On Feb 28, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Karen Hob wrote: >> Out of curiosity, what makes people think the village is in Galicia? Probably because nobody I have ever met has more than a vague idea where Galicia is! Even a relative of mine who is part White Ruthenian didn't know! Even most eastern europeans think of it as "back east" somewhere. But they have all heard of it, so if they have to give somebody a homeland they think Galicia will do! Dan Killoran

Sir! I like your reply, funny but true ! O.W. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D." <drkilloran@speakeasy.net> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:38 AM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Re: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-D Digest V06 #32 > > On Feb 28, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Karen Hob wrote: > >>> Out of curiosity, what makes people think the village is in Galicia? > > Probably because nobody I have ever met has more than a vague idea > where Galicia is! Even a relative of mine who is part White Ruthenian > didn't know! > Even most eastern europeans think of it as "back east" somewhere. But > they have all heard of it, so if they have to give somebody a > homeland they think Galicia will do! > > Dan Killoran > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html >