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Home Page The purpose of this web
site:
- Present the extensive background work
done by Clarence J. Margheim to provide genealogy of the
Margheim name
- Illustrate the life and times of
Margheims during a period from Gottlieb Margheim through
today
- Enhance the genealogy with
explanations, stories, pictures and history provided by
many individuals to present this compilation
Genealogy
Over
19,000 surnames have been collected
into the Margheim genealogy. The genealogy has been compiled
from records found in Russia by a professional genealogist
and translated. Copies of the original documents will be
presented on this site.
History
- Many pictures of people and places.
- Inclusion of work compiled by other
researchers.
- Explanations and stories of the who,
why, where, what, when and how Germans journeyed to
Russia to begin new lives in the barren steppes bordering
the Volga river basin.
Links and other material.
- Links to other websites containing
interesting material relevant to the genealogy presented.
- Maps to help illustrate the history
and genealogy presented herein.
- Other material that may be provided
as this site becomes known and other people contribute
to its purpose.
This site is not intended to be the sole
effort of one individual but a place to present the work of
many to be shared with many. Contributions will be accepted
and appreciated. The author reserves the right to determine
what may be added to the sight |
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Margheim |
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The name of an
honorable, hardworking family. A history dating
to Dresden, Germany where Gottlieb, born abt.1741 became a landscape gardener then
journeyed to Russia at the call of Catherine the
Great with her manifesto of July 22, 1763.
Gottlieb became a founding father of Makarowka
(Merkel), August 28, 1766. When social and political tides of the
late 19th century influenced life in Merkel, new lands were sought in North and
South America to once again begin new lives |
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