[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Biala Colony

[Rachael Patterson]

On my Grandmother's birth record, dated May 15, 1894, which was in Cyrillic
Russian, it states that she was born in Biala Colony, and the certified
Russian translator transcribed this as White Colony. This was located not
far from Maszewo, Plotzk, Warszawa, Poland...

Also interestingly enough, my grandmother had celebrated her birthday on May
16 all her life, but she was actually registered on that date, May 16th, and
when I shared this at my family reunion, there was a big gufah...

Rae


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>   1. Re: Biale Blota, Bialobloto, Bialebloto, Bialobloty
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> From: "Mike  McHenry" <maurmike1 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Biale Blota, Bialobloto,
>        Bialebloto, Bialobloty
> To: "'Richard Benert'" <benovich at imt.net>, <remus at hawaii.edu>,
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> Will a chemist do? If limestone (weisse erde?) was locally available that
> plus sand are the starters for the making of a whitewash.
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>                                        Mike
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org
> [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of
> Richard
> Benert
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 2:22 PM
> To: remus at hawaii.edu; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Biale Blota, Bialobloto,
> Bialebloto,Bialobloty
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> I meant to enter this discussion over a week ago but got sidetracked.  I'm
> wondering about this biale blota and whether it is the same stuff that I'm
> told was used by people in Solodyri to whitewash their houses.  They
> called
> it "weisse Erde", and it must have been more than just sandy soil.  Or
> aren't they the same thing?  Any geologists out there?
>
> Dick Benert
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> From: "William Remus" <remus at hawaii.edu>
> To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 4:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Biale Blota, Bialobloto,
> Bialebloto,Bialobloty
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> > The Polish name of this village means "white mud". Or put another way,
> > sandy soil. That is the reason there were so many villages with this
> name.
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> > To see one near Grodziec, go to
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> > http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/remus/genes/volhynia/bialobloty/
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> > Regards Bill
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