The little squares look to me like representations of buildings. There is a staw(pond) there but no lake. Jim On Aug 16, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Val wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I need help reading the following map showing Zalozce (Zalosce). > Near the top right of the map. > > http://homepage.mac.com/kazdee/.Public/www/mapa-1879-80.jpg > > Do the little black squares in the shaded area represent where the > population of the town existed? If so does this mean that the town > is on both sides of the end of the lake? I keep reading about > Zalozce Stare and Zalozce Nowe being separated by a pond and am > wondering if this is it. This looks more like a lake and I read on > another site that the Seret River flowed into the Zalozce Lake. This > was the first mention I've had of a lake. > > Words in the centre of this body of water are: > Stan Zaloziecki > > Would someone translate. Auto translator gave me "State (condition) > Zaloziecki" > > I'm new to reading these maps so any help on reading the markings > would be appreciated. . > > Val > ********************************* > 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