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Descendants of Andreas ISAAK (born
1751 in Brandenburg, Berlin, Germany)
In 1763, Catherine II (Catherine
the Great, German born empress of Russia) sent agents into the German states
for the purpose of recruiting settlers. In the next few years, Catherine the
Great expanded Russian territory dramatically by conquering Turkish
controlled land to the south and Polish land to the west. Catherine again
wanted Germans to help in developing her new territories, especially around
the north side of the BLACK
SEA. This time she
turned to the Mennonites of West Prussia. Thousands of other Germans followed
the Mennonites. Lutherans and Catholics began flooding into the area, starting
particular after the Napoleonic wars (1803 through 1810). Hundreds of German
colonies sprang up in a semi circle around Odessa, now in the UKRAINE. Another war with Turkey brought Russia
more territory, the region of BESSARABIA on the west side of the Black Sea. By 1816, over 1500 German families moved
into this area, most of them from Poland,
Baden, Wuerttemberg, Hesse, and Alsace.
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Roger
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652 Blenfield
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Diamond Bar, CA
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(909) 861-9547
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Created 11 Jun 2010 with RootsMagic Genealogy Software
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