[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Lutheran Church records after 1885 were in Russian Cyrillic, unsure of transcribing status

[Jerry Frank]

Filming of the St. Petersburg records after 1885 stopped primarily 
because of the 100 year rule.  For the past 10 years or so, the St. 
Petersburg Archive has been closed for "renovations".  We don't know 
when it will reopen nor when access to the records will be restored.  We 
also don't know if or when the LDS will resume filming of more recent 
records known to exist.

It appears that Gwen's project was never completed.  She was using 
teenagers at detention facility to do the transcription.  These kids 
were trained to do it but had no language experience.  Even though it 
was being triple checked, I was never convinced that the project was viable.

A full list of available Volhynian records is provided at 
http://www.sggee.org/research/parishes/church_parishes/LutheransInVolhyniaKievPodolia.html 


All original St. Pete films for Volhynia, Podolia, and Kiev have been 
extracted and are included in our databases.  As well, those known 
parish records are being worked on by several volunteers and portions of 
them are now included.  Watch for a new description of content that will 
appear on our pages within about a month or so.

Except for the Rozysczcze parish records and a few scattered Kantorate 
records, research post 1885 is at best difficult if not impossible.

Jerry Frank
Calgary, AB



Nancy Gertner wrote:
> The St. Petersburg Lutheran church records through 1885 were in German.
>
> After that, in Russian.
>
> I'm not sure what their current status is with LDS.
>
> I thought Gwen with LDS was working with a group of translators to  
> get them transcribed, but have not heard status on that for awhile.
>
> Gwen died several years ago, so that may have had some impact on the  
> project.
>
> While the German records are challenging enough for most of us, the  
> Russian cyrillic writing is even more challenging!
>
> Nancy
>
> On Mar 7, 2010, at 8:34 PM, Sarah Nielsen wrote:
>
>   
>> I've noticed that most of the records that are available for  
>> searching don't extend beyond 1885. I'm just curious what options I  
>> have to research records that fall a little later--particularly  
>> through 1915.
>>
>> Thanks for your input,
>>
>> Sarah Nielsen
>>     
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by
> Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org
> Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv
>
>