[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Tutschin

[marlo]

Karl, how do I go about learning the phonetics of German, Polish and 
Russian?
Margaret

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Krueger" <dabookk54 at yahoo.com>
To: "Christopher Menke" <menke5616 at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "SGGEE" <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Tutschin


> Chris,
>  If you are going to start researching these old records it would be to 
> your benefit to learn the phonetics of German, Polish, and if you're 
> really determined Russian. You will often find pastors spelling names of 
> people and towns phonetically. In a film from western Volhynia I'm 
> studying now some towns are spelled up to 3-4 different ways throughout a 
> 10 period. Surnames also were challenging to these pastors.
>
> Jerry Frank <FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca> wrote:
>  Yes, that's correct Chris.
>
> It's not a misspelling but rather an alternate spelling. Tuczyn is as 
> transliterated directly from Cyrillic; Tutschin is the Germanic spelling 
> of how it is pronounced.
>
> Similarly, Luck is spelled Lutzk in German records / maps.
>
>
> Jerry Frank
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christopher Menke
> Date: Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:41 am
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Tutschin
>
>> In regards to my question on location of Tutschin, I should have
>> been more specific. The family lived in Alexandria / Mariendorf,
>> Volhynia so I would suspect near there.
>>
>> Could it be a misspelling of Tuczyn? It is nearby.
>>
>> Thanks again, Chris
>>
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