[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Location of Villages - Kornin Zytin Pietnatego
Günther Böhm
GHBoehm at ish.de
Wed May 31 00:58:56 PDT 2006
Leo Sonnenberg schrieb:
>I am trying to locate these villages but my map searches have not
>been successful. I want to know--
>
> 1/ Are the names spelled correctly.
>
> 2/ Where are they located.
>
> 3/ Are Kornin and Zytin different names for the same
>village.
>
>Background:-
>
>On my paternal Uncle's EWZ document he indicates that his father(my
>grandfather) died in Kornin. My paternal Grandmother on her EWZ
>document indicates that her husband died in Zytin. I surmise from
>the two EWZ documents that my Grandmother was living with my Uncle in
>Kornin where he worked. Both my parents, aunts and uncles were born
>in Kurasch/Gruntal area near the old Polish/Russian border.
>
Leo,
there are two villages Stary Kornin and 6 km northwest of it Szczyty
(resp. its neighboring parts Szczyty Dzieciolowo and Szczyty Nowodwory)
in the Hajnowski powiat, Podlaskie Wojewodztwo.
>On my mother's Canadian Marriage Certificate (second marriage) she
>indicates she was born in Pietnatego, Poland?
>
Sounds like "of fifteenth" = pietnastego (day of marriage).
Guenther
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