I have Antonius Schneider b1831 d 1865 with 10 siblings located Pannestiel renamed Mariental.His brother Johann George b1827 to 1887 my great great grandfather.

Antonius father of Antonius ABOVE and 10 others! b1798 d 1867 married Anna Maria surname nk. His father Johannes b1770, Johannes father Lorenz b 1749, Lorenz's father Kaspar b1732, left Metz 1765 under Catherine Great's resettlement
project. Kaspar died en route before reaching Volga area.

My mother has written a book on this whole thing.

Sonja

I don't have a Schneider that I know of yet, but am curious to know how one finds information about a home town in Germany, before the people went to Russia at Catherine the Great's invitation.

If you know the Russian village your ancestors lived in, you're might be have some luck looking in the earliest censuses and be able to trace backwards to Germany. I found my earliest Schneider ancestor in the 1798 Obermonjou census indicating he and his family were from Leidendorf, Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany. (Although Volga settlers came from all areas of Europe, a large proportion of Germans emigrated from Bavaria because that area was particularly decimated during the Seven Years War.)

Hi Sonja
Most of my Schneiders are from Obermonjou, but I have a few Schneiders from Mariental, Russia, in my tree as well. Could you tell me if these are linked to you? If so, I would love to connect.

1) Anna Elisabeth Schneider, b. 20-Jan-1833, Mariental (daughter of Konrad Schneider, b. 1800, Obermonjou, & Maria Anna Mohr, b. 1805, Luzern, Russia)
2) Annie Schneider, b. 19-Jul-1906, Mariental
3) Jakob Schneider, b. 13-Apr-1910, Mariental

Annie 1906 (2) & Jakob (3) are daughter & son of Conrad Schneider, b.16-Jun-1874, Obermonjou & Anna Seib, b. 6-Dec-1881, Obermonjou

Thank you!
:)