/
Stories in Mennonite Life about Jansen, Nebraska:
Great maps, old atlas and photos of Kansas
Here are some of my favorite Mennonite websites:
Dirksen Brotherfield Dakota Research
Dirksen book in German
German words abbreviations translations
Mennonitische Rundschau 1890-1909 and 1920-1929
Der Wahrheitsfreund KMB Church obituaries 1915 -1947 obits start on page 217
Fernheim Colony, Paraguay obituaries
Christian Leader Index Located here
Zionsbote index 1884 - 1964
Mennonite Obituaries Amish and Mennonite
Canadian Mennonite obits listing
Mennonite Historical Society of British Colombia
Tabor College Mennonite Brethren Studies
Bethel College Mennonite Library and Archives
Bethel Archives Scanned Records
Mennonite Immigration to Kansas
The Migration of the Swiss Mennonite Russian-Germans to Kansas
Jacob Friesen Mill Hillsboro, Kansas
Map of Mennonite Settlements in 1870's
Route of Russian Mennonites to America
List of Mennonite villages in Russia.
Other Mennonite Maps by William Schroeder
Index to 205 of William Schroeder's maps
Frank Leslie's illustrated drawings of early Mennonites
A Wealth of scanned images from Bethel College Mennonite Archives
Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society
Early Mennonite Russian History
Persecution of Russian Christians
California Mennonte Historical Society
A definition of Russian Mennonites
Letters from Stolins Russia -Gulag
Fieldnotes of a Mennonite Pilgrim
EWZ Files : Extractions of Mennonite names
Alexanderthal, South Russia map c.1917
Church Photographs from Molotschna
Other Favorite Links:
Chuck Colsen Christian Worldview
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