[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Father's Birthplace

[Jerry Frank]

At 08:04 PM 02/03/2006, Edmund Greenwald wrote:
>I recently obtained a copy of my father's World War I draft 
>registration. The location listed on all my father's citizenship 
>papers as "last foreign residence" is Volinia, Russia. On the 
>question, where were you born, the draft registration shows 
>Clasnenoff, Wollin, Russia. My father was not educated and did not 
>personally fill in the draft registration. My father came to the 
>United States in 1912 and the draft registration was 1917. Whoever 
>helped him did the best he could based on what my father told him.
>
>Does anyone recognize the location, "Clasnenoff"? I realize it is 
>not correctly spelled.
>
>I would appreciate any help from the List.
>
>Ed Greenwald



Ed:

I have gone through all my resources and cannot find anything similar 
to Clasnenoff in Volhynia.


Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca