[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Spelling of Polish name in English/German
Reiner Kerp
mail at reiner-kerp.de
Mon Nov 22 01:55:47 PST 2004
> We have the family name "Bedlin" and the "e" has the accent
> curl under the bottom of the letter.
The "e" with a "curl" is spoken as "en". So the Name would be
BENDLIN in German ( a variant would be BENTLIN).
In the same manner an "a" with a "curl" is spoken as "on". e. g. the
polish city Wa~growitz was changed to Wongrowitz in German and is now
Wa~growitz again. The other way around Lisionki (most probably a German
foundation), a place some of my wifes ancestors come from should be
written as Lisia~ki in Polish.
Reiner (Kerp)
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