This is a stunning map, Laurence! I just downloaded it now, as the internet was "jammed" yesterday when I tried to get it. By the way, do you prefer Laurence or Lavrentiy on your e-mails? Thank you VERY much! Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Krupnak" <LKrupnak@erols.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Aida's link to Roll Map, re Galicia Settlements > Jo, > > The map shows the German settlement areas within Galicia province. > > http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/nepek.gif > > > Ne~met is German (in Magyar (Hungarian) language). > > Cseh = Czech > > Lengyel = Polish > > ruten = Ruthenian (Ukrainian) > > etc. > > ______ > > Lavrentiy Krupniak > > > > > > > Laurence Krupnak wrote: >> >> Hello Aida, >> >> Good map of Austro-Hungarian Empire in Hungarian language: >> >> http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/nepek.gif >> >> Galicia province is upper right side. >> >> ______ >> >> Lavrentiy Krupniak >> >> aida kraus wrote: >> > >> > Please enlighten me as to where Galacia is, I cannot find any reference >> > on >> > any website, I am always referred to Galicia, Galizien! HELP, where is >> > IT? >> > Aida >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Laurence Krupnak" <LKrupnak@erols.com> >> > To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:12 PM >> > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Aida's link to Roll Map, re Galicia >> > Settlements >> > >> > > >> > > Hello Jo, >> > > >> > > The Roll map has "Galacia", but there is no "Galacia," nor is >> > > Galicia spelled "Galacia" and "Galacia" is not where Galicia was >> > > located. >> > > >> > > Galicia is a former territory whose areal extent now lies in the >> > > nation-states of Poland and Ukraine - about 3/5 of Galicia is in >> > > west-central Ukraine (the L'viv, Ternopil, and Ivano-Frankivsk >> > > oblasts >> > > of Ukraine) and 2/5ths is in southeastern Poland. The Roll map has >> > > no >> > > indication that there were German settlements in that area. >> > > Halychyna >> > > (in Ukrainian) (Galicja in Polish), was called Galizien by the >> > > Austrians >> > > who invited Germans to colonize Galicia in the late 1700s. >> > > >> > > A group called Galizien German Descendants has excellent maps >> > > which >> > > show the location of former German colonies in Galicia. Germans >> > > comprised about 2.5 percent of the population of Galicia. >> > > >> > > Jews comprised about 10 percent of the Galician population: >> > > >> > > >> > > http://www.halgal.com/1907popbyrel.html >> > > >> > > Jews resided in Galicia long before Germans were invited to >> > > colonize >> > > in the 1700s. Jews were invited in by former Polish landowners, etc. >> > > during the 14-17th C. >> > > >> > > _______ >> > > >> > > Lavrentiy Krupniak >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Jo Davis wrote: >> > >> >> > >> What's missing or wrong with this 1700 - 1800 German-Russian >> > >> Settlement >> > >> map, >> > >> Lavrentiy? >> > >> << http://www.rollintl.com/roll/grsettle.htm >> >> > >> >> > >> Would you, then, know anything about 'Jewish'-German local settlers >> > >> in >> > >> this >> > >> time frame? Were they part of this "settlement" movement back then? >> > >> How >> > >> about the early 1900's? >> > >> >> > >> I appreciate any comments. >> > >> >> > >> Jo Davis > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/277 - Release Date: 3/8/2006 > >