Re: Village of Kataloi??

I don't think any of your names have significance for my family, as far as I know. But your German book sounds like a great resource. Does it have years? Or do you know when it was published? I guess your family would be considered German-from-Russia, as mine are. Have you checked out Germans-from-Russia web sites? They have some good resources. Also I did a search for Nitschke at the LDS Church website, which turned up many, many possibilities, but none that I can claim, so far. I know it's aggravating doing this by yourself. I am doing the same thing, but have a fairly small family. It would be great to have more than one person working on it, at least to have someone to gripe to! Here's a few links that might be of interest. Let me know if you find anything we might share, as I will do with you, also.

http://www.familysearch.orghttp://www.familysearch.org (LDS Church)
http://www.feefhs.orghttp://www.feefhs.org (Eastern European families)
http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/content.htmlhttp://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/content.html (German-Russian genealogy)