[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Sclanadrusham

[Jerry Frank]

Rita,

Knowing a lot about geography (or at least resources for geographical questions) is distinctly different from trying to interpret a place name from a spoken resource.  :-)

Using my limited resources for translation, I tried to find words for hill or river within the place name you mention, both in Polish and Ukrainian.  I don't see it.  Perhaps someone for whom that is the native language can see possibilities.

It is the Bug River that separates most of Poland from Ukraine.  Perhaps browsing all the place names along that river would result in a close match but for now, it seems too badly spelled to be successful.  Hopefully you can find another source of their place of origin like a passenger list, etc.


Jerry



----- Original Message -----
From: Rita Lyster <rlyster at telusplanet.net>
Date: Monday, April 13, 2009 9:31 am
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Sclanadrusham
To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org

 Okay...here's a task for you geography genius' out there. Over Easter I put pen to paper and recorded a short history of my sister-in-law.  Her grandparents came to Canada in the early 1900's possibly 1907 - 1909 from Poland. The name of the place is phonetically:  Scalanadrusham meaning "hill on the river" and was by a river that separates Ukraine and Poland. Their names were Joseph and Rosalie Kindzierski (sounds like "Kinjerski") Her father was already born in Canada on 16 August 1911 in Rainy River, Ontario. They spoke Ukrainian at home.  She always thought they were Polish but I wonder? Looking forward to your responses,Rita Lyster