Generations Gone By

My German heritage

Growing up, I knew of of my German heritage but not until I began a search for my “roots” did I discover through the amazing research of my newly found cousin, George Valko, that my Grandmother was a Volga German.

I found that she was one of many ethnic Germans living along the Volga River in Russia around Saratov and to the south whose ancestors left Germany to settle in the Volga River region who would maintain the German culture, language and traditions.

Visit George Valko to learn more about Volga Germans.