[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Name of town

[Joe Pessarra]

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From: "Adelheid Bender" <asbender at telus.net>
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Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Name of town


> I have an ancester Catharina Friederika Schmidt whose place of death is
listed
> as Alt Postal, Bessarabia.
>
> Does anyone know where that is?
> Adelheid Bender
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Think this might be in the Ukraine.  JewishGen ShtetlSeeker at
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/LocTown.asp has the following for
Postal, using the "Is Exactly - Town Names with the precise Spelling" search
for all 31 Countries.  You can click on one of the map sites to see where it
is located.

Town
(Native names in BOLD) Coordinates Maps Country Distance/Direction from
reference point 10 mile radius
Postal', Poshtal', Dolinovka 46°02' 30°07' E M U G Ukraine  304.4 miles S of
Kyyiv 50°26' 30°31'

Joe in Texas