Mike, I've been casually following your line of inquiry, and am a bit surprised that no one has noted that the Rus who occupied a great deal of Galicia in past times are not in their mind Russians. "Galicia" itself referred to an area of southern Poland and portions of old Slovakia encompassed by the Carpathian mountains when it was under Austrian control in the era when your relative lived there. Krasno was probably the nearest town of any size. There are several other appellations used by these people and their descendants to describe themselves. Some today consider them Ukrainians. Suggest you look up this line of thought. Galicia was never under Russian control. My wife's family came in part from those "Rus". —BillOn Apr 30, 2012, at 8:55 AM, mrpiano17@aol.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > Once again I come with questions. I believe that I recently found > the ship's manifest for my gggrandfather's entry into the US via > the Hamburg Passenger Line in 1888. However, I'm having difficulty > with pinpointing the transcribed location (Krasno, Russland). It is > believed that they were from Galicia, but when I google map this > location, the closest, current location I come up with is Krasno, > Slovakia. Looking at maps of Galicia though, it doesn't appear that > this location would have fallen into the Galicia area. I know names > of places change so perhaps this name is in reference to somewhere > else? Perhaps the Galicia knowledge is just incorrect. > > Does any have any information on this location or thoughts? > > Thanks! > Mike > > > > > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots- > admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the > list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this > list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message