No problem here with Galicia, thanks, Laurence, and I have got that map. But there is supposedly a Galacia too. Still don't know where that is. Aida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Krupnak" <LKrupnak@erols.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Aida's link to Roll Map, re Galicia Settlements > 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 ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >