For: Mikhail Kroutikhin <mi.krut@G23.RELCOM.RU> Dear Mikhael ... You wrote: "Are there people interested in Russian genealogy issues. It looks like Russians have no family roots at all." Well, here I am! I'm here!!!! This is Vera from Johannesburg and I am deeply interested in Russian genealogy and history. The Gen-Slav newsgroup has very few Russians as far as I can see - where are they hiding? I can wrote to you in English, German, Russian - other languages get a little weak! I am interested in several Russian lines, Volga-German, Riga-Germans, Grand Duke Dimitri Donskii, the Battle of Koilikov where the Mongols were thrashed, Prince Romodanovski, the La/o/dizhenskis, the Makaro/evich (of Chernigov) the Cadetskie Corpsa (mainly Poltava), Hussars, Guards, (mainly Grodiniskii Gussary), the Wrangel Volunteers in Crimea.......... Vera Beljakova / Miller / Ladyzhenski........now from Johannesburg Vera Beljakova-Miller Johannesburg - South Africa mailto:atacama@global.co.za ------------------ "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making plans." - someone's mom or "Illegitimi non carborundere lacessit" (Roman Empire strikes again) or "To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer" (Bug stikes again) or "Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. (Nostalgia strikes again) or Definition of Freedom: <Your right to swing your arms stops at the tip of my nose.> or Oui me amat, amat et canum meum. (Love me, love my dog.) _ St. Bernard