SEARCH Foundation, Inc.
Scientific Expedition to Account for the Romanov Children
About the S.E.A.R.C.H. Foundation, Inc.
Search Foundation, Inc. is a group of like-minded individuals who believe it is essential that the events regarding the murders of the Russian Imperial Family and their loyal subjects be factually documented and preserved for posterity. Furthermore, we have taken it upon ourselves to search for and recover the remains of two Romanov children.
The members of the Foundation are a group of scientists, writers, clergy, businessmen and interested individuals. Members have included: Prince Andre Romanov, Bishop Basil Rodzianko +, author Robert K. Massie, author Marilyn Swezey, Amy Ballard, Dr. Alexander Ganza, Nadja von Lowenstein, Paul Rodzianko IV, Margarita Nelipa, Alexey Zakharin, Masha Tolstoy-Sarandinaki and Captain Peter Sarandinaki.
S.E.A.R.C.H. has worked in Russia together with the Obretenye Foundation from Ekaterinburg. The Director of the Obretenye Foundation is Dr. Alexander Avdonin, who originally found nine sets of remains consisting of Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, Empress Alexandra Fedorovna; their children, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, and Maria; the Leib-medik of the Imperial Family, Dr. Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin; their faithful servants, Anna Stepanovna Demidova, the Empress’ maid; Alexei Egorovich Trupp, the Emperor’s kamerdiner (valet); and cook for the Imperial Family, Ivan Mihailovich Kharitonov. However, the remains of Tsarevich Alexei and those of his sister, Grand Duchess Maria were not found and are still missing.
The whereabouts of the two missing sets of remains greatly baffled investigators and the Russian Commission. Avdonin told the Commission: "If we could find these two bodies, then everything would be clear, everything would be concluded, the story would be complete."
The expeditions conducted and to be conducted are a part of an endeavor to close with dignity, an, important, but sad, chapter in Russian and world history.
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