These books were photographed from the archives in Warsaw and concern the establishment of colonists in the country towns of the chamber department of Posen. One of the books below (Namentliches Verzeichnis) is a quite comprehensive list of colonists in the Ämter. While this does not cover the province of Pomerania, Posen was nearby, and […]
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The State Archives in Warsaw contain some relevant material for those researching in the arear surrounding Pomerania. In this case, during a search through archival holdings for emigration files, I stumbled upon a collection relating to South Prussia. What was even more surprising was, while others contained hundreds of pages on handfuls of individuals, that […]
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This document covers colonists on the forest plots of land in Pustchow, Kreis Belgard. This short file is from 1844 and contains the detachment and inheritable contracts of this Grundstück. Names that appear in these pages: Gottfried Piske and Gabriel Franz. Kolonisten auf den Forstgrundstücken zu Pustchow
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This document covers matters relating to a few colonists in Belgard. Acta Colonisten Sachen (1775-1785)
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This book details files for land reclamation of deserted areas and the appointment of foreign colonists. The document mentions families from the Hessen-Darmstadt and Polish areas, among other places. Some pages call these colonists by name. Areas surrounding Vorwerk in Belgard are mentioned, such as the Schetterow, Lülfitz, Rostin, Klein Panknin, and Klempin. Other pages […]
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