----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Mettkeim is entered in our 1870 German gazetteer so I was able to track it down. It is located at 54:45N 20:51E and is found as Mettkeim on sheet 30, Labiau, of the Karte des Deutschen Reiches 1:100,000 (at 38:31 E of Ferro). It is called "Mottkaym" on sheet NN 34-5 of AMS M-501, but is not entered in the USSR gazetteer under either name. The 1870 gazetteer indicated that it had 200 inhabitants. Chris Baruth AGS Collection > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > A patron here is looking for the location of a town that was in > East Prussia in about 1870. It's Mettkeim or possibly Mettheim. > > We couldn't find any reference to this place in gazetteers or > atlases covering what was then East Prussia (I believe this would > be in today's Poland, Lithuania, and Russia). Our collection is > thin with respect to historical maps of Europe. Can anyone help > with this town's location and non-German name? > > Thanks... > > .------. Mark Thomas > | | Evans Library > | | Texas A&M University > | ~~~-----. College Station, TX 77843-5000 > ______| | > \ \ (409) 862-1052 / FAX (409) 845-6238 > \_ __ * _; mthomas@tamrigel / [log in to unmask] > \__/ \ _/~ > \_ /~ > \_ ( > \__) >