[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] a few miscellaneous questions

[Helen Gillespie]

Another great source is Wikipedia that also gives the print and written
versions, some historical changes and how the letters sound.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_alphabet

And if you are so inclined, a few Russian lessons..
http://www.russianlessons.net/lessons/lesson1_main.php

Cheers!

Helen

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Gerald Klatt <gerald.klatt at shaw.ca> wrote:

>
> Hi Dan,
>
> Try this:
> https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Russian_Alphabet
>
> It has been invaluable for me.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Gerald
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: DLPratt123 at aol.com
> To: ger-poland-volhynia at sggee.org
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 September, 2014 3:53:08 PM
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] a few miscellaneous questions
>
> I have a family Bible that records in old, somewhat legible German
> handwriting a birthplace for both of my grandparents, seemingly Gwuschka,
> but in
> one case followed by "hutt".  What might "hutt" mean?  (I suppose  Gwuschka
> could be Gl\uszka, where l\ is the Polish barred ell that is pronounced
> like
> English w.  That's pretty far from Natalja/Berezno, where the couple  had
> their first child.)
>
> I have a birth certificate that in excellent Russian handwriting records a
> birthplace that transliterates as "Chere_anka", where _ represents a letter
>  unknown to me.  Can anyone suggest a website with old Russian
> handwriting?  (Or would you like to see the document?  The letter  looks
> like a ch with
> a descender.)  Most likely the village is Oczerecianka  south of Berezno,
> but I don't know why the O would be omitted.
>
> Does the place name "Pinsky Guberg" ring a bell?
>
> Some surnames, such as Mut/Muth or Kujat/Kujath, come with an optional  h.
> Is anything in particular going on here?
>
> Dan Pratt
>
>
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