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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be overlooked as historical reference works.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:
 
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> 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
>
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