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        A patron has asked for our assistance in locating some towns in
    Russia. The catch - with which I'm sure you're all familiar - is that
    they got their information from obituaries and other sources that may
    or may not be reliable, and the places may not even exist anymore. Here
    are the three places that are supposed to be (or have been) in Russia:
 
                                Valskaja
 
                                Laube (or Lauve)
 
                                Blumenfeld
 
 
    A couple of them don't sound too Russian, but who's to say.
        Our collection of Historic, and or Russian maps is not the best,
    and our copy of "Where Once We Walked" is out on loan for a few more
    weeks. Any and all assistance is welcome.
 
    Thanks in advance,
 
    Eric Schmidt
    University of Tennessee
    Cartographic Information Center
    (615) 974-4315
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