i m trying to trace back my family tree as far as possible but i never realized how many popoff/ ov' s there really are. My great grandfather was named alex/ alexander popoff and he married anna kashirsky/kachursky. They lived and died in vista san diego california. they both worked at camp pendelton in san diego. if anyone i mean anyone has anything that is even similiar to this please let me know. they both were born in russia. anna arrived in san francisco and im not to sure about alex. also why was popov changed to popoff. thank you. u can email or post your message on this board. once again thank you