I cant find out where one of my ancestors came from, ive been told he immigrated to russia through a baltic country but they did not specify where, He lived near a german community and his family was exhiled to siberia like other germans as well, but benedict is a catholic name so could he be polish?
Does the name "jan benedikt" sound like a full german name?
Jan is Polish name for John, his family was exiled to Siberia like many Polish through ages, so he could be Polish or germanized Polish. He could live in north eastern Poland or in Lithuania.
Reply:Jan is typically a Dutch name for "John". The Germans typically use the name Johannes for "John" . Germany and the netherlands actually share a border and there are places in the Netherlands that used to be in Germany. Do you think it is possible that he could be Dutch? You might want to search the Dutch archives at www.genlias.nl
The site is in both Dutch and English.
Reply:Benedict is german... Jan.. I'm not sure what that could be short for...
Reply:i think it probably is polish or swedish. trust me, im part russian and it totally doesn't sound like a russian last name.
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