>From Walter Romig's MICHIGAN PLACE NAMES [available at Amazon.com] Volinia, Cass Co when the township was organized in 1833, Josephus Gard named it Volhynia, after a province in Poland, and believed to have been given in honor of Gn Thaddeus Kosiusko, the Polish patriot... the name was soon reduced to Volenia and the to Volinia; it was given a PO as Volinia on May 8, 1834...renamed Pickett's Corners; the Volinia o was again restored from Jan 13, 186 to Oct 31, 1902... If more would be helpful, please contact me. This is the basic entry. Lorelei in CA. -----Original Message----- From: Almenami@aol.com [mailto:Almenami@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 6:26 PM To: MIGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIGEN] Avolenia, Cass County, MI Is there, or was there ever, a town by the name of Avolenia, Cass County, MI? One of my husband's ancestors, Jeduthan WING, is said to have been buried there, but we cannot find such a place. There is a Volinia, but no Avolenia, that we know of. Maybe we are looking in the wrong place. Or are they one and the same; Avolenia back in the late 1700's, Volinia, currently? Patricia Maher Paw Paw, MI