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360 Understand the times and seasons Become familiar with the towns, counties, states, and countries where your ancestors lived

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360 Understand the times and seasons What is the ethnic makeup of the community?

360 Understand the times and seasons What are the surnames associated with the community? What is the history of the ethnic group in town, county, and state? Where did they come from? What is the influence of the ethnic group on the community? What is the primary location in the town?

360 Understand the times and seasons

360 Understand the times and seasons Millions of Immigrants per Year 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Jamestown Quakers Quakers Slavery 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Irish Potato Famine Germans Eastern Europe Many Cultures 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Puritans Scots-Irish Irish Catholics Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish Italians Asian

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360 Understand the times and seasons Migration Pattern for the Dustbowl Center of dustbowl Severely windblown Major migration routes of displaced farmers

360 Understand the times and seasons What are the various congregations in the community? Where are the records of the church located? What are the locations of the congregations? Does the church have a history? Is there an ethnic connection to the church? Does the church have a newspaper?

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Ancestor 360 Example Otis, Rush County, Kansas Ancestor 360

What is the surname of my ancestor? Where did they live? What is their ethnic origin? What was their religion? When did they come to America? Wagner Otis, Kansas German Lutheran 1880 s???

Where is Otis, Kansas? Otis, Rush County, Kansas Otis Kansas Map

What are the main cities of Rush County, Kansas? McCracken Hays Liebenthal LaCrosse Alexander Nehoma Bison Tinken Otis Ness City Bend Rush County Kansas Map

German people who immigrated from Russia to Rush County, Kansas in the 1870's-80's What is the history of Otis, Kansas? Members of the Lutheran or Reformed Church Otis Kansas History

What is the history of Rush County There is a published history of Rush County for $40.00 Contact historical@rushcounty.org Rush County Historical Society Rush County History

The first two churches in Otis Trinity Lutheran Methodist The Lutheran Church Founded by settlers from Russia The June 1880 census lists these immigrant families who migrated from Russia in 1876 Methodist Church Lutheran Church

Are there any cemeteries in Otis? Given Google map showing city hall with address and contact information City hall Otis Kansas cemetery

Are there any cemeteries in Otis? Called city hall and found Lutheran cemetery Methodist cemetery Key contact for history of community City hall Methodist cemetery Lutheran cemetery Called Otis, Kansas City Hall

Found Germans from Russia Historical Society What information is there on Germans from Russia? Extensive information and links for Germans from Russia (Volga region) Utah Chapter (found contact information for president) Ms Wurst research librarian germans from russia

Otis, Kansas settled by immigrants from Schoenfeld Samara, Russia Has the Germans from Historical Society written anything on Otis, Kansas? Mr. Wilhelm expert and coordinator for all queries Schöndorf, Schoenfeld otis kansas

Schoenfeld (Pretty Field) was a Lutheran town located on the Jerusalen River 60 miles SE of Saratov Surnames in settlement Direct line name collateral lines Schoenfeld Have the Germans from Historical Society written anything on Otis, Kansas? Schneider Wittig Brack Wilhelm Popp Felker Ochs Haas Lamm (Lahm) Koch Kniss Rudy Wagner Ott Rupp Krutch Litzenberger Herdt Ackermann Leinweber Krom Schlegel Erschlett Richter Miller Fritz Nazarenus Heinz

Extensive links to Maps What does GenWeb have for Rush County? Historical societies Museums Libraries Histories And much more otis kansas genweb.org

Is there a map that shows the Volga region settlement of Germans? germans from russia volga map

Is there a map that shows what Schoenfeld, Samara looks like? Schoenfeld, Samara Russia Yagodnaya Polyana

What is estimated timeline for Wagner family? Leave 1767 1767-1876 1876-Present Germany Schöndorf, Samara, Russia Otis, Rush County, Kansas

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