Mennonite Histories of West Prussia

The links on this page have been sourced from the Prussian Mennonite Genealogy Resources site. I have rearranged the original links and grouped them for my convenience. Please note, these materials are used without permission because there was no copyright notice or location from which to request usage permission.

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Danzig District

• The 1661 Census of Mennonites in Danzig, originally created by Horst Penner; converted into digital form by Glenn H. Penner, (24K).
• Mennonites of the Danzig Territory in 1793, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (10K)
• 1811 Elbing, West Prussia Census, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (43K)
  • Alphabetical Index of Invididuals in the 1811 Elbing, West Prussia Census, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (30K)
• Property Records for Heubuden, West Prussia, submitted by Glenn H. Penner
• West Prussian Mennonite Villages, compiled by Glenn Penner.
• Mennonite Villages in the Danzig District in 1820 , compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (20K)

Marienwerder District

• Mennonite Villages in the Marienwerder District, West Prussia, 1820, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (10K)
• Mennonite settlers in Obernessau, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (16K).
• Mennonites in the Przechowka area, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.
• 1810 Mennonite Census of the Schwetz Region of West Prussia, transcribed and translated by Esther Patkau and Glenn Penner.
• Mennonite Land Census/General-Nachweisung of the Marienwerder District, 1824, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (42K)
  • Land Census of Marienwerder District, 1824 / Alphabetical Listing, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (33K)
• Mennonitenhoefe 1839 im Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (8K)
• Land disposals by Mennonites in the Marienwerder District, 1803-1856, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (18K)
  • Land disposals by Mennonites in the Marienwerder District, 1803-1856 / Alphabetical Listing, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (13K)
• Court Records of Kommerau, Amt Neuenburg (Nowe), West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (111K)
• Court Records of Gross Lubin, A?t Neuenburg, West Prussia, compiled by Adalbert Goertz, (93K)
• Mennonitenhöfe in Amt Neuenburg, Kreis Schwetz, Marienwerder District, Westpreussen, compiled by Adalbert Goertz.
• Gifts to the School for the Poor in Marienwerder collected in Kreis Stuhm, West Prussia in 1829, by Alan Guenther.
• Preliminary Report on Mennonite Documents at the Thorn/Torun District Archives (Archiwum Panstwowe w Toruniu), by James Jakob Fehr.