[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Polin, Powiat Nowograd Wolinsk, Wolynia

[Dave Obee]

Nowograd-Wolynsk is the large community to the west of your three villages
of interest. All are in the Zhitomir oblast.

I have been to Wjasowitz, Pulin and Blumental twice. A photo of the church
in Wjasowitz is on my web site:

http://www.genealogyunlimited.com/daveobee/wjas.html

When I was there in 1995 it was empty; we found someone with a key so we
were able to look around a bit. When I was there in 2002 it was being used
as a bar and store.

I have photos of Blumental as well, but they are not online. Both Blumental
and Wjasowitz are generally flat and quite spread out, so it's tough to get
a good photo that shows the entire community. (Pulin is quite compact, in
comparison.)

In all three villages, little is left of the German cemeteries. Blumental
has a couple of headstones, as does Pulin, but I could find nothing in the
one in Wjasowitz.

You'll also find references to all three villages here:

http://www.genealogyunlimited.com/daveobee/volhynia.html

I will be in the area again in April, but at this point I have no plans to
see those villages again. There are others to see!

Regarding US records, there are many that should be of help to you. Start
with passenger lists -- depending on the time frame, these may include
contact names for people back home -- as well as naturalization documents.
There are fewer privacy restrictions in the US, so whenever you find an
American cousin, get everything possible. Most of my Volhynian family
history was built using American documents, not Canadian ones.

Dave Obee


----- Original Message -----
From: "gary and rhonda simpson" <garynrho at granite.mb.ca>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Polin, Powiat Nowograd Wolinsk, Wolynia


> Thank you Dave and John,
> If I may pose another questionto the list on this matter, the location
given
> by my great uncle, especially the "Powiat Nowograd Wolinsk, Wolynia", I
have
> found "Powiat" in my Polish research, and Wolynia is a new spelling for me
> for Volhynia.  Are they more Polish in origin? And is Nowograd Wolinsk in
> and around Pulin, Blumenthal and Wjasowitz?
> I feel like I have exhausted my research tools, (I do not have FHC access)
> regarding their Cdn records, however 2 of Christians daughters born in
> Russia did end up in the US and are listed on the SSDI.  Does the US
> restrict this information to American residents like Canada does regarding
> our Access to Information?
> Thank you again for the information from my original request.
> Rhonda
>
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