Ratzlaff Family blog
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Andreas Ratzlaff, born 1833
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Andreas Ratzlaff, husband of Maria (Janzen) Ratzlaff, was born in Antonovka, Volhynia, in 1833. Antonovka lies just a couple miles west o...
Monday, April 9, 2012
Jacob Ratzlaff emigration
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The green Jacob Ratzlaff family history book mentioned earlier indicates that there were 21 people traveling together in the Ratzlaff party...
Jacob Ratzlaff family emigration to USA
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Mennonites settled in Russia in the 19 th century for various reasons. The St. Petersburg government gained control of South Russia d...
Friday, April 6, 2012
The Green Ratzlaff book
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In 1958 the descendents of Jacob Ratzlaff produced a genealogy book that listed a short history of Jacob and his children. The book is a ...
Karolswalde Mennonite villages, Volhynia
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The first place I can positively locate my Ratzlaff ancestors is in Volhynia, Russia. Mennonites began settling in Volhynia in the late 1...
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Przechowka Mennonites move into the Netzebruch
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For various reasons, Mennonites began to leave Prussia by the mid-1700s. In 1765, several families from the Przechowka congregation move...
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Prussian Mennonites near Przechowka
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Schwetz (Sciewie), Poland , lies about 75 miles south of Danzig ( Gdansk ), on the northwest bank of the Vistula River . In the 17 th a...
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