Shirley; I saw your inquiry on Ger-Volga about your Gorr research. I work primarily on Russian and German research so first, you need to find more data on Christian Gorr here. This can be done by finding a death certificate of any Gorr that was born in Russia. It usually shows the parents and the village of birth. These certificates are generally found in County archives, and sometimes in the State archives. The Naturalization papers and the Passenger lists are also helpful. Other families folks travelled with sometimes are important in their lives after arriving in Russia. Once you have found your village in Russia, we can help you find your ancestors. You are lucky in the fact that only two Gorr families went to Russia. Nikolaus Gorr (born 1744) arrived in Yagodnaya Polyanna, Russia in 1767 and by 1798, the family was still found in Yagodnaya Polyanna. The other family, Gottlieb Gorr (b.1742) and his brother August Gorr (b.1753) went to Reinwald, Russia, in 1766. In 1798, their families were found in Reinwald and Schwed, neighboring villages. So, if you can find your family back to Russia, I think we can help you. In the meantime, if you give dates and places of the U.S. families as far back as you can, I may be able to guide you to sources to search. Quite often villages were only 5 to 6 miles apart. I was the genealogist for our Central California Chapter of American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, located in Fresno, CA. for ten years, retired in December 2009, but still work on genealogy from my Library here in my home, along with trips into Fresno's archives. Good luck and enjoy your research. Jerry Goertzen