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German or Czech town (or city)
This seems to say "Auscha," which is indeed the German name of a town known in Czech as Úštěk.
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What is this town in Macedonia, Greece?
I am not an expert on Macedonian place names or history but from
Macedonian Village Names
THE NAMES OF 804 MACEDONIAN VILLAGES IN AEGEAN MACEDONIA, occupied by
Greece in 1912, that have ...
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Where is Asszumki, Russia?
You may also check Szumki (pronounced /shoomki/), Bielsk county, Poland. The entire Bielsk county was occupied by Russia between 1807 and 1915.
There's a weak point in this version, I can't figure ...
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What kind of name is Awakum?
Avvakum (Lat.: Abacuc, Ukr.: Аввакум, Grk.: Αμβακουμ) is a biblical name derived from the name of prophet Habakuk (ca. 612 BC).
Also a notable person, protopope Avvakum Petrov (...
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Where is Asszumki, Russia?
That appears to be the index card for the naturalisation petition in New Haven Connecticut. The birthplace may well be mis-transcribed by the indexer.
I think you can check the original ...
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Where is "Perthall"?
Benjamin West, Jr. was the son of Benjamin West, the artist.
"Perthall" is likely a misreading of "Pershall," an estate and family in Staffordshire that is well-documented. The ...
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Reading city name in Eastern Europe on passport from around 1900?
Not sure about the town, but the locality is "pow. Kamień Koszyrski" - powiat Kamień Koszyrski.
Here's the list of "powiaty" (counties) in 2nd Polish Republic (1918-1939) : https://pl.wikipedia.org/...
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Locating Old Sakaran Bessarabia near Kishinef
Sometimes you can get lucky by searching for town lists. Searching for a town list for Bessarabia leads to a Jewish Genealogy site, which has a town list alphabetized. The name you list isn't there, ...
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Where is Shemelincsi, Volynsk guberniya in Russia?
The best match that I could find is 'Shemetitsa' from the JewishGen Gazetteer.
It is listed as a 'populated place' with coordinates 51° 03'N 28° 26'E, which would place it within the Volhynian ...
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Where is Trehavron, Kenwyn (Cornwall, England)?
GENUKI's gazetteer entry for Kenwyn says:
The parish of Kenwyn, (Cornish: Keynwynn), is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Powder. It is bounded on the north by St Allen, on the east by St ...
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Seeking current location of shtetl from 1900 named Sukaron?
To locate a shtetl (a small town or village where there was a Jewish community), the free, nonprofit Jewish genealogy web site JewishGen has several useful tools.
First, as has been recommended on ...
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Where is Gellovsasvetgood, Eazasso, Russia?
I think it may be the town of Yelisavetgrad (also spelled Yelisavetgrod), now the city of Kropyvnytskyi in central Ukraine.
If you are able to read Polish, the entry for Elizabetgrod in the Glossary ...
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Locating 1912 Russian town of Novoe Kurhane
There are several villages called Kurgan'e (Курганье) in present-day Russia and Belarus.
Yandex Maps has a settlement called Kurgan'e, a part of Vladimirovka village, in Klichev district, Mogilev ...
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Chruszow, Poland,1901
It does seem that the province shown in your document for both the birthplace and the desired destination is "Śląsk". That is the polish word for the Silesia region of Poland which existed ...
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Looking for Deliatitz, Russia?
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 (...
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Where is town Mieljkow in early 20th century Russia?
Best guess: Milejkava (Мілэйкава), Belarus -- which was also known as Mileykovo, Grodno Gubernia (province), Russian Empire.
Russian town names that end in -kovo were sometimes written as -kow, and ...
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Where is the farm/hamlet of Barah in 1820s North Cornwall?
A potential answer from communication with the volunteer for this parish at Cornwall Online Parish Clerks: 'Barah' is likely a small farm adjacent to Headon Barrow in Jacobstow parish. The barrow ...
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Finding village called Rubel in Poland, pre WW2?
There's this village called Rubel in Belarus. It would have been part of the Russian Empire until 1917 and then in easternmost Poland until 1939, then Belarus. Be careful, there could be other places ...
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Locating town named Porshwel(?) in Lithuania
There are a couple of possibilities very near by Pumpyan. Could "Porshwel" be either "Pushlot" (#1) or "Poshwol" (#2)?
There is a town named Pušalotas about 7 km west of Pumpėnai (Pumpyan). Pušalotas ...
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Where is Brunfelt, Germany?
I think the place name is Birnfeld (written as Birnfelt): https://s.meyersgaz.org/search?search=birnfeld
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Where was Ormalonsok Hungary?
I believe it's trying to be Ómalomsok, which was in Győr county, a few miles from that little corner where Sopron, Vas, Veszprém, and Győr counties met. The village was combined with Újmalomsok in ...
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Specifying a Place Name in US With Regard to Time Frame
I have no idea if there is a standard about when to use "USA" (or expansion thereof) - if there is, I suspect it's fairly localised. That means, I believe, that I have to fall back on logic -...
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Polish/ Russian Town - 1913
My favorite site for finding place names in Russia and Europe is geonames. "http://www.geonames.org/advanced-search.html?"
Use the advanced search with the "fuzzy" search selected -- I've found it ...
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Where was Babie, Russia (era 1890's)?
Could it be "Babice", rather than "Babie"? There are several possibilities for "Babice" in Poland and the Czech Republic.
I found an online copy of the passenger list from the Kaiserin Auguste ...
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Where is Asszumki, Russia?
I think the next things to check:
the cities, towns and villages names were probably written as the clerk heard it. The clerk does not have any idea what is the correct spelling of the place where ...
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