[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Musings about population demographics in Volhynia

[Karl Lenz]

Hi Jerry,

Ewald Wuschke translated a portion of the book entitled Die
Evangelisch=Lutherischen Gemeinden in Russland9 published in St Petersburg
in 1909 by the Lutheran Church in Russia.  His translations are recorded in
some of the 1989 and 1990 volumes of the Wandering Volhynians Magazine.
Reviewing the  specific information for the affiliate Tutschin, it is noted
that the 1904 German population of the Affiliate was 12,739.  The sizes of
the colonies are almost always greater than 100  and some are close to 1000.
A few are listed below:

Amelin (493 souls), Antonieff (520), Antonowka (350), Berestowez (412),
Dombrowa (200),   Ljubormirka (543), Mizk (970), Trigubiza (98), etc.

I noticed in some instances where the church has listed one colony, you have
more than one.  For example,  the church lists Berestowez and your map
includes Berestowiec, Berestowiec Kol., Nowe Berestowiec and Futor
Berestowiec (Maszcza).

I would be interested in your comments on the population information
contained within this Russian Lutheran Church document as translated and
published in the Wandering Volhynians Magazine.

Karl Lenz