We need to remember something. This may have been written when this was part of Poland. The official language is now Belarusyn. Place names and spellings will have changed. We have to what they are called and how they are spelled today. Boundaries could have have changed for the powiat, etc. Tina On 10/24/07, marianwsr@aol.com <marianwsr@aol.com> wrote: > > > Teresa, > > The address should be; > > > > /name first..../? ................................... > ??? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? wies;????? BAKATOWA 12 > ??? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? poczta;?? WISNIEWO > ??? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? powiat;?? WOLOZYN > > > ??? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? wojewodztwo; NOWOGRUDEK > ??? ??? ??? ??? BELARUS > > Some of the letters in address? are different, because were written in > word pronounced way specific for Polish Borders of mixed languages of > Polish, Lithuanian and Belarusssian. > In Polish language letter L has also other twin symbol with dash made at > 45 degree angle to the vertical stem of letter at its 2/3 of the height > -similar to the dash in small letter t in all languages -also apply to the > capital? L . > This specific? letter is pronounced softer, it sound as letter w sounds > in English. > > Marian > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: T Hoitt <twinklehoitt@yahoo.com> > To: poland <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 4:02 pm > Subject: [PBS] What does this say? > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > I found an address: What does is say please? > > Powiet Wotozyn > Wajewotstwo > Nowogrudek > Poczta Wisniewo > Wies Bakatowa 12 > > I would like to send a letter to this address to see if has anything to do > with > my family. Is this the way I would show it on the envelope? > > Teresa > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > http://mail.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >