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Subject: European Geography
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: loreng-ga
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Posted: 22 Nov 2004 09:25 PST
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Question ID: 432353
I am looking for a town that was in Galicia, Austria in the period
1890 to 1920.  The approximate spelling I have is Podwoloceyszka.
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Subject: Re: European Geography
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 22 Nov 2004 10:18 PST
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
The area known as Galicia, formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian
Empire, no longer exists. ?Towns that were in Eastern Galicia are now
in Ukraine and towns that were in Western Galicia are now in Poland.?
Routes to Roots Foundation
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/archdta8.html

The town that you?re referring to is PODWOLOCZYSKA. (also 
PODVOLOCHISSK, PODVOLOCHISKA and   PODVOLOCHISK)

It is located in the Ukraine, 203.6 miles WSW of Kiev.

JewishGen ShtetlSeeker
Search for towns by name
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm


Coordinates of Podwoloczyska
49°32' 26°09'    
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3511/intro.htm#idx


Location:  
Latitude-Longitude: 49°32´ - 26°09´
Altitude: 898 feet 
30.4 miles NNE of Suchostaw
25.4 miles E of Tarnopol
12.5 miles ENE of Skalat 
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Suchostaw/sl_podwoloczyska.htm


Town: Podwoloczyska 
Galicia / Province: Ukraine
Located at 49°32? 26°09?
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3511/JRI/Podwoloczyska.htm#B1877-89


Podwoloczyska  -  A photograph taken in 1912
http://geocities.com/turkel.geo/Podwoloczyska.htm


PODVOLOCHISK (also Podwoloczyska), Ukraine. 
Photo 1913
Border crossing point from Russia to Austria on the outskirts of the
town. The town of Podvolochisk is on the background.
http://www.bfcollection.net/indphoto/bfc01367.html


History of Podvolochisk --- an excerpt from the Encyclopedia Judaica
on Podvolochisk. Click on "Text" to get details.
http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/pages/t061/t06133.html


List of all surnames contained in Jewish civil records of the town of
Pidvolochysk (Podwoloczyska in Polish) in the AGAD JRI-Poland/PSA
Archives project.
http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/podwoloczyskasurn.htm


Podwolocyska and its Surroundings 
(Podvolochisk, Ukraine) 
Pidvolochysk Jewish Memorial Book translated from Hebrew
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/podvolochisk/podvolochisk.html


Podwolocyska, My Town
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/podvolochisk/pod001.html#Mytown


Map: Map Quest
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=49.5333&longitude=26.1500&size=big


Search criteria:
JewishGen ShtetlSeeker 
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/


I hope this is helpful.

Best regards,
Bobbie7
loreng-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars
Thank you.  This information is very helpful.

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