Trying to locate the town my grandfather Joseph Bohdankiewicz lived in near Minsk before coming to the U.S. His sister followed him here about 6 years later and on her ship records she said she'd been living in Chotawa. I can find no existing Chotawa anywhere. My grandfather always said he was from a town near Minsk, but always put Minsk down as place of birth on important documents,(probably easier than having to explain where a little town is everytime you go to fill something out) I'm wondering if the spelling "Chotawa" is correct. Maybe someone wrote it down for his sister and that person spelled it wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Denise