Background

This is for the Gerlis (Gerulis or Gerulais)with lineage from Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, or possibly Riga, Latvia. We are also interested in the Gann (Gan, Gannus, Gans, Gana) from the same area. Some of our other interested names are: Pushkitas, Bronezovskaya (Bronezovski, Brezosowski), Rodis, Cekanauskas (once mayor of Osmond,

The Gann side our family was given heraldry (coat of arms-Rawa) and nobility in 1620 by the Polish King Sigmond(Zhigmont)the third.