My grandfather was born in Deliatitz, Russia in 1899.
I cannot find it on a map.
Can anyone help?
His name was Alexander Freed.
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1Do you have an image of how this place name was written? If so, it may help potential answerers to consider whether any letters may have been mis-transcribed.– PolyGeo ♦Commented Aug 5, 2017 at 3:17
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1Please give us the date of the historical record which named your grandfather's birth place. Where did you find the information?– Jan Murphy ♦Commented Aug 5, 2017 at 7:16
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We need one other relative at least to really look into this.– Miles HCommented Aug 5, 2017 at 8:28
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I think you may be talking about a town that is no longer in Russia, but rather was in the Russian empire at the time your ancestor's record was created. In Belarus there is a town Delyatichi (Alternate names: Delyatichi [Rus], Delatycze [Pol], Delatitch [Yid], Dzialacičy [Bel], Delyatyche, Dzjaljacicy.) - I would say with almost 100% certainty that this is the town you're looking for! This was a shtetl in the Minsk Province of Belarus.
If you're doing research on a Jewish family member then you should explore these links below:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1942336
http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/belarus/delyatichi-minsk.html
This shtetl is often lumped in with nearby Lyubcha, Belarus
I have found such references:
Wzielub (Vsieloub) & Dolatycze (Dolatitche) petites villes
I believe that this is the same with https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delatycze
It is now territory of Belarus.
