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Sep 2003Aug 2003Take a look at our new photo gallery - see our digs and what the regular genelaogists look like. July 2003Now - buy your genealogical publications from the MHSA - lots of interesting titles in stock! June 2003
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April 2002December 2001Mennonite Villages in RussiaVolunteer, Tim Janzen, has prepared a number of important tables of geographic data pertaining to the Mennonite stay in Russia. They can be accessed from our Mennonite Villages homepage. The tables are:
Yazykovo Colony CensusesMore from our very busy volunteer, Tim Janzen. Now online for the first time, Census transcriptions for Yazykovo Colony from 1858, 1873 and for one Yazkovo Village (Nikolaifeld) in 1869. November 2001Letters of Immigration and Conscientious ObjectionWe would like to open up this portion of the MHSA website to be devoted to first-hand letters and diary accounts of immigration and conscientious objection. We welcome letters from Mennonites around the world. We start with one, from an MHSA member whose great grandfather's brother wrote about the journey from Southern Russia to Southern Manitoba in 1876. Please send typed copies of your letters as e-mail attachments to MHSA (Contact Us), photocopied letters can be sent to: MHSA Letters Project, 2946 - 32 Street NE, Calgary, AB T1Y 6J7. As they arrive, we'll post them here. October 2001The Vauxhall Mennonite Church - a new publication of the MHSA. It covers the development, growth, and closure of this Conference of Mennonites in Alberta Church. It describes the ladies aid, roles of men and women, language and peace/war issues. It is lovingly written by Anne Harder, and includes a 1933-51 map of the Vauxhall District. It also includes a transcription of the Vauxhall Cemetery gravemarkers prepared by Alberta Genealogical Society members, Peter & Rose Goutbeck. The book is 43 pp. and available for $8.00 from the MHSA. Order Form. October 13 2001Join us in our fall workshop at Salem Mennonite Church, (Salem Road & Grand Forks Road) Tofield. The workshop will start at 10:00 am and end at 3:30. Harry Stauffer is our host, one of the founders of the MHDS. We'll hear from Cena King (Arrival of the First Swiss Mennonites to Pennsylvania and Their Sojourn), William Wideman (Mennonite Community of Mayton, 1901-1920s), Don Kauffman (From Nebraska, Iowa, Oregon, Montana and Ontario to Tofield; and The Coming of Mennonites from Russia after WWI to Tofield) and Ted Regehr (Salem to Hollyrood). From Edmonton, go East on #14, south on #834, then
east on Grand Forks Road until you see Salem Road. February 2001February 18, 1:30-4:00pm February 2001
November 2000Charitable Status ReceivedThe MHSA has just received approval from Revenue Canada to be a registered charity. We now can issue charitable donation receipts for contributions to the work of the MHSA. Odessa Archives RecordsTim Janzen has supplied an inventory of a significant new resource for Mennonite historians and family historians. This film contains selected files from records originally held by the Board of Guardians Committee taken from Fund 6, Inventory 1 in the Odessa Archives and cover the years 1800-1820. Tim writes: "One of the most valuable items on this microfilm is a complete 1801 census of the Chortitza Colony listing about 1650 Mennonites from nine villages. It is in German and is highly readable. It is similar to the 1795 Chortitza Colony census previously published by B. H. Unruh in format. Also of high interest are vital records of all births, marriages, and deaths in the Chortitza Colony for much of 1801 and 1802 and for the period from May to October, 1807, an 1802 Neuenburg village census, an 1803 Hutterite Colony census, an 1801 Kronsgarten census which is in Russian, and lists of all children vaccinated against smallpox in the Chortitza Colony in 1809 and 1814. There are also various voters lists for the Chortitza Colony and for the Molotschna Colony during the period 1801 to 1812 among other items." Find out more about the Board of Guardians Microfilm. October 2000MHSA Annual MeetingMark Oct. 21, 10:00 a.m. on your calendar. This is the date for the MHSA Annual General Meeting. Come out and find out the impressive things that your society is doing, participate in direction-setting, and hear a panel talk on the Three Historical Faces of Alberta Mennonite Experience. The meeting will be held at West Zion Mennonite Church, Carstairs. New Publication: Knowing and Interpreting our PastKnowing and Interpreting our Past: Alberta's Mennonite History is the name of the most recent publication of the MHSA. It is a collection of papers that were delivered to the June 2000 meeting of the MHSA, held in Edmonton. Chairman Jake Harder is to be credited with gathering such a fine collection of individuals and topics for this meeting. We couldn't help ourselves and compiled the material so that it would be available to those who couldn't attend.
The work is edited by Judith Rempel and a foreward is offered by Peter Penner. 60 pp. $12.00. Order Form. August 2000Busau Church Book Records TranscribedThe two Busau (Crimea) church books have an interesting history. The Mennonite Encyclopedia indicates that the Busau Mennonite Church was founded in 1884 under the name of the Ettingerbrun Mennonite Church. In 1905 the church had a congregation of 632 people, of which 272 were members. The members of the church came from the following villages: Saribasch, Tokultschak, Muni, Timir Bulat, Yapuntchi, Safronovka, Jalantusch, Kutyuki, Busau, Aktatschi, and Montonai. We are fortunate to be able to offer gedcom and html versions of the information housed in those churchbooks at the MHSA website. Thanks to Tim Janzen for this significant contribution. Find out more about the Busau Church Books. June 2000Workshop in EdmontonDay-long workshop at First Mennonite Church, Edmonton. Chaired by Jake Harder. This stimulating workshop resulted in a great collection of papers available from the MHSA - see October 2000 for publication details. January 2000CMBoC Microfilm Reels ReceivedThe MHSA has just acquired copies of the 36 microfilm reels that capture the contents of Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization (CMBOC) documents that were prepared between 1923 and 1930. We're actively seeking volunteers to assist in the extraction of information from these reels for the eventual placement in a number of more accessible locations (e.g. this website, a future version of GRANDMA, and as a print publication). The project is proceeding with the cooperation of the Mennonite Heritage Centre in Winnipeg. An index to the records was prepared by Rudy Regehr and Alf Redekop and is now available on the MHSA website. Find out more about the CMBOC Transcription Project. October 1999
September 1999MHSA Newsletter ReleasedVolume 2, No. 1 newsletter is released. This issue has articles on Calgary's celebration of the Der Bote 75th anniversary, an update on our Archives resource, information on the Canadian Census lobby, and a column on genealogical basics. Copies were mailed out to MHSA members, all known Mennonite congregations in Alberta, and partner Mennonite historical societies/archives. July 1999MHSA Workshop in DuchessThe MHSA put on it's first ever summer workshop. We called this Expressions '99 - and invited those interested in viewing/sharing their expression of Alberta Mennonite history to join us. March 1999MHSA Newsletter ReleasedVolume 1, No. 2 newsletter is released. This issue has articles on MHSA plans, two pioneering stories (Wilhelm Pauls 1902-1991 and early life in Provost), a review of AJ Klassen's book Alternative Service for Peace in Canada during World War II, 1941-46 and discussions of some of the longer-term plans of the MHSA. Copies were mailed out to all known Mennonite congregations in Alberta, members of the MHSA, and partner Mennonite historical societies/archives. February 1999MHSA Board BrainstormsThe MHSA executive met and strategized about a number of activities that the Society could engage in as opportunities permit. Among them were:
October 1998MHSA Newsletter ReissuedFirst issue of MHSA Newsletter (second series) mailed out to all MHSA members and Mennonite churches in Alberta. Additional copies available on request. August 1998Reactivation of MHSAIn 1998, on August 15 the MHSA has been "reactivated" by a collection of professional and hobby historians who met at the Kerry Woods Centre in Red Deer, Alberta. Eighteen years later, Henry Goerzen, John & Irene Klassen, and David Wiebe Neufeldt were still on the scene. At this meeting, it was decided that there was enough interest to re-activate the MHSA and that we needed an interim executive committee to take us through the rebuilding. Henry Goerzen (Didsbury), Chairman; Peter Penner (Calgary), Secretary; and Harold Friesen (Calgary), Treasurer together with Irene Klassen (Calgary) and Richard Harder (Didsbury) have taken on this task.
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