Shalom,
I am doing research (and search for the living and for gravesites) on the
family of my grandfather Nathan STURMAN who came to Philadelphia in 1908
>from Transdnistr, (southern Bessarabia), greater Odessa area. Born
Teplitz, Akkerman (Now Belgorod Dnestrovskiy) c late 1870s.

I have a phone number for the Jewish Community of former Akkerman area but
need a Russian speaker to help me talk to them as per instructions from
Ukrain Jewish Federation in Kiev. Will get a friend here to help out.

I have read that the famed Akkerman Fortress was a killing ground
for "Soviet citzens" during the Nazi/Roumanian occupation.

Nathan Sturman
Gunma, Japan
STURMAN, KAISERMAN, CASH (Canada), MARANOV (NYC), FITCH (Philadelphia),
BRONSTEIN, COHN/KOHN (Rosenhayn, NJ, NYC)
See website below, homepage and albums for photos.

http://www.geocities.com/npsturman/index.html
http://www.angelfire.com/ns/pingyaozhuan/index.html