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Trying to match surnames & village names

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Re: Trying to match surnames & village names

Posted: 8 Feb 2013 12:27PM GMT
Classification: Query
I succeeded!

I found 4 Canadian immigration documents for a mother and her 3 children coming from Biała (Czortków), Tarnopol, Poland in 1921. Three said their hometown was "Biala, Poland," which is a bummer because there are lots of Bialas. Thankfully one said "Biala, Chortkow, Poland."

These documents had BAJDUZA listed as the surnames and NAPORA listed as the closest relative in Poland. I thought this was too good not to explore.

I ordered the Biala (Czortkow) Greek Orthodox microfilms from the Family History Library, and soon found my great grandparents! Their birth years were a bit off, the filming was not exactly all in chronological order, but I managed to find the right names eventually. Everything matches the info in the Canadian marriage certificate that I found on the Manitoba Vital Statistics web site: the husband, the wife, the parents.

My next goal is to go back a generation or two :)

Here's my ancestral region over the years:
Until 1919: Biała (Czortków), Galizien, Austria
1919-1939: Biała (Czortków), Tarnopol, Poland
1940-Present: Bila, Chortkiv, Ternopil′, Ukraine
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dogdocla 28 Jan 2013 7:21PM GMT 
squeekmonster... 29 Jan 2013 7:30AM GMT 
ZlaticaBeca 29 Jan 2013 2:11PM GMT 
dogdocla 29 Jan 2013 8:43PM GMT 
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ZlaticaBeca 29 Jan 2013 9:33PM GMT 
dogdocla 8 Feb 2013 7:27PM GMT 
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