Dee, Your note is somewhat confusing... 1. Is Stark the maiden name or her married name? 2. I did a search using the sur-name of Stark and find a Lydia married to a Conrad Hert, same lady?? 3. Using the Hert sur-name I find a Lydia and Conrad living in the Hardin, Montana area in the 1930 U. S. Census and several family members are listed. Also what appears to be a possible son who is married for about 3 yrs. This possible son is married to a girl born in Kansas, Edith,of Russian decent. Also in the census another son of Lydia and Conrad, Carl married to Eva who is from Kansas and is living with the main family. Looks like the Conrad Hert family came from Russia to Kansas in 1910 and then to Montana about 1911-12 as they have a son age 18 born in Montana. There is also a "Word Tree" on Ancestry which lists the family. 4. The 1910 Census for Kansas lists a Henry Hert family from Russia living in Sherlock, a relative? 5. Suggest you go the American Society of Germans from Russia site and browse their research section. http://www.ahsgr.org/ Look for the Hert sur-name and a possible Village Co-ordinator to contact. 6. Gather birth records for the children as they may list more than just Russia; any and all vital records for the family and land purchase records as they did farm and own land. 7. Contact a genealogy group near you and work with them Good Luck hunting Don Hoffman ##### > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dee Hert" <deee@sisna.com> > To: "x" <GER-VOLGA@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 10:07 AM > Subject: [GV] Lydia Stark > > >> >> I do have a death certificate for Lydia, which does not list father or >> mothers name. Birth place is listed only as Russia. >> >> Obituary reads: resident of Toppenish for the past eight years, born >> Russia >> and came to the US in 1910. Lists survivors; Carl of Toppenish, Jack of >> Seattle, George of Billings, and Gottlieb, Alex, Bill and Sam of Hardin. >> Two >> daughters Susie Lessard of Toppenish, and Katie Fellows of Spokane. >> >> Family members have not been able to provide additional information. >> >> Would like to find members of the Stark family. >> >> Thanks >> >> Dee Hert >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.8/869 - Release Date: 6/25/2007 >> 5:32 PM >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >