[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Lawo = Mlawa?

[Gary Warner]

To all,

The other thing to consider is that the EWZ records were all typed with 
a manual typewriter.   It is possible that the person typing simply 
missed hitting the M key hard enough to register, or perhaps it is 
there, but very faint.   If the typewriter was worn, an "o" could 
possibly also be read where an "a" was typed.   Look at the original 
record and convince yourself that the record says what was extracted.

Gary Warner


Bill Fife wrote:
> I agree with Karl,
>
> I have found many instances in the EWZ files where the information is 
> incorrect where it applies to someone other then the applicant, such as 
> parents or siblings.  The applicant probably has no records with them and is 
> giving their best guess.
>
> Bill
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Karl Krueger" <dabookk54 at yahoo.com>
> To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>; "F&RM Haddad" 
> <farose at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Lawo = Mlawa?
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>   
>> Rose-Marie,
>> With EWZ you have to know the context of how this location is being cited. 
>> If it is the person who is filing through EWZ then that birth location is 
>> likely to be accurate. If this is in reference to a parent (probably 
>> deceased) of someone filing through EWZ then it might not be from offical 
>> records but instead could likely the applicant stating what they remember 
>> of their parents' births. Often this can be fragmentary or overly general 
>> information which can be somewhat misleading.
>>
>> Would you expect this person to be alive in 1940-1945?
>> Karl
>>
>> --- On Thu, 11/12/09, F&RM Haddad <farose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: F&RM Haddad <farose at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Lawo = Mlawa?
>> To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
>> Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 1:13 PM
>>
>> I've been looking at some EWZ indices online, and think I may have come
>> across an ancestor. My present information says that he was born in Mlawa.
>> The info on the EWZ Index has someone of the same name born in "Lawo". 
>> Might
>> they be one and the same place, with 2 different names? I didn't find a 
>> Lawo
>> in Shtetl-Seeker.
>>
>> Thank-you in advance for any help/advice.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rose-Marie
>>
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