Marvin's Mennonite Research

SUN 24 NOV 2019 SOURCE REFERENCE MANITOBA MENNONITE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. English translation of the Russian 1835 Census of the Molotschna Villages. (Winnipeg, November 1995) - Translation of Peter J. Braun Russian Mennonite Archive 1803-1920, File 357. Digital copy. Fürstenwerder census taken 20 Feb 1835. Census record #35 - Peter Peter Görz p. 479R/480. FAST, Steve. Corrections to the English Translation of 1835 Molotschna Colony Census - Revision 20140115. Last update 10 Dec 2013.  Link Transcription corrections to Fürstenwerder census record 35 taken 20 Feb 1835. BACKGROUND From the introduction to the English translation, “This document is a translation of the census taken in 1835 of the villages in the Molotschna Colony in South Russia. It includes the year that each Mennonite settler arrived in the colony, the names and relationships within households, and the age of each resident in the colony in 1835. It also indicates changes from the previous censu...