[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] When Germans left Volhynia

[Ron Neuman]

Eduardo - you might also think in terms of the Caucasus and Siberia.

My reason for suggesting those two locations is a letter contained in 
"The Lilge Papers" which is a collection of letters in the Provincial 
Archives of Alberta.  This collection contains the originals of many 
letters that were written to a member of the Lilge family who 
immigrated to Alberta (the Bruderheim district) in 1894.  Lilge 
evidently corresponded with a number of his former neighbours in 
various villages in the Heimthal Parish in Volhynia.  In at least one 
of those letters written to Lilge in the late 1890's, the 
correspondent from Volhynia says that he might come to Canada, but he 
is also considering Siberia and the Caucasus.

If you want more infomation from this collection of letters, please 
contact me directly.



At 11:00 AM 07/03/2012, Eduardo Kommers wrote:
>Hello,
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>During the time I have searched I heard and read that many German families
>left Volhynia to other places in Europe (including Germany) before coming to
>the Americas.
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>The Kommers family apparently lived in Zhitomir area up to the middle of
>1870's, as the last birth record I have found, linked to Volhynia, is from
>1876. However, there are two Kommers born between 1876 and 1885 and one more
>in 1895, according to some other documents I have in my hands. They are not
>clear about the exact birthplace, just showing it was in Russia.
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>It makes me think the Kommers family may left the Volhynia area in the end
>of 1870's to another Russian territory.
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>My question is: what are the main places in Russia where a possible German
>"re-immigration" happened?
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>I'll appreciate any comments.
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>Thank you!
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>Eduardo
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