[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Franzdorf village in Volhynia, families Krentz and Kelm

Howard Krushel krushelh at cadvision.com
Wed Oct 17 13:14:41 PDT 2001


>From information found in the Heimthal church records, it would suggest that
Franzdorf was also known as Franzowka located north of Wolodarsk,
immediately  below Ryschewka and east of the village of Krajewschtschina.
Howard Krushel
krushelh at cadvision.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Frank <jkfrank at home.com>
To: <rradke at telus.net>; <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Franzdorf village in Volhynia, families
Krentz and Kelm


> At 01:39 AM 17/10/2001 -0700, Robert  Radke wrote:
> >Does anyone out there know the location of the village of Franzdorf in
> >Volhynia, or anything about it?  This village is given as the birthplace
of
> >my great aunt Pauline KRENTZ (b. 1879, daughter of Georg KRENTZ and
Karoline
> >KELM or KOLM) in the record of her marriage to Edward LENTZ in the church
> >books of the Moravian Church at South Edmonton.  Jerry Frank's best guess
is
> >that the village was located somewhere north or north-west of Wolodarsk
in
> >eastern Volhynia, but cannot pinpoint the village more accurately than
this.
> >(This location is consistent with other family events, which are recorded
at
> >Heimthal and Zhitomir.)
>
>
> Howard Krushel and I are still working on this.  We have found an obscure
> map with a place called Franzowka located in the right region.  This is
> probably the place but I am waiting to get a copy of the map before
> confirming.
>
>
> Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
> jkfrank at home.com
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