Families From FRANK

The Village Frank Newsletter
Volume 22, Number 1
Winter 1992/1993
Sherrie Stahl, editor

Did Your Family Come From The Village of FRANK??

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(This information is a reprint from AHSGR-Clues 1972-Part 1)
FRANK- (Russian name: Medveditskij or Medwedizkoi Krestowoj Bujerak), present name is Medweditza, (see Work Paper #23, p. 3). Kanton: Frank, Wolost: Frank. Established May 16, 1767, 115 families, 525 settlers. Lutheran Colony on the Bergseite, located in the A-4 quadrant in Stumpp map #6. As given by Mr. Carl Eckhardt, Hastings, Nebraska in Die Welt Post,, 19 Oct. 1939.

(MY NOTES: This is in no way a complete list. The following represents known family names only. I will add to this as necessary.)
74. Wagner

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON FRANK
Surnames found in Frank, Russia. Based on list given by Mr. Fred Grosskopf of Greely, Colorado in 1968.
4. Bath, Bott

14. Elenberger

63. *Wagner

65. Webber, Weber

*Fred Grosskopf thought these families came from Saxony.


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“…The exciting news is that one afternoon, a Mr. Batt, formerly from FRANK and now residing in Germany presented me with an outstanding map of FRANK. It identifies every resident of FRANK from 1767 to 1941 by name and location. The map is very professional. I believe that Mr. Batt was an engineer at one time. I have sent the map to Lincoln to have it reproduced and made available for sale to the AHSGR membership. It was the request of Mr. Batt-- who would not take any money for the map—to have it made available to our AHSGR membership….”

…this village map (Map #55) is now available from AHSGR in Lincoln, NE... Please write to: AHSGR, 631 D. Street, Lincoln, NE. 69502-1199.

According to the AHSGR Newsletter, the #55 FRANK Village Map was drawn by Heinrich Batt of Germany, and it shows who was living in each homestead as of August 1941. The newsletter goes on to say that this new map is much more thorough than the other FRANK Map #19 which depicted the village at the turn of the century.