Beil from colony Seelmann, Russia 251 years passed since my ancestors Beil /Peil arrived in Russia, accepting the invitation of Catherine II (Catherine the Great of Russia). Manifestos of 1762 and 1763. Beil surname in the family tree of my mother 1. Jakob Joseph Peil (Якоб Иозиф Пайль, ca.1738, cath., farmer from Bitsch, Lothringen, France). Spouse: Anna Franziska (Анна Франсиска ...), ca. 1736. Arrived in Louis (Otrogovka), Saratov District, Russia 14.6.1766. Son — Peter Peil. 2. Peter Beil (Петер Байль, ca. 1772. Married and moved to Seelmann...