The only thing that comes to mind is Cherkaska, which is not a village but an Oblast (administrative region) in Ukraine. Maybe you should check via: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw/index.html Best regards, -- Charles Wardell A-2073 Schrattenthal 3 Tel/Fax: +43 (2946) 8325 GSM: +43 (664) 307-5815 email: [email protected] (MSN: cwardell COMPUSERVE: wardell) http://www.rootsweb.com/~autwgw/ for Austrian Genealogy and http://www.rootsweb.com/~autwgw/agsfrm.htm for Austria Mailing List