----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Special thanks to Portia Chambliss at UCLA for sending such nice photocopies showing the location of Shaptichi in Belarus. Unfortunately, its coordinates (53 05 N / 28 15 E) are not quite close enough to the settlement of Szapciszki or Shaptishki that my patron is looking for. As mentioned in my first message some days ago, my patron has found reference to this settlement in the "Russisches Geographisches Namenbuch" (vol. 10, page 222). He knows that Shaptishki is in the volost (district) of Kobyl'nik, now known as Naroch, or Narach (Russian and Byelorussian forms of the name). The coordinates of the district are 54 56 N / 26 41 E, and the settlement of Shaptishki is within a VERY FEW miles of these coordinates. Does anyone have maps of Belarus that are more detailed than the AMS 1:250,000 Eastern Europe series, and would you be willing to look in the area of the district of Narach to see if Shaptishki is shown? My patron has been told that the name of the settlement may have been changed to "Zasc," but he has not been able to verify that. Thanks again for any information you can provide. Jane Carlson, Map Collection Assistant University of Iowa