This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hdC.2ACI/1795.1.2 Message Board Post: White Russia is a large area that has been know to include the Area of Poland all the way to Odessa. It is a general area much like saying someone in the states is from the South or the Bible belt. No real boarders. Czar Nicholas I, the last Czar of Russia opened and area that included a part of White Russia to the Jews called the Pale Settlement. He adoped the Progroms that came from the middleages. The progroms in a nut shell is legalized persucution where 10's of thousands of Jew were murdered. Jews from this area when could fleed mostly around the 1900's give or take 20 yrs. those that could not or did not leave were mostly killed by Nazis. Baba Yar massacure is a fine example of the Nazi murders in Russia. Sorry i got carried away I hope i was able to help you a bit in your surch or at least i gave you a new place to look. good hunting. i myself is looking for family from the Odessa area Shallit or simular spellings. Came to America via Norme Alaska. Mos! tly looking for family that stayed in Russia. rbm013@aol.com