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Tag Archives: shoumatoffs schumachers

a flurry of activity on the genealogical front

March 9, 2009 Alex ShoumatoffBlogLeave a comment0

I never know what sort of communications the Dispatches and the many things written about over the years are going to bring. This week I received three unrelated, purely coincidental communications from the Shoumatoff branch of the family tree. The Shoumatoffs were actually Baltic Germans named Schumacher who were brought  to Russian by Peter the …Read More

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