In a message dated 10/10/2008 9:38:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi list, I am back after a few years....I wonder if anyone has a clue where I could find where male born in Balovaretz, Hungary, he speaks English and is Russian (race) as listed on manifest put out by the U. S. Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services. The etz does not sound Hungarian or Russian to me, and btw, the males name ends with etz. I did some searches of villages on Wikipedia, but not to be found in Hungary. Any hints appreciated. Grayce in PA Hi Grayce, A Google search didn't find the Balovaretz spelling; however, searching a suffix for etz brought up this: According to JewishGen's ShtetlSeeker, Dworetz was situated 16.3 miles north of Berdichev, and 8.2 miles south of Zhitomer. Thus, the name Dwor may have resulted by dropping the suffix "-etz." Berdichev was near Kiev - 100 miles southwest. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, also a web site re Yiddish asked the question, but no one answered: Subject: etymology of "etz" and "enk" "Does anyone know where the use of "etz" and "enk" for ihr and eich comes from?" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, It's a good guess your query person is Russian. Marika **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)