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From: Norman Charnley <>
Subject: Keturvalakin, Suwalki - where is it?
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 08:23:37 +0100


I have recently acquired some identity papers of my great-grandmother's,
in which she gives her birthplace as Keturvalakin, Sewalki - at least
that is the name which was written down by the official concerned, so
the spelling is a little suspect. I would be grateful if anybody could
give me some more detailed indication of where this is - is it a
village, or a part of Suwalki, or a region?

I know the family came to England from the Kalvaria-Suwalki area in the
1880s, but this gives me the chance to pinpoint their origin a little
more closely.

Many thanks,

Norman

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Dr. Norman Charnley
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Oxford
Oxford OX1 3PR, UK.
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