THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO MY GERMAN/RUSSIAN ANCESTORS
AND THEIR DESCENDANTS

On July 22, 1763, Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, issued a Manifesto in which she offered free land to any Germans who would settle on the Stepps of the Ukraine.

The Manifesto

The HEINRICH JOCHIM and JAKOB KUNZ families arrived in Odessa, Ukraine about 1817 and were assigned to the Colony at KATHERINENTAL, BERESAN district. The oriiginal families were from many areas of Europe.

SURNAME LIST

The Heinrich Jochim and Maria Unknown Family Heinrich Jochim Family Page
The Jakob Kunz and Katharina Mesmer FamilyJacob Kuntz Family Page

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