The following resources are available on people and families from Galka:

1798 Census of Galka - available from AHSGR

1834 Census of Galka - available from Brent Mai

1857 Census of Galka - available from Brent Mai

In March 2009, an effort is underway to buy the complete available church records for Galka. What is available from the archives in Russia are birth records for 1863 - 1884, 1901 - 1902, death records for 1904, and marriage records for 1894, 1895 and 1905.

In 2007 several Galka researchers including Gary Schneider and Gary Martens purchased the birth records for the surname Bernhardt. The records included copies of about 1/4 of the birth records for Galka, and information on many other surnames. If your interested in a particular surname from these records, contact Gary Martens at:

with a Subject of Galka Records**.