Andréi N. Marling wrote: > > For some time already, I have been monitoring this group and impressed by the general atmosphere. > > My research: > > Sofia KRYLENKO and descendants > > Hard facts: > > She was in Paris in 1909 where she had a child, in Liège in 1911, went back to Moscow that year, married a gentleman called DE MAYER, had two or three children and was eventually sent by Stalin in the 1920s to Mas Gorsk, where she died. > > Unconfirmed facts: > > She was the sister (or cousin) of Nikolai Vassilievitch Krylenko, a prominent bolshevik, and married a fist time in 1908 in Warsaw a gentleman called Karl von Hörnigk, who left for Russia from Paris in 1908 with a Red Cross mission and whom she followed when she left in 1911, because she had no news from him. > > Those are the facts. Now who could advise me as to how to go about it? > > I suppose there are archives in Minsk, in Moscow, probably in Warsaw. Where could one find the relevant addresses and know how to write to them? > > Has anyone in the group had experience with such services as those of Anton Valdine, the Blitz, Ragas and so on? > > I am doing this research on the behalf of her son (now aged 88) and would really be glad if I could assist him in finding more about his mother (he only met her twice after she left for Russia) and the families of his halfbrothers or -sisters. > > Every single piece of advice would be extremely appreciated. > > Thanks in advance > > Andréi N. Marling > Voice: ++ 41-26 341 01 81 - Fax: ++ 41-26 341 01 80 > andrei@iprolink.ch Hi Andrei, I too am like you, this group is very helpful. I wish I could help in your search. I'm searching for Lithuanian Relatives and was surprised by the help and Great intentions by all that subscribe. Don't give up, there is SOMEONE out there that just didn't read your message yet! Good Luck :-) Dan Palaimo (Palaima)