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From: Laurence Krupnak <>
Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Travel to Jablonec nad Nisou and L'vov
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:29:27 -0400
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Laurence Krupnak wrote:
>
> Regarding L'vov. First, L'vov is Russian form of L'viv. When in L'viv
> use L'viv because Ukrainians are very sensitive.



Relations between Russia and Ukraine have always been sharp, but now
with Ukraine supporting Georgia and the US fomenting trouble throughout
Eastern Europe vis-a-vis Russia (e.g. wanting to install a missile
shield in Poland, pushing hard for Ukraine and Georgia to get into NATO,
etc. most Ukrainians (especially those located in western Ukraine like
around L'viv) are ultra nationalistic and will argue with you if you
exhibit any Russophile characteristics.


______

Lavrentiy Krupniak




>
> L'viv has modern hotel accommodations.
>
> Need a researcher in L'viv...I have a partner in L'viv that does
> research.
>
> Germans from Prussia and Bohemia migrated to Galicia in late
> 1700s....Austrians invited them. L'viv was capital Galicia...Germans
> called L'viv Lemberg.
>
> Regarding US immigration records...use the Morse one step:
>
> http://stevemorse.org/
>
> _______
>
> Lavrentiy Krupniak
>
> The Galicia list service at:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Galicia_Poland-Ukraine
>
> Aida Kraus wrote:
> >
> > jteague:
> > The former East Germany and the Czech Republic are as safe as Germany or
> > Austria. Everybody lives of the tourist trade now and are VERY friendly,
> > the younger people are quite fluent in the English language. If you travel
> > in the Czech Republic by car, I suggest that you rent a car there, so that
> > you have a Czech car license which makes it less attractive to car thieves.
> > If you travel in a rented car with a German or Austrian license I would make
> > sure that you park your car in the hotels' security parking lots. There is
> > no problem with train travel. Ask your travel agent what a EURO railpass
> > would cost for the period of time you would use it. If you are a senior,
> > mention it, they have discounts.
> > I cannot speak for the Ukraine.
> > Aida
> >
> > ------------------------
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:44 AM, <> wrote:
> >
> > > 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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