Dear Researchers I recently discovered ancestors from Courland. I found an article that said Courland was part of the Russian Empire, but not part of the Pale of Settlement. However, the article goes on to state that there were Jews living in Courland but Jews in the Pale could not move to Courland. If this is correct were the lives of Jews in Courland diffferent from the lives of the Jews of the Pale? Would Alexander I's statute of 1804 include the Jews of Courland, would the May Laws apply to the Jews of Courland? Thank you for your help. Marilyn Levinson Spring Lake NC