Adalbert Goertz (1928-2011)

Title: Adalbert Goertz fonds

Dates of creation: [195-]-[199-]

Physical description: 5 cm of textual records

Biographical sketch: Adalbert Goertz (3 December 1928-7 May 2011) was born in Langenau, Kreis Rosenberg, West Prussia, Germany, the son of Landwirt (later also Rittergutsbesitzer) Paul Gerhard Goertz (1887-1945), Mennonite, and his second wife Margarete (Schukat,1900-1996) Goertz, a Lutheran. In 1944 he was drafted into an anti-aircraft unit.

Goertz came to North America in 1960 with his wife, Barbel Kittler (1933-) and family, and trained as a physicist, getting his Ph.D. in 1968 from the University of Colorado. He retired in 1989. He began life-long research in genealogy, particularly of West Prussian Mennonites, in 1958. He published many articles on this theme over the years.

Custodial history: Purchased from Goertz in the 1980s and 1990s.

Scope and context: The fonds consists of published and unpublished materials, including offprints from Ostdeutsche Familienkunde, Kirche im Osten, and Archiv Ostdeutscher Familienforscher. The unpublished materials consist of computer printouts provided by Goertz to the Archives.

Notes: Original archival description created in 1990s by Sam Steiner

File list:

1. Published documents
   • "Die Mennonitengemeinden Altpreu?ns und Osteuropas im Jahre 1835," n.d.
   • "Die Gr?der der Mennonitengemeinde Elbing in Kansas," n.d.
   • "Aus Mennonitischen Kirchenb?hern Westpreu?ns," n.d.
     • Gemeinde Thiensdorf-Markushof, Kreis Marienburg
     • Gemeinde Montau-Gruppe, Kreis Schwetz
     • Gemeinde Tragheimerweide, Kreis Stuhm
   • "Bibliographie zur Geschichte der Mennoniten Altpreu?ns," 1963
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800-1840 in Neunhuben/Westpreu?n," 1969
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800-1840 in Kommerau/Westpreu?n," 1969
   • "Ru?andwanderer 1804-05 aus der westpreu?schen Mennonitengemeinde Montau," 1974
   • "Westpreu?sche Mennoniten bei Whitewater/Kansas," 1974
   • "Aus mennonitischen Kirchenb?hern Westpreu?ns," 1975
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800-1840 in GroߠLubin/Westpreu?n," 1976
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800-1840 in Montau/Westpreu?n," 1976
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800-1840 in Dragass/Westpreu?n," 1977
   • "Evangelische Kirchenb?her der Ukraine," 1977
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800-1840 in Polnisch-Westfalen/Westpreu?n," 1978
   • "Ostpreu?sche Kirchenb?her in Warschau," 1978
   • "Aus mennonitischen Kirchenb?hern Westpreu?ns -- Zweites Danziger Familienbuch," 1978
   • "Mennonitische Trauungen 1800-1830 in Gr. Lichtenau/Westpreu?n," 1980
   • "Aus mennonitischen Kirchenb?hern Westpreu?ns -- Gemeinde Ladekopp, Kreis Marienburg," 1980
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800-1840 in Gogolin/Westpreu?n," 1981
   • "Hussiten in Westpreu?n," 1981
   • Mennonitische Trauungen 1809-1823 in Deutsch Kazun bei Warschau," 1981
   • "Familiennamen 1612-1700 um Wotzlaff bei Danzig," 1981
   • "Zuwanderer in die lutherische Pfarrei Mewe an der Weichsel in den Jahren 1681-1690," 1981
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800-1840 in Sanskau/Westpreu?n," 1982
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800-1840 in Treul/Westpreu?n," 1982
   • "Westpreu?sche Mennoniten in Beatrice, Nebraska," 1983
   • "Familiennamen aus den Jahren 1784-1801 um Stolzenberg vor Danzg," 1983
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800-1840 in Niedergruppe/Westpreu?n," 1984
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800-1840 in Obergruppe/Westpreu?n," 1984
   • "Familiennamen 1567-1612 in Danzig-St. Barbara," 1984
   • "Familiennamen aus den Jahren 1650-1710 um Tiegenort in Westpreu?n," 1984
   • "Familiennamen in Gross Nebrau, Westpreu?n, in den Jahren 1625-1640," 1984
   • "Mennonitenbegr?nisse 1751-1802 in Wotzlaff bei Danzig," 1984
   • "Evangelische Familiennamen in und um Mewe an der Weichsel vor 1800," 1985
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800 bis 1840 um Sibsau in Westpreu?n," 1986
   • "Sudetendeutsche Namen in Westpreu?n," 1986
   • "Mennonitentrauungen 1765-1773 im kath. Kirchenbuch Gr. Lichtenau Westpreu?n," 1986
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1800-1840 um Lubin in Westpreu?n," 1987
   • "Familiennamen der Danziger Reformierten (II. St. Peter-und-Paul 1642-1804)," 1987
   • "Mennonitentrauungen 1714-1753 im evan. Kirchenbuch elbing-St. Annen," 1987
   • "Verk?fe westpreu?scher Mennonitenh?e im Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder in den Jahren 1803-1856," 1988
   • "Mennoniten in S?preu?n 1795-1806," 1988
   • "Ostpreu?nakten in Allenstein," 1988
   • "Gotenburg (G?eborg) als Br?ke zum Osten," 1989
   • "Wirte in der Mennonitengemeinde Deutsch-Michalin (Ukraine) um 1811," 1989
   • "Mennonitengeburten 1759-1781 um Tiegenort/Westpreu?n," 1990
   • "Familiennamen in Josefsberg in Galizien zwischen 1826 und 1858," 1995
   • "Familiennamen in Nowy Dw? bei Warschau 1834-1840," 1996
   • "Familiennamen in Gombin bei Gostynin an der Weichsel um 1833," 1997
   • "Mennoniten im Kirchenbuch von Reichenberg bei Danzig 1615-1800," 1997
   • "Mennonitenh?e 1839 im Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder," 1998
   • "Uber die Reformierten Preussens um das Jahr 1996," 1983
2. "Aus einem Montauer Hausbuch des 18. Jahrhunderts"
3. "Altpreussische Geschlechterkunde, Hamburg"
4. "Mennonitische ?teste, Prediger und Diakone in Altpreu?n," 1975
5. "List of Prussian church records with possible Mennonite holdings," 1975
6. "Mennonite baptisms 1721-1740 in Mantau/Westpreu?n"
7. "Census of Mennonites, 1818 in the Danzig district" 1973 corrected copy