Maureen Schoenky of Germanic Research, SCGS is absolutely correct about the Russian's destroying cemeteries. When I went to Linde (now LIpka, Poland), there was nothing left but a few small pieces of the tomb stones. This was the way the communists kept people from acknowledging any religious affiliation or family root affiliation. They were intent on indoctrinating the population into the communist system and that is all they were to know. Interesting that Prussia-Roots put me in touch with another lineage of the Ross genealogy. My German grandfather was a brother for the lineage. I didn't expect someone in Germany to pick up my request for information of Ross's from Linde. Arnold Ross ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.