----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Eric: If you have access to a copy of Baedeker's "Austria-Hungary" - any pre-WWI edition - you might find references to the localities in question. This guidebook goes into astonishing detail, and the maps are outstanding. All pre-WWI names can easily be cross referenced on modern maps. Many libraries have these under-utilized Baedekers, which tend to be overlooked as historical reference works. Good Luck! Brian P. Bach Map Technician, Central Washington University [log in to unmask] On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Eric Schmidt wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > All, > > I'm attempting to help someone find the modern locations of five > towns and the political untit in which they fall. A patron has brought > five place names from an 1850's birth certificate. It is supposedly > written in the czech language and the places were - at the time - > considered to be in Bohemia. The towns are: Sanof, Rez, Podelice, Ryholce, > and Pecinov. The political unit in which they were apprently found was > Slosny. If any of you with greater European historical resources than we > have can look into this, I'd be greatful. > We've checked the AMS Gazetteer of Eastern Europe (AMS N501), > "Where Once We Walked", Columbia Lippencott Gazetteer, and a few older and > historical atlases. No luck there. > > Thanks in advance for any help, > > Eric > > ************************************************************************* > Eric Schmidt > University of Tennessee > Cartographic Information Center [log in to unmask] > 15 Hoskins Library > Knoxville, TN 37996-4006 > (615) 974-4315 > ************************************************************************* >