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From: Conrad Plowman <>
Subject: [British Jewry] Kalwarien
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 18:45:57 +0100

Hi Sherry,

Mine apparently came from 'Kalvariya' (various spellings), which was
described by the family as 'a town on the Polish border'. Although
there are other places with similar spellings, I assume it is the town
just west of Mariyampole, in Suwalki province. It had a large Jewish
community, many of whom were engaged in, surprisingly (at least I think
so!), tobacco growing. It was described in the 1891 census place of
birth as in Russian Poland, which I think it was at the time, although
it has generally been placed in Lithuania. Don't tell me we have
another family connection!

Conrad


> Hello,
>
> Is there an easy way to find a shtetl? I have "Kalwarien in Suwalk
province"
> from a naturalisation. At shtetl seeker
> (http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm) I get 28
possibilities.
> Some I know are wrong, like the Greece ones, because I am looking in
> *Russia*. Is there some easy way to enter the province and the town
name in
> one go? I feel I must be missing something somewhere. The directions
from a
> big city and the map co-ordinates don't help me at all on this! Maybe
there
> is a map which shows the provinces which I could use to cross
reference?
>
> TIA
> Geographically challenged in Salford :-)
>

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