[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Karcon, Russia?

[Jerry Frank]

Gary,

I think you misread the original place name which was Karcon, not Kracon.  In fact, Krakow is in south Poland, not Ukraine.  It was historically in Galicia which was under Austrian, not Russian, rule.

Jerry





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From: Gary Tober <getober at hotmail.com>
Date: Friday, July 23, 2010 2:10 pm
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Contents of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 86, Issue 21
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> My almost immediate first thoughts regarding "Kracon" were that 
> it was a mis-spelling of the name "Krackow", which, I 
> believe,  is in the Ukraine. 
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> > Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:35:44 -0600
> > From: "Nelson Itterman" <colnels at shaw.ca>
> > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Karcon Russia?
> > To: "'Rosella Mandau'" <rosella.mandau at gmail.com>,
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> > Does your Gr Grandfather have a name? There might be someone 
> out here who
> > knows him.
> > Nelson
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> > [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On 
> Behalf Of Rosella
> > Mandau
> > Sent: July-22-10 7:41 AM
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> > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Karcon Russia?
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> > Hi there,
> > We have recently aquired my Great Grandfather's Canadian 
> naturalization> papers which list his place of birth as Karcon, 
> Russia. Not finding it on
> > any online maps, I wonder if there is a different spelling we 
> should be
> > looking for?
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> > Thank you all for you help!
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> > Rosella Mandau
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