The following resources were very helpful in my research. I have organized resources into broad categories to help people find resources specific to their geographic interests, but many resources span more than one geographic location.

Many of the books below are also a part of my personal library. Visit the Library page if you need help finding out of a resource will be helpful to you.

Databases

• Ancestry, http://ancestry.com
• FamilySearch, http://familysearch.org ^FREE
• GEDBAS, http://gedbas.genealogy.net ^FREE – Germany, Poland
• Geneteka, http://geneteka.genealodzy.pl – Poland ^FREE
• Newspapers.com, http://newspapers.com
• Odessa: A German-Russian Genealogical Library, http://www.odessa3.org ^FREE
• Poznan Project, http://poznan-project.psnc.pl/index.php?lang=en ^FREE
• Szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl (Poland State Archives), https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/strona_glowna ^FREE
• Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe, https://www.sggee.org
• University of Manitoba Digital Collections, https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca ^FREE

References

• Behind the Name, https://www.behindthename.com ^FREE – name variants by country
• Meyers Gazetteer, https://s.meyersgaz.org ^FREE

Prussia/Poland

• Frank, Jerry. “The German Migration to the East” in Foundation for East European Family History Studies Journal vol 7, no 1 and 2, 1999.
• “Kolonistennamen im Warthe- und Netzebruch II,” GenWiki, 26 Nov 2010 [updated], http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kolonistennamen_im_Warthe-_und_Netzebruch_II
• Ozment, Steven. A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German People. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.
• Szczepankiewicz, Julie Roberts. “Those Infamous Border Changes: A Crash Course in Polish History,” From Shepherds and Shoemakers [blog], 15 January 2017 [published], https://fromshepherdsandshoemakers.com/2017/01/15/those-infamous-border-changes-a-crash-course-in-polish-history/

Volhynia, Russia

• Gess, Victor. Portrait of a Homesteader: An Ancestral Journey Through Poland, Volhynia and Canada. Layette, CA: Missouri River Press, 2017.
• Kautz, Gerhard W. Volhynia to Canada: The Friedrich Kautz Family History. Greely, ON: Gerhard W. Kautz, 2011.
• Nickelburg, Irene. Remembering Volhynia: A Memoir About Russian Germans. CreateSpace, 2014.
• Payne, Sandy Schilling. Germans from Russia Settlement Locations: Google Maps of Ancestral German Colonies (1700-1939), 2020, https://www.germansfromrussiasettlementlocations.org
• Schreiber, Steven H. “Recruitment of the Colonists – 1766,” Norka, 28 Jul 2016 [last updated], https://www.norkarussia.info/recruitment-1766.html

Manitoba, Canada

• Grenke, Arthur. German Canadians: Community Formation, Transformation and Contribution to Canadian Life. Bloomington, IN: Trafford Publishing, 2017.
• Library and Archives Canada. “Censuses,” Library and Archives Canada, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx
• Manitoba Historical Society, http://www.mhs.mb.ca
• Marquette and District Historical Guild. Footsteps Through the Years: Ossowa, Reaburn, Marquette, Meadow Lea, Poplar Heights. Marquette, MB: Marquette and District Historical Guild, 1977

Ontario, Canada

• Wallace, C.M., and Ashley Thomson [editors]. Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1993.

Software

• Gramps, https://gramps-project.org ^FREE