Fedoreshenko, Fedorisczenko, Orlowa, Nickaliva Polish? Russian?

ny multi -medi	Mar 15, 07, 23:41 / #
My grandfather and grandmother came across on boat in 1912. they listed there town as "BR Y NSK" or "BR JA NSK" hard to make out name. And that is in Russia, but my mother said they were not Russian, but Polish. My aunt says Russian. Anyone know a bit about the names themselves. I found out "enko" means son of. And does anyone know is there is a census in Russia or Poland that would list the names in the country, like we have in the US?

krysiaThreads: 26 Posts: 3,604 Joined: Aug 10, 06	Mar 16, 07, 00:18 / #
1912..Good thing they didn't take the Titanic... The small village BRYŃSK exists in north-central Poland, which in 1908 was taken by Russia, so that's why you have two different stories

Ryś	Mar 16, 07, 02:55 / #
Hi, I am a Pole. All those names sounds russian to me. But there are some people living in Poland with similar names. Nearby east border.

ny multi -medi	Mar 17, 07, 20:12 / #
Thanks... Now I need to figure out how to spell their name is Russian, as this name was spelled as how it was heard at Ellis Island.