-----Original Message----- >From: Herbert Teske <herb29@sbcglobal.net> > > I'm interested in any kind of help with this: My gggrandfather was Peter Teske, one of the > colonists of Paris, Bessarabia, in 1816. The only information I have from the Bessarabian > Church Family Books is that he was born in "West Prussia in 1717." ------------------------------------Snip----------------------------------- Are you certain you have the correct person? According to what you wrote, above, your ancestor would have been 99 years old as a colonist. That seems pretty doubtful. Good luck, LGO