This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Krukov Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RdC.2ACI/569.1.1 Message Board Post: The info I was given,by his daughters, wa that his name was Aelecsy Krukov-born Dec 23, 1896-99 -Bilsk (variety of spellings) in Grodno near Bialystock,Poland, Of course, it was Russian then. I don't know if he dropped the ski but in the States he used the name Petroskie.