<p>Hi Jan,</p><p> </p><p>I think you are right. I found a birth record of Sofia from Rainy River and it states origin from</p><p> </p><p>Skalaan Zbr. Austria</p><p> </p><p>Thanks, Rita <br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On Apr 13, 2009, <strong>Jan Textor</strong> <textor_jan@hotmail.com> wrote: </p><div class="replyBody"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid #267fdb; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.8ex; padding-left: 1ex"> Rita,<br />My guess is that you are looking for the town Skala (with a slash through the l) on the river Zbrucz. It is also called Skala Podolska or Podilska and is located at the coordinates 48.55'N 26.15'E. In Polish one could also call it Skala nad Zbruczem (Skala on the river Zbrucz), which is quite close to your "Scalanadrusham".<br /><br />Besides being the name of a town, Skala also means stone or rock.<br /><br />The river Zbrucz does not separate Poland and Ukraine today, but it did so between the two world wars. Only then Ukraine was not independent but was part of the Soviet Union.<br /><br />Hope this helps,<br />Jan Textor <br /><br /><hr />Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:28:03 -0600<br />From: <a href="mailto:rlyster@telusplanet.net" target="_blank" class="parsedEmail">rlyster@telusplanet.net</a><br />To: <a href="mailto:ger-poland-volhynia@eclipse.sggee.org" target="_blank" class="parsedEmail">ger-poland-volhynia@eclipse.sggee.org</a><br />Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Sclanadrusham<br /><br /> Okay...here's a task for you geography genius' out there. Over Easter I put pen to paper and recorded a short history of my sister-in-law. Her grandparents came to Canada in the early 1900's possibly 1907 - 1909 from Poland. The name of the place is phonetically: Scalanadrusham meaning "hill on the river" and was by a river that separates Ukraine and Poland. Their names were Joseph and Rosalie Kindzierski (sounds like "Kinjerski") Her father was already born in Canada on 16 August 1911 in Rainy River, Ontario. They spoke Ukrainian at home. She always thought they were Polish but I wonder?<br />Looking forward to your responses,<br />Rita Lyster <br /><br /></blockquote></div>