Miriam, i think that generally speaking when referring to South Russia we are referring to the southern part of "European Russia" Simply saying Russia would leave too broad an area... S.Russia also includes the Caucasus area... Usually it's pretty evident what is meant, Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miriam Hall-Hansen" <mchall@xmission.com> To: "JM on Telus" <jmeeuwig@telus.net> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [GERmanRUSsian] What should be recorded as NEUBURG 1a // Bessarabian records > You are right , it is Neuburg. It is in Kreis Odessa, G. Cherson, Russia. This palce is also known as > Wladimirowka- By the way, where is South Russia- On any map there so such name on the Russian maps or > German maps. If I didn't know you meant the Black Sea, Odessa, Krim etc area, I just may think of the > area south by Siberia and Afganistan.Miriam Hall-Hansen > > JM on Telus wrote: > > > Unfortunately a lot of records have been transcribed with Neuberg instead of > > Neuburg as the placename. > > The placename is actually Neuburg, and to the best of my knowledge there was > > no Neuberg in S.Russia. > > Nor for that matter was there a Neuberg in Wuerttemberg. There was only one > > in Hessen. > > So please be sure to record the correct name in any derivative work. > > Below is a list of the errors on the St.Pete online files; > > rest assured there are plenty of other places where > > this placename has been recorded incorrectly. > > And where it has been propagated in error. > > Already in 1382 do we find mention of the > > Rittergeschlechts Thumb von Neuburg... > > in the history of Schwaben[-land]. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ERRORS: > > Search of St. Petersburg Archive Extractions for the query "Neuberg" .....................trimmed here..................