Seasons greeting everyone! I just received the 1940 registration (CDN) for my great uncle. It gives his birth place as Poulin Russia. I tried Shtetl seeker but there are many listed. The only other clue I have is his brother's naturalization gave his birth place as Warshau, Poland. I though Poulin may be Poland, but on the line below it gives Poland for his parents birth place (not town though). It also gave him serving from 1896 to 1910 in the Russian military, 85th regiment. I know from family history that he was a payroll train guard during the RussoJapanese war. My questions are: Any hints or helps on where Poulin may be, or possibly the correct spelling of it? and secondly, I tried a google search on "Russia" Military, History, 85th regiment but all I get is WWI and WWII stuff. Are there any good pre WWI sites on Russian Military? Any assistance greatly appreciated, as this is the only way I'm able to find out about my grandmother as she didn't appear to leave any paper trail in Canada, so I'm scouting out her brothers. Rhonda Simpson Canada