Family owned land in Odessa???
Chances are your ancestors were Jewish Agricultural Colonists ???
Odessa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdessaRTRFoundation
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/Odessa.htmlOdessa Archive Holdings
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Colonies_of_Ukraine/Odes...Publications: Ivan Mazepa's Decrees. 1687-1709
http://www.archives.gov.ua/Eng/guides-Odessa.phpGenealogy Resources on the Internet - Jewish Mailing Lists
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_jewish.html