American Historical Society of Germans from Russia

United States Nebraska  Lancaster  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:ahsgr@ahsgr.org ahsgr@ahsgr.org]

Address:


 * 631 D St Lincoln, NE 68502

Telephone: 402-474-3363

Hours and holidays: Monday-Friday 9am-4pm; Sunday 1pm-4pm

Map and public transportation:


 * Google map:  American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
 * Public transportation:  InterLinc Star Tran bus route 51/52 stops next to AHSGR. Route 47/48 stops four blocks east of AHSGR.

Internet sites and databases:


 * American Historical Society of Germans from Russia about us, publications, research, library, and villages.
 * AHSGR Catalog online. Search by title, author, subject, call number, ISBN, or keyword. Also available in WorldCat.
 * AHSGR Village Files for villages and areas in which Germans settled.
 * AHSGR Surname Charts ancestral charts from researchers in Russia.

Collection Description
This is an international organization dedicated to the history, cultural heritage, and genealogy of Germanic settlers in the Russian Empire and their descendants. Their library collection holds AHSGR ancestor lists, cemetery lists, homestead papers, an AHSGR German hometowns list, passenger lists, obituaries, surname charts, Russian village files, and Karl Stumpp's Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763-1862.

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Key Wiki Pages

 * Germans from Russia
 * Germans from Russia Societies
 * Germans from Russia Genealogy
 * Germans from Russia History
 * Germans from Russia Maps

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Neighboring Collections


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 * Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, best genealogy collection in Nebraska: biographies, histories, cemeteries, federal and state censuses, periodicals, church records, directories, federal land tract books, railroads, military, maps, naturalizations before 1906, and newspapers.
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
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