Two little Russians

[Jill]

A knowledge of cyrillic handwriting would be an advantage on this one!

These little moppets have been in a family postcard album for years but nobody knows who they are. My great aunt collected postcards from the beginning of last century so they may have come from one of her employers.





Both have Moscow postmarks and were redirected from Wexford. Any ideas? I've been looking for Mrs Rolfe in London in 1901 (unsuccessfully)

Both addressed to Mr A W Rowe, Richmond, Wexford, Ireland, then corrected to Mr AW Rowe, c/o Mrs LR Rolfe, 25 St John's Park, London N

[Phoenix]

Well, this is the reference for Mrs Rolfe: RG13 piece 159 folio 17 page 26

[Jill]

Thankyou Phoenix, (I used to be able to search on Ancestry by reference numbers, they don't seem to have that any more)

[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by Jill

Thankyou Phoenix, (I used to be able to search on Ancestry by reference numbers, they don't seem to have that any more)

you need to be on the old search to do that.

[Jill]

I don't seem to have that available, how annoying!

Found it! Cheers Margaret

[Lindsay]

Well, I did Russian many years ago at school, but I'm afraid between the handwriting and my bad memory I can't be much help!

If I had to guess I'd say the handwritten word on the second card starts something like Shchors....

[Jill]

Thanks Lindsay - I've found a website with a Russian language forum and am in the process of joining...just waiting for membership to be activated.

[garstonite]

Hiya Jill...my father in law was from Ukraine...most of his paperwork was in Cyrillic ..I got help from Hannia ...speaks excellent English and helps many many people with translations...it`s a free site...just register...then go to forums...then go to Genealogy ...post on there and Hannia will answer...good luck ...allan
here is the link to the genealogy forum
http://www.ukraine.com/forums/genealogy/
and thanks for reminding me...haven`t been on that site for 6 months...just had a quick 15 minutes on there....allan
added...I have just posted your link on there so I would expect an answer in a little while

[garstonite]

an answer

Where is Cyrillic HANDWRITING in these postcards?
The first line only - TO ENGLAND
On the bottom of the first card: Congratulations!
On the top of the second card Georgyk (small George) Rowe
from Irenelviv on that site
allan

[Jill]

Thanks Allan, that's brilliant - there was only a small bit of cyrillic on the front, I'd hoped the "congratulations" might be the child's name, but it's great to know who little Georgyk Rowe was (maybe half Russian?)

Please pass on my thanks to Irenelviv