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Research in Other Countries => Other Countries => Topic started by: Tighthead on Wednesday 16 February 11 17:05 GMT (UK)

Title: Russia
Post by: Tighthead on Wednesday 16 February 11 17:05 GMT (UK)

Any idea of how I go about tracing a family ancestor of Russian origin?

Kind Regards

Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Bluebird Research on Friday 25 February 11 20:49 GMT (UK)

Can you supply a little more information please?

For example, it would be helpful to know place/region (without which little will be possible except the most speculative enquiries), religion/ethnicity, when they left Russia etc etc. I'm sure you'll appreciate that there are so many variables, given the sheer size of Russia, the multinational nature of its former Imperial and Soviet empires etc.

Title: Re: Russia
Post by: chiboy on Sunday 27 February 11 05:04 GMT (UK)

I'm looking for information on my grandmother's Jewish grandparents who arrived at Liverpool around 1838 from Russian-ruled Poland.

Their name was Stargratt (many variants).

There is a family member named Deborah Suzanne Ward who may be able to help. Is Debbie out there?

Can anyone help link surnames with village/town origin in Poland? Or provide the possible original Polish spellings of the name Stargatt?

Also, I'd welcome any and all information about the causes of Jewish immigration into the UK from Russian-occupied Poland at that time.

Ian