Odeska - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Alexander Georgievich Fudulaki

dobrev91 — 2013-05-16 14:42:29Z

Hi Gerry

As I wrote above, I have come to the village of the Island, where I came from Alexander Georgiev Fudulaki. I have information about his life and career. If interested, please contact us. In turn would like to receive information from Chisinau archive and about your wife. Suddenly able to find her relatives.

I apologize for the error, I write through a translator.

Total high class, Peter

Odessa, 16.05.2013, the

Re: Alexander Georgievich Fudulaki or Fuderlaki

dobrev91 — 2013-05-16 14:03:25Z

Hi Simion

Recently found your post, it got me interested. I am originally from the village of the Island. You are right, the name Fudulaki found in the Island. Here live etnicheskie Bulgarians.

Can you tell about your grandmother? What was her name, middle name? She accidentally did not write poetry?

I apologize for the error, if any. I do not know English, I write through the translator.

Total high class, Peter

Odessa, 16.05.2013, the

Yiddish Translation Needed

GeniLind — 2013-05-07 22:58:29Z

Can anyone translate (handwritten) Yiddish? I have numerous post cards and a few letters from 1939, pre-WWII exchanged between my great uncles, one in the U.S. and one in Pinsk, Minsk Gubernia. They are BEAUTIFUL, but we really want to try to figure out what happened to him before his family perished in the Holocaust. Can anyone help? A couple of samples are attached.

Oduzengko / Odouzengo from Odessa

ap_mantza — 2013-05-07 22:57:37Z

Hello,

looking into my great grandfather's origin (Georgi Oduzengko) and seeking some assistance. he left odeska during or shortly after the end of the russian revolution - he told his daughters he used to be an officer of the tsar's army / navy and fought with the whites. he migrated to greece - still looking into the exact date. His mother and sister supposingly became nuns in Romania.

i am not sure about the spelling of his surname - Oduzengko or Oduzengkou according to my grandmother's identity (translated from Greek characters).

any help or guidance would be much appreciated.

Re: Oduzengko / Odouzengo from Odessa

Mighthelp — 2013-05-07 13:53:50Z

Одуденко or Одияненко or Одуденко are variants of the surname. I am sure there are probably more. Do you have any documentation for Grandmother, where we can see surname in the original Cyrillic Alphabet? How about any church records???

Re: Germans from Odessa, Ukraine -- HEISZLER, GISI

SandiNilson — 2013-04-27 07:59:10Z

Curious what you know about the early Gisi history. My family emigrated from Fort Louis, Alsace, to Marienthal Russia (near Odessa) in 1804. Having a lot of trouble finding earlier chain of ancestors due to name changes!

Re: Germans from Odessa Ukraine -- to ND and SD

SandiNilson — 2013-04-27 07:55:16Z

My family was the Gisi family from Marienthal. They emigrated there from Fort Louis, Alsace, in 1804.

Fathers family from Odessa around 1905 until 1914

Wettstein_Elizabeth — 2013-04-27 01:07:27Z

Have run into a brick wall . Not able to determine names under which they travelled. May have been White Russians. Most of family settled in Western Canada. Believe they left under duress. They did not discuss details with us. Family members did not communicate with each other. Some have connected on ancestry.com. Any suggestions for further research. I have done ancestry dna. Male relatives live in Canada. Ancestry dna not available on Canada. Sme were Roman Catholic in North America. My dad said he was Russian Orthodox. He admired the Cossacks.

Re: Fathers family from Odessa around 1905 until 1914

Mighthelp — 2013-04-26 19:20:52Z

Emigrants from Southern Czarist Russia traveled w/passports.
Following might be a good place to start.

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/022/022-908.008-e.html

Re: White Russians in Belgrade

yugaya — 2013-04-26 07:39:14Z

For resources and help with that you should best contact their minority organizations in Serbia. Information on such organizations you will most accurately obtain through Russian embassy.

http://www.ambasadarusije.rs/ru/soot.php

For these migrants, many documents and materials are available in historical archives in Serbia.

You should also try to contact through Russian Orthodox Church their temple of the Holy Trinity in Belgrade that was built in 1924. by the refugees from Russia and still serves this community.

http://www.mospat.ru/ru/

According to the current priest who is himself from one such family, they have kept records of the congregation.

http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Drustvo/Na-komadu-ruske-zemlj...

EDIT: A book in Serbian you should look for:

"Russian Refugees in Pančevo 1919-1941".

The author has extensively studied the records of the Russian Orthodox church in Belgrade and the community.

http://www.srpskadijaspora.info/vest.asp?id=6879

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"Rodoslovlje" Serbian Genealogy Society
www.rodoslovlje.com

Re: Fathers family from Odessa around 1905 until 1914

Wettstein_Elizabeth — 2013-04-25 20:17:54Z

My Dad's Russian name was Gyorgi (sp?) Stepanov or Stephanoff. His anglicized name was George Joseph Stephens. I have found border crossing information for him and his sister, Melania Chorolsky, her husband, Dimitri Chorolsky and children, Anna and Jim (aka) Eugene. There is a census from Alberta Canada for his brother Nicke (aka Michael or Archie) Stevens as well as his wife and children. They are my uncles family...Their father's name may have been Ivan Stepanov(ff) and mother Eglekeria Emilianova.. Another story has it that the father was Stepan Yuschenko or Urchenko. I found a Giorgi Steffanoff And a Michael Steffanoff who came from Bulgaria, but am unable to confirm that as my family as I found people in the US by that name.
Re: White Russian I do not know. This came from My uncle's Daughter who is deceased. I was under the impression that my father who was the youngest son left Russia in a hurry possibly as an army deserter? The family had property that was sold to fund their escape. My aunt came by way of Siberia according to her daughter's family . Perisloka Tava. Sp?

I have wondered if they were in favor of the status quo ibut might have run afoul of the Tsar's regime somehow. My uncle's granddaughter overheard a conversation regarding a family member having been shipped off to Siberia and never hear from again?
there is also an Ivan Stepanov listed in the Jewish gen site as a victim of the halocaust ??

Re: Fathers family from Odessa around 1905 until 1914

Mighthelp — 2013-04-25 18:56:24Z

What were the full names of the Immigrant Families?

What do you mean by White Russian? Do you mean Belarusyn ethnicity or White Russians, who politically sided w/Czar?

Re: Sachartzuk family

Mighthelp — 2013-04-09 16:26:54Z

Sachartzuk (another variant transliterational spelling would be Sacharczuk) = Сахарчук in Ukrainian

Immigration records indicate that this surname was found in what was the old Vohlynskaya gubernia > Czarist Russia then Soviet Union from late 18th century to 1921. During the Interwar Period the region came under Reconstituted Poland's domain and the large gubernia was broken down into several smaller wojowodstwo/regions. Post WW2 these regions were all attached to SSR Ukraine under Soviet domain until 1991, when Ukraine became independent.

Today there are appx 1,500 people in Ukraine w/surname Сахарчук, many living in NW Ukraine, in what was once the Vohlynskaya region.

I noticed an Ivan, using your spelling of surname, heading to West Virginia. He was emigrating from a village in the Dubno district of what is today the Rivnenska oblast/region, turn of the 19th century Old Vohlynskaya gubernia
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Do you have any family history that you could share? Given names, appx immigration yrs and where immigrant ancestors settled upon immigration might help pinpoint EXACT location of origin, enabling you to move your research to Ukraine.

Martin Axtmann/Oxman married Katherine Hoffinger

lafalot3_1 — 2013-04-09 16:26:13Z

Looking for any info My G Grandfather Martin Axtmann/Oxman who married Katherine Hoffinger in we think Odessa? She was B. abt 1855/1865. She came to Canada in 1903 with her 4 children. Joseph/Margaret/Regina/Maurice. Martin must have died already. We think that they were Germans from Russia.
I have all info from Canada, looking for info from Odessa?
Best Regards
Cathy

Re: Kornichenko relatives in Ukraine?

Mighthelp — 2013-04-08 16:57:52Z

There is all the more data available on internet since 2007.

I have been exploring records in Kyiv and came across two villages close to the name you had, which six yrs ago I thought was Kirovohorod.

Both were in Kyiv gubernia/region.
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Єлизаветівка, с., Київська губ., Черкаський пов., Мошнівська вол., (у 1958р. приєднане до с.Лозівок Черкаського р-ну Черкаської обл.) selo YELYZAVETIVKA > Kyivska gubernia > Cherkassy powiat (county) > Moshniv volost/rural cluster. In 1958 it was clustered w/selo Lozivok > Cherkasskij raion/district > Cherkasska oblast/region.

Єлизаветка, с., Київська губ., Звенигородський пов., Мокро Kалигірська вол., (нині Черкаська обл., Катеринопільський р-н) selo YELYZAVETKA > Kyivska gubernia > Zvenohorodka powiat/county > Mokro Kalyhirska volost - TODAY this is in Cherkasska oblast/region > Katerynopilskij raion/district. LATEST ZIP CODE 20544.

Map showing Yelyzavetka. Fiddle w/zoom for better perspective. http://kartaonline.com/uk/obls/51/regs/1064/city/13682-%D1%9...

photo of welcoming sign to Yelyzavetka:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&posit...
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Records for Yelysavetka filmed by LDS: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=20&...

Акты гражданского состояния, 1923-1924 Civil Records
author: Елисаветка (Звенигородка). Отдел записи актов гражданского состояния

Orthodox Church Registers:

Метрические книги : Иоанно-Богословская церковь, 1812-1924
author: Православная церковь. Елисаветка (Звенигородка)

Исповедные ведомости : Иоанно-Богословская церковь, 1817-1834
author: Православная церковь. Елисаветка (Звенигородка)

Re: Axtmann or Oxman from Odessa

Mighthelp — 2013-04-08 13:40:47Z

As per the Odessa Library Collection, the Axtmann surname shows up in Baden > Odessa. German roots were likely Alsace-Lorraine = Reichsland> Elsass-Lothringen.
http://www.odessa3.org/
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Baden was founded in 1808 in Kutschurga district > Kherson gubernia. (Baden was technically in Bessarabia.) In 1859 there were 149 homes there. In 1943 there the population was 2,186.

Today called Lymanske. Lymanske (Лиманське in Ukrainian) is a town in the Rozdilnianskyi raion/district of the Odessa Oblast in Ukraine. It is located along the east side of the Kuchurhan Reservoir on the border with Transnistria in Moldova.

A village called Selz (named after Seltz in Alsace) was established at this location along the Kutschurgan Liman in 1808 by Roman Catholic German and Alsatian (French citizens) immigrants to the Kutschurgan Valley, then part of the Russian Empire. It received its present name after the remaining German residents were driven from the area by the advancing Soviet army in 1944. The former German villages of Baden and Kandel located just to the north and south, respectively, of Selz have been absorbed into the current Ukrainian town.

1944 map of Baden
http://www.blackseagr.org/maps/Baden%201944%20Map.jpg

http://www.grhs.org/chapters/krig/villages/baden_odessa.htm

http://www.blackseagr.org/learn_odessa.html

http://valery-mock.livejournal.com/26837.html

The Creator of following link, a published author, shares your Kutschurga district heritage. Records Section is well organized and clearly explained http://www.goldade.net/index.htm

Re: Suggestions for search websites for Odessa

saj9291113 — 2013-04-05 20:26:13Z

Might help,
Thanks for your insight. I am not looking for things from the current times. I have 4 generations of their family here and are a wealth of knowledge. I was hoping there was a website like the Dutch have like genlias or wies. Not sure of international law, but the Dutch have made records available in the timeframe I am looking. Btw, no offense taken, I enjoy the wild goose chase.

Re: Suggestions for search websites for Odessa

Mighthelp — 2013-04-05 19:42:32Z

There have been several attempts at guidance here.

Frankly, I do not think you know that what you are looking for is not available to you as per intl law. You cannot arbitrarily go wading thru records under 75/100 yrs old, whether it's in Ukraine or the USA. There is a legal procedure that has to be followed. Without a PRIVACY RELEASE in most cases you can't go anywhere near personal records that are under 75/100 yrs old.

100 yrs ago (1913) Odessa was in Kherson gubernia > Czarist Russia. Documents were kept as per religion. By the emigration date, I can assume your wife is Jewish.

Become a member at Jewishgen and submit the surnames and place/s of interest. That is certainly not the way to perform accurate genealogy research, but that is all you can hope to do.

Additionally, get a better handle on Jewish history in this region. Many early 19th century Jews in Southern Czarist Russia were economic migrants from the northern gubernias, specifically the ones in what is Belarus, Poland and the Baltics today. Many Odessa (the regional capital)Jews today are descendants of people from what was Bessarabia and those records are in Moldovia, not in Ukraine.

No offense meant, but you will be on a wild goose chase and not a hunt until you understand the basics and nature of this kind of research.

Re: Suggestions for search websites for Odessa

lynncohen11 — 2013-04-03 23:19:01Z

www.jewishgen.org has a searchable Ukraine database. Don't know if it has the years you're looking for, but it's worth a try.

Re: Sachartzuk family

MLM44 — 2013-01-25 14:53:51Z

In order to get a reply, it's a good idea to give more information, including names of grandparents or great-grands. Possible years of birth? Did they immigrate and when? Did they come to the US? Where did they live in the US? Do you know if the ancestors lived in the city of Odessa or in a surrounding village?

Marilyn - Board Administrator

Sachartzuk family

ltmuse28510 — 2013-01-22 06:57:19Z

Am trying to find any info for my wife's side of the family

Re: Kornichenko relatives in Ukraine?

mj_jwh — 2012-12-23 01:23:26Z

I am the daughter of Peter Kornichenko. Have you found any relatives in the Ukraine.

Molokans who lived in Milky Waters from 1800 to about 1860

antiquet — 2012-12-05 15:48:46Z

Molokans immigrated into Milky Waters region, Bessarabia, Crimea, Kerc in early 1800's. Molokans still live in the area somewhere. I am trying to locate my ancestral roots and the roots of our faith, Molokans. Can you help?

VOLKOVICH/BALBER

2012-12-05 15:48:09Z

I am searching for descendants of my grandparents siblings.

My grandparents were Avrum VOLKOVICH and Elka Benyominovna BALBER (sounds like Bullbeer). Avrum was a jeweler/goldsmith with a factory in Odessa. He and my grandmother often travelled to see merchants in Belguim and France. The children went to school at the gymnasium. The family was evicted from their Odessa home during the revolution and moved to an apartment block on or near a street called "Kanut", perhaps Kanatnaia. I have been told that their
original home now houses an embassy or government office. At one time after the revolution the family manufactured buckles for military uniforms. There were 8 children who immigrated to Canada between 1924 and 1928 - Berta(b1900), Benjamin (b1902), Clara (b1906),Gitel(b1908), Reisel(b1909), Grisha (b1911), Lenivia (b1914), Liouissia (b1919).

Avrum had a brother, also a jeweler married Elkas twin sister. The children of that family were Benjamin, Morris, Joe, Sonia and Esther immigrated to Canada and the US.

I am aware of another brother whose children or grandchildren (an engineer and a nurse) immigrated from Russia to Rehovot Israel in the 1960's -1970's.

I do not know where the Volkovich family originated or how long they lived in Odessa, only that the grandmother, my great grandmother, had to travel by train to visit. My grandmother, Elka was born in Kishinev 1879. Her parents were Benyamin BALBER and Gitel.

I'm eager to identify any existing family. Any information or suggestions would be appreciated. Please contact me at greystoke@attcanada.ca

Re: Jewish birth records ca. 1850- in existence??!!

Mighthelp — 2012-12-04 18:15:30Z

It's a yes to the marriage records and a no to 1850 birth records. (Keep in mind that Jewish surnames were not mandated until 1844 in what was Czarist Russia.)
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Locality/Town: ODESSA
Raion/Region: ODESSA
Oblast/District: ODESSA
Country: UKRAINE
Archive Name: STATE ARCHIVE OF ODESSA OBLAST
Archive Locale: ODESSA
Archive Type: ARCHIVES
Document Type: MARRIAGE
Year List: 1854; 1875-1920
Fond/Opis/Delo: 39/2/1B(1854) , 3, 9-10, 17-18, 24 (1875-1878); 39/3/3 (1879), 39/4/4 (1879), 9-10 (1880), 19 (1881), 26 (1882), 34-35 (1883), 39/5/5-6 (1884), 16-17 (1885), 21-22 (1886, 29-30 (1887), 39-40 (1888, 46-47 (1889), 54-55 (1890), 60, 176 (1891), 64, 180 (

Re: VOLKOVICH/BALBER

vel10rose — 2012-12-04 00:00:39Z

Just came across the posting. I have a Russian Directory, with a lot of Volkov's listed.
Try, A Volkoff
456 Shadey Glen Lane
San Dimas, CA 91773

Re: Websites for Odessa

nvaynberg56 — 2012-11-25 19:43:33Z

I'm sorry no database from Russia or Ukraine exist.Maybe this will help www.nomer.org Nick

Re: Websites for Odessa

saj9291113 — 2012-11-25 19:43:13Z

Thank you, but that seems like a forum. I am hoping their is some sort of records archives that I can use to search. I know with all the wars and such in the area that alot might not survive. Do you know of any searchable internet database with records?

Re: Websites for Odessa

nvaynberg56 — 2012-11-25 19:42:55Z

http://forum.vgd.ru/ is the best.It's in Russian.Good luck Nick.

Re: Jewish birth records ca. 1850- in existence??!!

lynncohen11 — 2012-11-25 18:19:00Z

You might also try www.jewishgen.org. You have to join to use their databases, but it's free.

Suggestions for search websites for Odessa

saj9291113 — 2012-11-21 07:39:08Z

My wife was born in Odessa in 1978 and family moved to US in 1979. Was wondering If anyone know of any websites that are searchable for last names from Odessa? I enjoy the thrill of the hunt for information so id rather due the research myself but if anyone has streminsky or kharnova I would love to hear from you.

Re: DORA MONEVITCH HAET

shmuller1 — 2012-11-11 04:08:09Z

Hi Doris,

I think that I have info about Dora Monevitch! I am in Canada. Please message me back.

Thanks,
Jamie

Travel from Odessa Russia through Austria to Hamburg, Germany

guybberfield — 2012-11-03 19:10:06Z

#1. http://www.shoreshim.org/en/infoEmperorJoseph.asp
#2. It appears Jews were required to adopt a Germanic name while living in Austria
My great grandfather and great grandmother were from Russia, near Odessa
I have found their Jewish names to be Fiedel, son of David and Taube, daughter of Gershon.
They show up on a Hamburg Amerikan Linie ships manifest as Baerfeld.

Would anyone know an archival location recording name changes?

Thank you

1787 Decree by Austrian Emperor Joseph

guybberfield — 2012-10-14 18:18:25Z

http://www.shoreshim.org/en/infoEmperorJoseph.asp

Era of consideration - 1885

In consideration of the attached "Decree", would Jews traveling from Odessa through Austria to Hamburg be required to register with a Germanic name?
If yes, would records of name changes be in Austria or German archives and if so, what agency?

Thank you !!

Re: Teofan Arnautov in Odesa 1900-1915

Mighthelp — 2012-09-04 18:38:44Z

You have nothing to lose. The worst of it will be you have made a connection in the immediate area.

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Selo/village Monashi/Монаши currently has population of 862. I found neither Арнаут nor Арнаутob in village or connected to village. Write the village mayor and inquire if any property is still held by Arnautov Family. I do doubt it, but no one can stop you from asking. Maybe you can get some guidance, where to inquire regarding property once owned in village.

Re: Teofan Arnautov in Odesa 1900-1915

petrige — 2012-09-02 20:56:41Z

Than you, I will do it.

Actually, this Teofan Arnautov owned land in БІЛГОРОД-ДНІСТРОВСЬКИЙ area, e.g. in Monsah but he lived actually in Odesa like other landowners.

However, there seems to be a quite low number of Arnautov in the whole Ucraine (you named appx 850+ males in Ukraine) so it is to be suposed lot of them are relatives, so asking the Vitalij from B-D could give relevant information.

Regards!

Re: Teofan Arnautov in Odesa 1900-1915

Mighthelp — 2012-09-02 20:23:56Z

One listed in the raion/district center town. You could write Vitalij, son of Vasyl.

АРНАУТОВ ВИТАЛИЙ ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ 1981-11-26 БІЛГОРОД-ДНІСТРОВСЬКИЙ В. ПРИМОРСЬКА 62

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I have to go now, but if you have additional questions, please feel free to post and I will see what I can do.

Re: Teofan Arnautov in Odesa 1900-1915

petrige — 2012-09-02 19:50:02Z

Thank you!

By the way, you named Odessa phone directory (supposed on line).

Actually I have a more personal an important question wich I never could manage. One of my relatives (my Mother in love, lving in Romania) knows that she has a stepsister in Odesa, born about 1941-42. Hers name, Cornelia may be a quite unusual for Russia. I wonder if the phone directory could be used for a preliminary selection. By the way, married's phones use to be on the name of husbands.

The same question about Teofan (in Odesa) could be asked about Sikorsky. He was a doctor for my Great Father family and him self father for the engineer creating Sikorsky helicopters :-)

Thanks for some advices.

P.S. Teofan had his busines in Bilhorod-Dnisterskij county.

Re: Teofan Arnautov in Odesa 1900-1915

petrige — 2012-09-02 19:46:12Z

Thanks you again!

Bilhorod-Dnisterskij I mean, yes.

Re: Teofan Arnautov in Odesa 1900-1915

Mighthelp — 2012-09-02 19:44:38Z

???phone directory could be used for a preliminary selection

You are asking for magic in a predominantly non-digitized country.
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I thought the Sikorski were from Kyiv.

The Belgorod you are referring to is Bilhorod-Dnisterskij or Bolhrad? Do you have a specific village name as well?

Re: Teofan Arnautov in Odesa 1900-1915

Mighthelp — 2012-09-02 19:03:22Z

These Arna-u-tov are listed in Odessa Telephone Directory. Additionally, there are a dozen or so Arnautova (female version of surname in question) also listed. I am posting only males.

Арнаутов П И Дегтярная ул.
Арнаутов П П Вильямса ул.
Арнаутов В В Аэропорт Центральный
Арнаутов В М Фонтанская дорога
Арнаутов А С Армейская ул.
Арнаутов Н П Филатова ул.
Арнаутов Д Д Таирова институт, 40 лет Победы ул.
Арнаутов Л В Канатная ул.
Арнаутов Л М Добровольского пр.
Арнаутов И П Махачкалинская ул.

Keep in mind that part of what was Bessarabia > Tsarist Russia is also Moldova today.

There are appx 850+ males in Ukraine (mostly Eastern Ukraine)w/this surname.

The origin of the surname is interesting. It has Albanian roots. Anauts were border soldiers, who fought w/Romanian and Bulgarian soldiers in Southern Russia (today Ukraine). During the Russian-Turkish Wars the name became pejorative, meaning evil man, infidel, heathen.

The surname also shows up in 1612 as an anointed noble Russian family, that received major properties in Orel region.

Teofan Arnautov in Odesa 1900-1915

petrige — 2012-09-02 17:02:31Z

Hello,

Teofan Arnautov is a person present in my family history (no relative but mentioned).
Teofan Arnautov in Odesa 1900-1915. He was an quite important landholder in Bessarabia.

I am curious about the origin of his last name Arnautov and also wonder if his family descendents could stil be in Odesa.

Thanks!
George

Re: Seeking info about Trading House A. Trapani -- Odessa, Russia 1880s-1918

Mighthelp — 2012-08-14 18:17:51Z

Keep in mind that in 1905 Odessa was in the Kherson region. It does not matter if your family was Jewish or not, following link should get you started.

http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/vsia/VsiaRossiiaOdessa.ht...
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Фихтенгольц = Fi(h or kh)ten(g or h)ol(c or tz)

If you cannot read Russian, use Google Translator.

This Fikhtengolc, a prominent mathematician, was born in Odessa in 1888.
http://www.livelib.ru/author/10565

Another prominent Fikhtengolc, Michael, son of Israel, was a violinist. He too was born in Odessa.

RUN A SEARCH FOR THE SURNAME USING RUSSIAN, if you haven't already. I found no listing for the surnane in the Odessa Telephone Directory, but there are some in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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Following should be helpful in your metrykal research:

Very newest (8/14/2012) materials added to database!!!
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/odessa/index.asp

1900 Odessa Address Book:
http://thefamilytree.com.ar/odessa/RES_Books_Home.asp

http://www.rtrfoundation.org/Odessa.html

Boruch/Gaelk/Sembaj Looking for Ancestors? Relatives?

ksamboy_1 — 2012-08-12 22:38:48Z

Tabor Boruch My Greatgrandfather (Birth abt 1870 in Slowita, Lviv, Ukraine) who married Anna Gaelk (Birth 1870 in Ukraine, Galacia,Russia) and then had two children Macrina(Mary) and Michael who both came to NY, USA. Macrina married Dmytri Sembaj(Dmytro Sembaj -Birth 10 Oct 1886 in Horoaylow, Galicia, Austria). Dmytri was my grandfather. I know that he had several brothers who left their home after their mother died and their father remarried. My grandfather was a painter and spoke several languages - 7? Ukrainian, Italian, German, French. He changed his name to
Samboy entering at Ellis Island, NY. Any help for ancestors?

Re: Odessa, Russia = Odeska, Ukraine?

nvaynberg56 — 2012-08-08 19:32:35Z

Before 1918 Odessa was largest city in NovoRussia Gubernia in Russia Empire.After 1918 Odessa was part of Ukraine,and Ukraine was part of USSR.Now Odessa(Russian Spelling) Odesa,one S is Ukrainian is in Ukraine.Hope this wiil help. Nick.

Odessa, Russia = Odeska, Ukraine?

bscheickfwc — 2012-08-08 16:05:03Z

I researched a woman who immigrated to the US from "Odessa, Russia", but when I looked it up in Google Maps, it showed Ukraine. Looking for the Odessa board, I found this one with posts about Odessa. Is Odeska the Ukrainian spelling or is Odessa anglicized (so Odeska is correct in Russian or Ukrainian)?

Re: Germans from Odessa, Ukraine -- to ND and SD

Debra8118 — 2012-06-14 23:47:05Z

Hi Michael,

I just came across your post and was wondering about your relatives in Landau. My great-great-grandmother was Elizabetha Stolz b. 1864 in Landau. Her husband was Joseph Kunz b. 1864 in Landau. Their children were Magadalena Kunz b. 1888 and Florentina Kunz b. 1890 in Landau. Any chance we're related?

Marcie Wirtz Cheung

Seeking info about Trading House A. Trapani -- Odessa, Russia 1880s-1918

marcelduchamp1 — 2012-06-08 13:16:17Z

I am trying to locate biography/information on the Trading House A. Trapani, owned by Alexey A Trapani(born in 1858) in Odessa, Russia from at least 1880-1905. I believe my great grandfather worked for this company and was there at least in 1905. I am then also looking for info on the Fikhtengolts family in Odessa(my great grandfather). thank you.

Re: From an unknown town to NY via Hamburg "Near Odessa" during the 1860's

guybberfield — 2012-05-30 03:04:23Z

Lisa, My great grandparents, Julius & Tillie Berfield traveled from a town near Odessa, Ukraine to NYC in 1885...they then settled in St Louis and began a family in 1886...
How do I know this ?? I first found my great grandparents 1900 census report ...I then had to search all the names of the family...male members are easier....a few month's of searching and I found my grandmothers death certificate which indicated where she was from and who her fathers name was.."near Odessa, Russia" ( now Ukraine )
I then went to www.jewishgen.com trying to connect the dots ..not easy but rewarding...
Thoughts??

Re: From an unknown town to NY via Hamburg "Near Odessa" during the 1860's

lcgeren — 2012-05-30 02:21:17Z

Hi My name is Lisa Geren..

My grandmother was Rose Shucart; she was born in St. Louis around 1898. I have no idea where her family emigrated from, nor do I know that name of her parents. She married my grandfather, Joseph Katzif. I know for sure she had at least 1 sister and possibly a brother. I also know that she was related to Julia Goldstein in St. Louis, but I'm not sure how. She also had a cousin, Robert Schwartz. My dad died nearly 40 years ago, and his sister died 15 years ago, and this information was not passed on to me.