Volga

What I’ve been up to so far in 2026 – Doom Searching, the Maertz Lineage, and DNA

So, I may have cracked the wall for the Maertz-William(s) and Demler-Hermann great-great-grands.

Jun 3

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An Aside - My 16 Storyteller Challenge #7

The Demlers and the push for Russian emigration

Feb 14

An Aside - My 16 Storyteller Challenge #4

Peter Maertz, a Volga German during the Bolshevik Revolution

Jan 23

Genealogy takes a touch of stubbornness and a heap of endurance

I found a lead on the Maertz-Demler line

Apr 3, 2024

Lost Records - The German Enemy Aliens and American Internment Camps of WWI

Despite 430,000 German aliens being registered in the U.S. during WWI, and more than 6000 arrested, the records of this process have been lost. What…

Jul 20, 2023

The family of Peter and Marie Maertz

A 20th century immigrant family in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and DeFuniak Springs, Florida

Jun 18, 2022

Seeking information on the Maertz family from Staritsa

The Volga Germans (sometimes called Saratov Germans) lived in settlements founded in the Volga River Valley of Russia, where more than 30,000 German…

Mar 17, 2022

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