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    1. Two towns and a name
    2. Jeff Latker
    3. I'm looking for a way to locate two cities in the Ukraine. One is my Grandfather's town of origin called (phonetically) Bisnavet or Bisnevet and the other my Grandmother's town of Drasna or Drasnya. I don't know where to find any detailed maps if they exist that might aid in my search. The only clue I have is from my Father, while in Russia a couple of years ago, asked some of his Russian contacts who were familiar with The Ukraine about both towns. According to my Father's contacts it seems Bisnavet may still exist, but Drasna might have been a shtetl which exists no longer. My Grandfather's surname was Latker and was not changed upon arrival to the US based on the assumption that distant relatives who had different patriarchal emigres also have the same name. However, my Grandmother's name appears to have been changed to Sunshine. Unfortunately no one in my family knows her family's original surname. Could anyone give me some advice on how I might trace her name? ----------------- Jeff Latker Falls Church, VA Jlatker@erols.com

    04/09/1997 07:36:34