[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Volhynia place names

[Jerry Frank]

Dave,

Probably the best way to figure this out is by using our "Route of the 
Pastor" search function at http://www.sggee.org/members/StPeteByRoute 
(Members Only).

The pastor would travel from village to village collecting info from the 
local Kantor.  These villages would be in close proximity to each 
other.  By looking at which villages were visited in sequence, and then 
looking on the map for that grouping, you will probably be able to 
figure out which is the correct Bolarka.


Jerry Frank
Calgary, AB



Dave Proper wrote:
>  
> Hi All,
> I have started the process of standardizing my Polish and Volhynian place
> names according to the new SGGEE Guidelines for places. Thus far I have done
> the easy ones and now am getting to the last few that are much harder to
> resolve. My current quandary is the all-to-common multiple place names that
> can exist with in a very small area. Case-in-point:
> I have a Gustave Adolph Kugler, b. 29 Oct 1871. Before it was easy - he was
> simply born in Bolarka, Volhynia (from the St Petersburg Consistory
> records). Now the gazetteer for Volhynia presents me with six choices to
> nail down the specific location:
>
> 1)Bolarka (Bialogrodka/Bilohorodka), Dubno, Rivne, Russian Empire (Ukraine)
> 501837 253247
> 2)Bolarka (Sosnowa-Bolarka/Vesnianka), Chervonoarmiisk, Zhytomyr, Russian
> Empire (Ukraine) 503411 281616
> 3)Bolarka-Radecka (Radziecka-Bolarka/Radetska Boliarka), Chervonoarmiisk,
> Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (Ukraine) 503524 281513
> 4)Boljarka (Balarka/Boliarka), Novohrad-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr, Russian Empire
> (Ukraine) 503030 274530
> 5)Boljarka (Bolarka Stara/Boliarka), Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Russian Empire
> (Ukraine) 501938 282127
> 6)Boljarka (Bolarka-Prosiecka/Boliarka), Yemilchyne, Zhytomyr, Russian
> Empire (Ukraine) 505100 273900
>
> My first thought was "where were his siblings born?" An older brother, a
> younger sister and two younger brothers were all born in Glueckstal (all
> from the St Petes records). So which of the Bolarka's is the closest to
> Glueckstal and most likely of the six? That results in a list like this:
> #4 - 29 km
> #5 - 42 km
> #2 - 50 km
> #3 - 51 km
> #6 - 67 km
> #1 - 171 km
>
> So now I am leaning towards #4 but still looking for something further to
> tie it to that place. I looked at the Volhynian parish formation list
> http://www.sggee.org/research/parishes/parish_histories/VolhynianParishesDia
> gram.pdf
> and in the year 1871 there were four parishes - Shitomir, Kiev, Rozyszcze
> and Heimtal so that doesn't seem to provide and any further refinement.
>
> Without any further information a reasonable person would opt for Bolarka
> #4. Does anyone have further insight as to how to make the selection? Or
> should the option at the bottom of page 8 of the guidelines be used -
> Bolarka (many found),,,Poland?
>
> Dave Proper
>
> p/s Thanks to Frank Stewner and the others who put in countless hours
> creating these wonderfull new research tools!
>
>
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