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Local heritage book of Riebensdorf am DonResearch on this Family Book Coordinator: Irina Boger To contact us, please use the link on the right side.
This “Family Book” provides information on the German colonial settlements of 1766 to today – including descendants throughout the world. (A “Family Book” is a German genealogical summary issued by local civil registries. It captures data on births, marriages, and deaths as well as the births of children.) From 1759 to 1763, Ober-Germans (an area in Germany) from Wurttemberg and other communities traveled to Denmark in order to settle there as colonists. Later, from 1764-1765, some families left their Danish colonies for Russia. www.russia-colonists.eu These colonists arrived in Ostrogoshsk in February 1766, but did not appear to be expected by the local authorities. Instead, after a subsequent directive on February 15th by Czarina Catherine, it became apparent that a Colonel Stepan Ivanovich Tewjaschow was expected to take responsibility for overseeing the families‘ settlement. They were thus sent out on to the land of the Colonel where they set up their tents along the Sonsa River. It is here that the village of Riebensdorf first took shape, named after the rich fish in the area, “Rybnoje” meaning fish in Russian. Over time, various crops were cultivated. Beginning with grains and potatoes, later crops such as cucumbers, sunflowers, tobacco, watermelon, and sugar beets were also grown. The growing of sunflowers led to an oil mill and raising silk worms was also tried. In the list, the names of towns in German are used. If no town name was given, then an entry from the church book where the information was found is used, such as Wiesenberg. These are all the families of Riebendorf and the names of their descendants. Genealogy characters: Sources used: Dear descendants of the Riebensdorfer! You can't forget the memory of your ancestors. And so we call on everyone to cooperate actively and thank them in advance for their help in restoring our roots! And we are especially grateful for the donations that have enabled us to collect information in various archives. Translated by Heather Deutsch
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