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Both groups eventually ended up in Krasna, a village founded in 1814 by German colonists on the Black Sea in the governorate of Bessarabia, now Ukraine. The Russian Empire had received this territory from the Ottoman Empire in 1812 at the Peace of Bucharest.
For some Krasna families origin and emigration destination can be traced in Poland (see following tables, graphs):
On the other hand, for many families origin in Germany and emigration destination in Poland have not been found yet. Further research in archives, church records and other old documents is needed to (maybe?) find clarity about more families.
Families who moved to Krasna from the colonies in the Odessa region in the 1840s according to the 1850 Census come from Baden, the Palatinate and Alsace.