Rose Best placename search for Bohemia (now the western part of the Czech Republic is by using http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/LocTown.asp The search engine will do a search for most places in Central and Eastern Europe but since you said Bohemia I narrowed it down to Czech Republic and found Starý Smolivec 49.6 miles SW of Praha Robert Rose M Carrabine <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Checked on the ships manifest for my great gradfather Karel Sochor on the ship the Columbia. In one column (his origin), Stara Smoliwicz, Böhmen is listed. I cannot find "Stara Smoliwicz" anywhere. Can anyone translate or give me info on this town in Bohemia? Thank you. Rose ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message To learn about my October 2007 Heritage and History tour of Croatia http://www.croatia-in-english.com/rj/jerin2007.pdf