Research
Research in progress
What has been established, what is still open, and where the answers might be found.
127 people · 301 records and photographs · 54 research questions, 10 answered
The research behind the history began in October 2026 and is still going. Each question below has an ID that also appears on the pages of the people it concerns. A question is answered when the record is in hand; partly answered when some of it is; open when the right source has not yet been found or searched.
Much of the work is in the parish books, estate revisions and household registers of the National Archives of Estonia, read online in its Saaga viewer; in the refugee files of the Arolsen Archives; and in American immigration and census records.
Appendix E · Further research sets out the main open questions in prose.
Leoke family · 19th century or earlier
- LA-01Hans Leoke's three older siblingsPartly answered
- LA-02Kaddri Wardja's baptism and parentsPartly answered
- LA-03The Leoke line before PeetPartly answered (Peet found)
- LA-04Hans's parents, their marriage and deathsAnswered
- LA-05Uncle Jürri Leoke's family; is Jaak Lõuke (1839–1909) his son?Open
- LA-06The Wardja family further backOpen
- LA-07Mari Tõllasepp's birth and parentsAnswered (next generation open)
- LA-08Hans and Mari's marriage, 1885Answered
- LA-09Hilda's Meomüttel and Paltser ancestryPartly answered
- LA-10Hans's childhood, schooling and confirmation, 1853–1872Partly answered
Leoke family · Early 20th century, to about 1920
- LB-01Births and baptisms of Hans and Mari's sonsAnswered
- LB-02Hans's teaching and business career: dates and placesPartly answered
- LB-03Peter Leoke and Elizabeth, 1892–1924Partly answered (Elizabeth probably née Porfireff)
- LB-04Elmar Oswald's education and service, 1913–1920Partly answered
- LB-05Hans Leoke the younger, 1888–1945Largely answered (New York consul 1922–30)
- LB-06Jaan Leoke: Leipzig, the archive library and heirsOpen
- LB-07Identifying people in the museum photographsOpen
Leoke family · Pilvi’s and Elmar’s early lives, about 1919–1940
- LC-01Virve's birth and baptism, Tallinn 1919–20Answered
- LC-02Pilvi's baptism, Tartu 1922, and her godparentsAnswered
- LC-03Where the family lived, 1919–1940, and why Tartu and TallinnPartly answered
- LC-04The 1933 divorce and what followedOpen
- LC-05Pilvi's and Virve's schooling and workOpen
Leoke family · The Second World War, 1940–1945
- LD-01The Leokes in Tallinn, 1940–1944Open
- LD-02The voyage out, September 1944Partly answered
- LD-03Virve's death and grave, 1945Partly answered
- LD-04Hans the younger's death, 1945Open
- LD-05Mari and Jaan in Soviet Viljandi, 1944–1959Partly answered
Leoke family · Refugee years and America, 1944 onward
- LE-02Pilvi's emigration, 1947Answered (details open)
- LE-03Elmar Oswald and Hilda in America; their deathsPartly answered
- LE-04Peter Leoke in AmericaPartly answered
- LE-05US immigration and naturalisation filesOpen
- LE-06Pilvi and Elmar's marriage and life togetherPartly answered
- LE-07Hugo Leoke and other exile Leokes: related?Probably answered
Koik family · 19th century or earlier
- KA-01Märt and Mari Koik of Vana-KaristeLargely answered (marriage and deaths found)
- KA-02Peeter Koik and Els: births, marriage and deathsAnswered (Els's parents and grandfather found)
- KA-03Juhan's baptism, 1881, and his brothersLargely answered (five sons)
- KA-04Other Vana-Kariste Koiks and the origin of the namePartly answered (hypothesis narrowed)
- KA-05Marie Karoline Purtsak's familyPartly answered (baptism and parents found)
Koik family · Early 20th century, to about 1920
- KB-01Juhan and Marie's marriage, 1907, and homes until 1920Answered
- KB-02Births of Ida (1908), Peter (1912) and August (1918)Answered
- KB-03Juhan's First World War service, 1915–1918Open
- KB-04The move to Karksi and the land reform, 1920–21Partly answered
Koik family · Pilvi’s and Elmar’s early lives, about 1919–1940
- KC-01Elmar's childhood, schooling and scoutingPartly answered
- KC-02Elmar's siblings, 1920s–1940sOpen
- KC-03Juhan's and Marie's later lives and deathsOpen
Koik family · The Second World War, 1940–1945
- KD-01Elmar in Tallinn, 1942–1943Partly answered
- KD-02Elmar's mobilisation and unit, 1944Partly answered
- KD-03Elmar's wounding and hospitals, 1944–1945Partly answered
- KD-04The Koik family in Estonia, 1940–1945Open
Koik family · Refugee years and America, 1944 onward
- KE-01Elmar's DP years: screening and appeal, 1945–1949Partly answered
- KE-02Elmar's emigration and El Centro, 1949Partly answered
- KE-03Elmar's later life in Los AngelesOpen
- KE-04Contact with family left in Soviet EstoniaOpen
- KE-05Other Koiks in exileOpen