Worms and Rohrbach: 

 One of the areas of German settlemennt in Russia in the first quarter of the 1800's was the north shore of the Black Sea which was acquired by Russia from Turkey as a result of war. Tzar Alexander I opened up this region to settlment during the Napoleonic Wars. Two of the villages settled by the Germans  in 1809 were Worms and Rohrbach located about 60 miles notheast of the port city of Odessa. Check out the websites below for more details on what life was like in Russia.

For Rohrbach-    rohrbachrussia.ancestryhost.org/          

For Worms -          http://wormsrussia.ancestryhost.org/

This information and a great deal more is included in the book, The German Russians.

For a map of GR settlements go to : http://www.rollintl.com/roll/grsettle.htm

Click here for an extensive list of GR genealogy resources.  

http://www.cyndislist.com/germruss.htm#General