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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Johann Ratzlaff (b1726) of Neu-Dessau

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Johann Ratzlaff (Retzlaff) was born 02/01/1726 and died 11/27/1805.   His first wife’s name was unknown and she died in about 1770, probabl...
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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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