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I have a patron looking for the location of a town (or maybe a
region) in Germany where an ancester was born in 1864.  The spell
ing she has in Selaria.  She thinks it's somewhere near Berlin,
which would have been in Prussia.
 
I can't find this or similar spellings in the BGN gazetteers,
Columbia-Lippincot Gazetteer, etc., and we don't have any
historical gazetteers and few historical maps.  We thought it
might be a way-off corrupted spelling of Silesia, but were hoping
for a more exact match.
 
Does anyone know where this place is or have a current spelling
for it?  We do have lots of large scale 20th century maps
covering Germany and eastern Europe.
 
Also, are there any good 19th century gazetteers covering
Prussia, Austria-Hungary, or Eastern Europe that are available in
reprint editions?
 
Thanks a bunch,
                Mark
 
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