[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Franzdorf village in Volhynia, families Krentz and Kelm

[Jerry Frank]

At 01:39 AM 17/10/2001 -0700, Robert  Radke wrote:
>Does anyone out there know the location of the village of Franzdorf in
>Volhynia, or anything about it?  This village is given as the birthplace of
>my great aunt Pauline KRENTZ (b. 1879, daughter of Georg KRENTZ and Karoline
>KELM or KOLM) in the record of her marriage to Edward LENTZ in the church
>books of the Moravian Church at South Edmonton.  Jerry Frank's best guess is
>that the village was located somewhere north or north-west of Wolodarsk in
>eastern Volhynia, but cannot pinpoint the village more accurately than this.
>(This location is consistent with other family events, which are recorded at
>Heimthal and Zhitomir.)


Howard Krushel and I are still working on this.  We have found an obscure 
map with a place called Franzowka located in the right region.  This is 
probably the place but I am waiting to get a copy of the map before 
confirming.


Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
jkfrank at home.com