Hello Charles, Grisha (Gricha)is a short form of Russian name Grigoriy. There is URL http://www.rds.org.ru/ could help you in your research. Serge Powierski, researching name Demiankov. >From: "Charles Home" <chome@globalnet.co.uk> >To: RUSSIA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Daniel Dunglas HOME & son/DE KROLL >Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 20:59:38 +0100 > >Hello >I've just joined this list & I've only seen a couple of messages in the >last >few days, but I'm going to post this in the hope that some-one out there >will be able to assist. (That's assuming there are people out there. :) >An ancestor of mine was a man called Daniel Dunglas HOME. His claim to fame >was the fact that he could levitate himself. He did this so well that he >used to perform in front of Royalty. >He married Alexandrina DE KROLL on 1 August 1858 in St. Petersburg. Her >father was Count .....DE KROLL, & she was the Goddaughter of Czar Nicholas. >(Probably the Czar had thousands of Godchildren.) >They had a son on 8 May 1859, on the Gargarine Quay, St. Petersburg >(Christened 22 May 1859). >I do not know this boy's name except that the nickname Gricha appears. Is >this a boys nickname or proper name? >I am trying to find out what happened to him. >He had an impressive list of Godparents:- >Marquis de Chateaureynard >Count Gregoire DE KROLL (uncle) >Countess Luba DE KROLL (aunt) >Sophie ?? (relative) >His mother died in the Dordogne, France 3 July 1862 >His father died near Paris 21 June 1886 >Does anyone have any info on the boy, or info on where I can look? >Thank you, & apologies for such a long message. > >Charles Home > > >==== RUSSIA Mailing List ==== >More Russian Links: >http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/7431/menno.htm >Russian Menonite Genealogy >http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/history.html >Russian History/Bucknell University >http://labweb.soemadison.wisc.edu/cni514/fall97/hartung/Russians.html >Russian Genealogy >RUSSIA GENWEB is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ruswgw > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com