I am also descended from Gall surname and they shipped from Hamburg, Germany after traveling from Worms, S. Russia to emigrate to the USA. In the early 1800's they were living in Hoffenheim, Germany but accepted Catherine the Great's invitation to settle land that was new to Russia in the Black Sea area. In the late 1800's the political climate changed and continued to worsen and my Gall kin got out of that area while the getting was good and ended up settling in South Dakota. Would you have any connection to this S. Russian German Galls?