Borodino / Bess. Report I have received a lot of new information and place it as quickly as I can on my websites: <A HREF="http://www.remmick.org/Borodino.Bess.Genealogy">http://www.remmick.org/Borodino.Bess.Genealogy</A> <A HREF="http://www.remmick.org/Borodino.Bess.History">http://www.remmick.org/Borodino.Bess.History</A> The Genealogy site shows the original colonists of Borodino and their descendants taken from the general records and added to this are names, dates and sometimes photographs and stories about the families from descendants. Some families carry data back into Germany. Some families carry data into all parts of the world where they migrated. More and more descendants living in Germany are discovering my web site and they are sending me their family information. The majority of the data is from descendants who migrated to the USA and Canada. There are times when the various families migrated to Penn. or other eastern parts of the USA in the 1700s and had left their families in Germany ........ then members of these same families in Germany in the 1800s migrated to Russia. And because of the magic of computers, the families are discovering their common ancestors who lived in Germany....... Since Borodino had diverse religious beliefs due to the various Separatists groups and the devout Lutherans, I have data on the various groups as well as maps.... Maps of all kinds are listed: <A HREF="http://www.remmick.org/Remmick.Hubert.Index/Page1.html">http://www.remmick.org/Remmick.Hubert.Index/Page1.html</A> Because so many people seemed confused about the various German states before the time of Napoleon, I have a section which lists the states and have added some data to each. All this and more can be found under my site on German Facts <A HREF="http://www.remmick.org/Remmick.German.Facts">http://www.remmick.org/Remmick.German.Facts</A> Back to information on Borodino. The reason I've chosen Borodino / Bess. to research was due to the fact that my maternal grandparents Ludwig Hein and Christina Schweikert were born there in 1885 and because they were story tellers, I always held their memories within me and wanted to share them with others who were not as fortunate to have known their grandparents ........ Also, I was the only cousin near them who was interested, plus at that time, in the early 1970s that side of the world was communists and a wall prevented anyone from going in and out with records of a remote village of Borodino.... So, I figured that if I didn't get the information then from the elders all that data would be lost. Besides I loved hearing the old stories.... of the Motherland [old Russia]. Fact is, I wish I had done more..... Since I grew up in Lodi, which we called Little Germany, I was surrounded by German-Russians.... The elders and found Lodi to be the perfect place for retirement... I sat for hours and hours listening to my grandfather's old friends talk about the Motherland..... Many times I'd miss parts of the stories because it all had to be translated into English since I knew just a few words of German.... I remember the old timers laughing and my grandfather or my parents would say, "I can't translate it, dear, it's just not funny in English." So, here I am, 61 years old and, now, I'm the old timer telling the stories. But at my fingertips are computer keys and the internet ........... my web sites are filled with all kinds of stories, history, photographs and maps. I couldn't tell you the amount of hours spent or add up the cost, however, to me, it's been worth it. Oh, I should add, since I do get a lot of mail, I may have accidentally misplaced someone's e-mail whom I had told I'd get back to them, so, if you're someone who has written and hasn't heard back from me, please, write me, again. Also, write in the subject line Borodino or GR so I know your a "friendly" and not someone spreading a virus, which many of us have fallen prey which means we've had "crashes" which has wiped out all our data. Last but not least, I'd like to thank everyone who has sent me information. Without you, my website would not be what it is, today. Judy A. Remmick-Hubert Borodino VC remmick@aol.com http://www.remmick.org