On Wed, 30 Apr 1997 08:35:21 +0400, Mikhail Kroutikhin <mi.krut@g23.relcom.ru> wrote: >Are there people interested in Russian genealogy issues. It looks like >Russians have no family roots at all. My husband's paternal and maternal grandparents were Doukhobors who left Russia for Canada about 1898. In general, Doukhobors do not have a written tradition and therefore do not keep records of births, marriages and deaths. It is very difficult for him to find out anything substantial about his ancestors. Also, his patronym (Demoskoff) is a made up name because an ancestor of his, in Russia, changed it to avoid the draft (it went from being a Russian sounding name to a Polish sounding one, then once in Canada, underwent a couple more changes). Remember, Doukhobors are pacifists. And so, for some people of Russian ancestry the search for their roots is a very difficult one. Yvonne yvonne@uniserve.com