[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Volhynia place names

[Dave Proper]

Jerry,
 
Thanks for the tip! I finally had time to sit down and give this a try. The
"Pastor's path" showed the next village to be Glueckstal so I can feel
confident that my initial section Bolarka #4 (the closest of the six) is
most likely the correct one.
 
Dave Proper

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From: Jerry Frank [mailto:FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca] 
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:14 AM
To: Dave Proper
Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Volhynia place names


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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