Remmick-Hubert Web Site:  Remmick Family Genealogy  Information and photographs on Worms / Odessa, S. Russia [Vernoye, Ukraine]

Last Updated: 1 May 2005

Worms / Odessa, S.Russia [ Presently known as  Vinogradnoje, Odessa, Ukraine  and earlier as   Vernoye, Odessa, USSR.]

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Click on this symbol you will return to this page. General Information of Worms (MAP): Worms is from Old German and means "dragon-like" Named after Worms in Palatinate, Germany Founded in 1810 by German colonists Charted  in 1810 were 3,881 dessiatines of crown steppe land Charted in 1892 were 5058 dessiatines of 1255 sazhens of land to be owned by individual families which could be inherited The village is located along the Tsar River and was the old dry river bed, there, in places there are gullies and ravines; and, in the Zerigol Valley; 93 versts from the deep sea port city of Odessa, which was the administrative center; 6 versts from Rohrbach Rohrbach  i s 26 miles from the Bug River, 66 miles from Odessa and 86 miles from Kherson WORMS / ODESSA S. RUSSIA - SHOWN BELOW Horse, Wagon and Two Women  Picture shows Worms [Vernoye or Vinogradnoje] / Odessa in modern times which was graciously  sent to me  from Dorothea P. Kerr of Seal Beach, CA  - Notice houses #1 in background. See Enlarged sections of this photograph. See #1 See #2 , See #3 See her second picture  which was taken near Worms which shows the color of the earth as well as the layers See her second picture with just horse, cart and man enlarged farther Upper layer of soil is black earth but the subsoil is clay Mentioned in the Beresan Chronicles of 1848 By 1892 there were  22 wells, of which only 5 are sweet water,  and 7 ponds important to the agriculture and livestock of the village, as well as her residence Houses 9 Sept 1999, Women walking their babies in buggies along the street  by Vernetta R. Bader 9 Sept 1999  Old Water Pump  by Vernetta R. Bader Page 306 #6 Worms by JF: Bridge with old house in background. Article on the construction of sod houses found in the area of Worms/ Od. S. Russia Example of another home in Worms taken by Dorothea P. Kerr - House #2 Example of a Pfaff homes in Nebraska, USA which are excellent example of what they built  in and near Worms [under construction] Ludwig Pfaff - House #3 Wilhelm Pfaff - house #4 Page 313 Worms: #13  by JF: Old GR house / building that had been turned into a communist office building with statue of Karl Marx and, is, now, abandon; year of  2002 No bazaars or market days took place from 1809 to 1892 Village problems are handled by village officials Mayer Policeman with assistants as needed one facility to hold a prisoner if required Places of Religious Worship by 1892 Reformed Church Penny Raile with a worker on a Reform Church in Worms/ Odessa in May of 1996 [Click and go to larger photo....] Dorothy. Keer's photograph of the old Reform church [CLick and go to larger photo....] 1998 by  Merv Rennick with cemetary photograph. This photo is also found at: http://www.remmick.org/Remmick2/Remmick.Home.Site/Page8.html in regards to an artilce about Hein and Remmick Churches found at: Page327.html 1999  #1 by Vernetta R. Bader 1999 #2, Interior,   by Vernetta R. Bader Photograph by JF, Spring of 2002 Lutheran Church Old Believers See list of Jewish families listed in 1892 Census. Not known if there was a place or worship for Jews in Worms. Worms Cemetery Cemetery - Picture shows Worms] / Odessa in modern times which was graciously  sent to me  from Dorothea P. Kerr of Seal Beach, CA See Merv Rennich Photograph of Cemetary found on the following:  page 327 Page300: #15 and #16 Worms by JF: Cemetery Page300.1: #17 Worms by JF: Broken Headstone found among others near the cemetery with the wrought iron white fense. Page332 . 1999,  Grave as seen from a distance,   by Vernetta R. Bader, Schools - 1892 Supported by local taxes 1 Lutheran School 1 Reform School 1 School for the Deaf Other known buildings other than residences by 1892 Quarters for arriving dignitaries Wine shop Community store Community inn with stables Village Arch Village arch- A photograph by Elaine Morrison - 1996 Photograph by Dorothy Kerr:  Arch and road to Worms.... Photograph by JF in Spring of 2002 - page 311 Roads - 1892 Open all year to Odessa One was to Rohrbach Year 2002- Road to Worms1996 - A photograph by Dorothy Kerr Page301: #1 Worms by JF: Road Sign Page 309 #9 Worms by JF: Main Street with tractor Railroad - 1892 Believed one was not far from village Station at Vradievskayta Archeological Interests Three burial mounds on the steppe near Worms Historical Interest Only for German-Russian Descendants Excellent References Worms (Vernoye] Booklet published by AHSGR a translated purchased by Arthur E. Flegel and translated by Richard Rye Joseph S. Height's two books Paradise on the Steppe and Homesteaders on the Steppe [pps. 88-89 has German colonist names] are excellent reference books AHSGR and GRHS organizations are a must for researchers Karl Stumpp's The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 to 1862 is filled with names, places, and dates. View of land around Worms: Page 302: #2 Worms by JF  &  #3 Worms  by JF - Looking north.... Page 304  #4 Worms by JF - Looking east Page 305 #5 Worms by JF  - Looking  south... More Later For addional information go to Worms - 1848 Village History in GRHS or GRHC or AHSGR http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/history/ Animal Husbandry of area: Sheep  Picture by Penny Raile - 1996

Remmick Families Who Migrated To Worms In 1810 Lingenfelder Ochsner Pfaff Roemmich [Remmick, Remick, Roemig] Schmierer Walter Winterrot

From village of Worms collection by JF: Road sign

LETTER about  Worms, now, being called Vinogradnoje: In a message dated 5/12/02 7:34:03 PM, [E-mail withheldat request of sender] writes: << Dear Remmick home site, My name is ______ and I also have German-Russian family who emigrated to the States from Worms, Odessa. I am just returning from a trip to the Ukraine and managed to find the old Worms.  ...I'm not very informed on the history and genealogy and  wouldn't be interested in responding to a lot of mail. I would like to relate  to you however what I managed to find out. You have the current name of  Worms as Vernoye but according to the post office in Odessa there is no  Vernoye in Odessa. The current name of Worms is Vinogradnoje and I found  other German-Russian sites which concur. In Vinogradnoje I found the arch  and the church and the cemetery exactly as in the pictures on your site and would like to thank you for pointing me in the right direction. There's an  old sign outside the town and also an out-of-business apothecary with  Vinogradnoje in cyrillic. ...just thought I'd let you know. All the houses and graves I saw were Russian and dated from the 1960's and  I don't think there is much left of the old German structures. Many yards  have an outdoor cellar which might come from more distant times. Towards the  back of the cemetery there are several old destroyed graves and tombstones  which were defiled by the nazis I believe. According to people I talked to in Odessa that would be the most likely. About two miles west of Worms is a  Jewish monument stating that on that site the nazis killed 20,000. Their  Lenin statue is still intact in front of the old cultural palace but that building is abandoned and stripped out. I got a car and driver from a very competent travel agent: Eugenia Travel Ukraine...and spent the day walking around the town. A group of women shouted aufwiedersein to me so maybe they seen a few of us snooping around now and again. Thanks again....>>

From pages 300 to 321 are photographs of Worms / Od. S. Russia from JF's collection taken this spring of 2002

Map Click and go to Map of Beresan area by the Black Sea in which Worms is a part plus some of the Roemmich Chutors [Estates]

Letters From Des. of others who's family lived in Worms who may touch the Remmick / Roemmich families.

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