I'm trying to figure out where in Russia my ancestors came from. All I have is the attached Natural

User15911164926688002683 · June 3, 2020

I'm trying to figure out where in Russia my ancestors came from. All I have is the attached Naturalization record where they list Holm, Russia. I haven't been able to figure out where this is. Any advice?

Ellie Vance · June 4, 2020

Hi Sarah!

In some places on the document, it lists Holm while others say Holmil. In Russian, this would likely be spelled as Холм or Холмиль.

For Holm, there are several options:

Chełm, Poland - was part of the Russian empire at the time period your ancestors were born.

There are also several towns in Russia called Holm (Kholm/Холм) and it was also an uyezd (similar to a county):

Kholm, Novgorod, Russia

Here is a list of other places called Kholm.

As for Holmil, it looks like there was a place called Holmil that was part of the Russian Empire, but is now in Azerbaijan. It was in the Lankaran district.

As you can see, there are lots of possibilities. I would reccomend trying to find additional records to see if there might be any other clues. Have you tried looking for a passenger list? You will also want to check for records of the children that were born in Russia - their records may give clues as well that will help you determine where the father was born.

User15905087387858944320 · June 7, 2020

Напишите фамилию

A.Hiillosmaki · June 8, 2020

Name is Louis Skalarkof? Holm, Russia born 5.5.1890 or 1870

User15911164926688002683 · June 8, 2020

He changes his name quite often. Here's a list from the documents we've been able to find. HIs birth was 5.5.1870.

Skolnikow - 1904

Shkolnikow- 1904

Skolnik - 1904

Scholcoff – 1908, 1911-1917

Skalkoff – 1910

Shalkow – 1919, 1929

Shollcoff- 1920

Sholl- 1919, 1931,

Shkolvikow

Schokolnikow

Skalkoff

Stang

Scholcoff

Schollcoff

Shollcoff

Scholl – 1925- 1935, 1930

Skalarof

Leib - 1904

Louis, 1908, 1910, 1911-1917

User15905087387858944320 · June 8, 2020

Kholm, Novgorod, Russia , Холм есть в Новгородской области . Что бы у меня была возможность больше помочь , мне нужно знать точную фамилию и в каком году они уехали из России

User15911164926688002683 · June 14, 2020

We have found his wife Masha and the kids leaving Russia and arriving in the US in 1904 where she was met by her husband Louis. Louis says he left Russia in 1903 but we have not been able to find him in the records on the ship he says he took. He changed the spelling of his name often in the records we have found so I'm not sure what it would be in Russian. Here are the different last name spellings he used over the years.