Ruska Nova Ves is in Slovakia at: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=48.9833&lo ngitude=21.3333&size=big I don't find anything with the Kamjanka spelling but did find a KAMJONKA (KAMIENKA) in Slovakia also. It's at http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=49.3333&lo ngitude=20.6167&size=big I found both at http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm -- Pam http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/6771 "O.M.D. Clementine" <snappie@cracker.com> wrote in message news:ii3nnvo6vddsrm8toulr50cks6kecfh6lp@4ax.com... > Does anyone have any good references for the following two villlages > (please forgive if the spelling isn't exact!): > > Ruska Nova Ves > Kamjanka > > One is my grandfather's ancestral home, the other my grandmother's. > > > TIA