I looked in a couple of older gazetteers (*Ritters
geographisch-statistisches lexikon
<http://catalog.multcolib.org/record=b1323254~S1>*, published 1905-1906;
and *Nouveau dictionnaire de geographie universelle
<http://catalog.multcolib.org/record=b1336368~S1>*, published 1879-1895)
and found nothing under the spellings you gave.

It may help to remember that Bulgarian is written in the Cyrllic alphabet
and transliteration styles may have varied over time.  Also, the
contemporary nation of Bulgaria is of relatively recent vintage; Bulgaria
declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1908.  I suspect the
borders have shifted over time, and Ottoman Empire-era names may not have
been commonly rendered in the Bulgarian language.

Best of luck!
 - Emily-Jane




*Emily-Jane Dawson*
*Reference Librarian*
Multnomah County Library
Central Library
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503.988.5728
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On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Dennis Matthews <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hello Everyone,
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> I have a patron doing some genealogical research and would like to verify
> the location of two cities in Bulgaria around the 20th century.
> Immigration papers have the cities listed as Sarba, Bulgaria around 1898,
> and Lunedovo, Bulgaria around 1913.  I haven’t been able to locate anything
> online so I was wondering if there was a gazetteer or some other resource
> to verify the spelling of each and whether the towns still exist.
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> Thanks,
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>
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> Dennis
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> Dennis G. Matthews
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> Library & Archives Paraprofessional 6
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