How do you do all! I am brand spanking new to posting and to the APF, I came across your site by accident, but now that I have been here and looked around, sorry, it looks like now you will be stuck with me for quite a long time. I am a replanted swede, my family emmigrated to the USA from Sweden in about 1874 and there promptly seemed to get lost, well I was found and am now replanted back in Sweden and loving it. I cannot imagine my life anywhere else, I have discovered family here and its wonderful. Anyway, getting back to the ATP, I am so surprised that people say they became interested because of the Don Bluth Film(which was wonderful, believe me I've seen it at least a hundred times), does anyone remember the Yul Brenner, Ingrid Bergman movie, call me a romantic but I fell in love with the romanticized version of Russian aristocracy from that movie and haven't been disappointed yet. My own family has a few of its members from russia, St. Petersburg. The Swedish genealogical society was offering a trip to St Petersburg in the spring, but as want to see more than the swedish area of St Peterburg, I guess I will have to find a way over myself to see whats what. I find the Russian culture so fascinating and so rich in tradition. I hope to learn alot from all of you who post here and hopefully I will make worthy contributions as well.
Karen