I looked up the surname of my Great Grand Parents on Herby, They came from Bydgoszcz area also (Lessen) What towns then would be: Bs El Go Rz Sd Sl Su Sz To Wb Is there a list for these? Sam **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001)

On the page: http://www.herby.com.pl/indexslo.html you can find explanation if you click on : "Tutaj znajdują się objaśnienia skrótów" there. Another window will pop up with the following info: Wykaz skrótów nazw województw Zobacz mapę BB - bielskie Op - opolskie BP - bialskopodlaskie Os - ostrołęckie Bs - białostockie Pl - pilskie By - bydgoskie Pł - płockie Ch - chełmskie Po - poznańskie Ci - ciechanowskie Pr - przemyskie Cz - częstochowskie Pt - piotrkowskie El - elbląskie Ra - radomskie Gd - gdańskie Rz - rzeszowskie Go - gorzowskie Sd - siedleckie JG - jeleniogórskie Sk - skierniewickie Ka - katowickie Sł - słupskie Ki - kieleckie Sr - sieradzkie Kl - kaliskie Su - suwalskie Kn - konińskie Sz - szczecińskie Ko - koszalińskie Ta - tarnowskie Kr - krakowskie Tb - tarnobrzeskie you can click on "Zobacz mape" and another window will pop up - you can see there where "old" voivodship" were located. Bogdan Kajkowski 2008/10/4 <SamE797@aol.com>: > I looked up the surname of my Great Grand Parents on Herby, They came from > Bydgoszcz area also (Lessen) > > What towns then would be: > > Bs El Go Rz Sd Sl Su Sz To Wb Is there a list for these? > > Sam > > > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) > ********************************* > 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 >