--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 12:02:49 +0000 From: Peter Clark <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Places in Czech Republic etc (Jennie Dienes, 23 Jan 1999) At 17:07 23/01/99 -0500, Jennie Dienes wrote: >--- Begin Forwarded Message --- >Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 14:14:42 -0600 >From: Jennie Dienes <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: RE: Places in Czech Republic and Ukraine or Russia > >To helpful colleagues: > I have two patrons who are working on their family genealogy... Hi Jennie, I think Valovice is at approx. lat. 50 degrees 28 minutes N, long. 14 deg 45 min E, about 12 km WNW of Mlada Boleslav; Brezovice is at approx. lat. 50 deg 22 min N, long. 15 deg 40 min E, about 2 km ESE of Horice; Vrbova is almost certainly Vrbova Lhota, at approx. lat. 50 deg 07 min N, long. 15 deg 03 min E, about 5km SE of Podebrady; and Vosecek is actually Osecek, at approx. lat. 50 deg 06 min N, long. 15 deg 09 min E, about 5km SSE of .Podebrady (don't worry about the loss of the "V", -- it happens all the time). Various diacritical marks are missing above as I cannot do them in such a way that you would be sure to receive them correctly. Cannot find Ottersdorfe or Bakovnik with the resources I have to hand but will keep a note of them in case I can find them later. "Walfiljewo" however is rather more interesting (and difficult -- probably impossible to identify!). Although it may seem improbable, I would would be prepared to bet that this is a misreading of the German handwriting. My guess is that a "scharfes S" [a sort of special double S, written a bit like the Greek letter beta], has been read as "lf", so that "Wassiljewo" has been transcribed as "Walfiljewo". Perhaps your patron could refer to the original letter to check this out. Unfortunately there were dozens of places named "Vasil'yevo" [to use the currently preferred system of transliteration of the Russian name] in the old Russian Empire and more clues would be needed to pin it down. Hope this helps! Peter Clark P K Clark <> <> <> <> Caundle Barn Purse Caundle SHERBORNE Dorset DT9 5DY United Kingdom <> <> <> <> --- End Forwarded Message ---