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Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Travel to Jablonec nad Nisou and L'vov
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:44:33 -0400
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Can anyone offer advice on traveling in the areas of Jablonec nad Nisou in the Czech Replubic?or L'vov, Ukraine?? Would it be considered as safe as driving, say, in Germany or Austria??

Is the old former East Germany area also now as safe and tourist friendly as the old West Germany (for example, Dresden, Leipzig, Potsdam)??

And, is L'vov tourist friendly at all??

The person traveling is a middle-aged female and would drive or take trains into these areas.? Also, can anyone recommend geneologists for hire?in?Jablonec nad Nisou and L'vov?areas??

Did Germanic people migrate to L'vov, or were they innately Germanic as part of the Austria empire??

My other question involves how to locate how and when a person arrived in the US, esp. when the surname may have changed spellings.? I find similar spellings, but have never been able to find the exact link between Old and New World ancestors.? What are the best sources for bridging this gap? I can date direct ancestors to the 1860s in the US and find many with similar surnames in all the areas listed above.? But, I cannot link them into one family line.?

Any advice would be?very much?appreciated.? Thank you.

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