Roman, I used the same map as you did and came to the same conclusion. More information is needed. Jim On Apr 20, 2008, at 8:29 PM, Roman wrote: > Jim and John, > > Although an initial search for the term "Łąki", meaning "meadows" at > > http://mapa.szukacz.pl/ > > identifies 62 locations *containing* that word, only 20 or so are > actually named "Łąki". And of those an even smaller number are > located > in the former province of Galicia. However, it seems that you need > some > more collateral information, perhaps also available on the marriage > document you cite, that will further clarify or identify your village. > > By the way, the spelling is likely "Łąki" (pronounced "wonkey"), > not "Ląki". > > [Use Charecter Encoding UTF-8 to properly display this message.] > > Roman > > Kuba wrote: >> There are 62 L~a~kis in Poland. They are spread all over the map, >> Łąki >> >> Jim >> >> On Apr 20, 2008, at 7:20 PM, John Ruther wrote: >> >>> I have a marriage record of a family member, Valentine Bednarz, and >>> in this record it states that he is from a town in Poland with >>> which I am having difficulty identifying. It is La~ki, L~a~iski, >>> Gal., Polonia. Is this familiar to anyone and if so, might you know >>> its location? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> John >> > ********************************* > 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 jimpres1@mac.com