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From: Pete Dinwoodie <>
Subject: Re: [IMMI-GRAND-L] Help on Census, please.
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 06:32:49 -0400


Bohemia and Moravia (B&M) are parts of Czechoslovakia
where the majority is German. Sufficiently so that Germany
"annexed" in 1939. The Au could be Austria, suggesting that
the relative was of German descent, perhaps originating in
Austria.

Pete

Glena Green wrote:

> I found a relative on a blurry TX 1920 census. I need help decoding the
> following. On persons birth-place it says Czechoslovakia with what appears
> to be either B*M or B+M written above the country, but still inside the
> block. Parents birth-place shows Czechoslovakia also, but it looks like AU
> above it, but also still in the same block. The mother tounge in all 3 is
> Bohemian. The year of immigration is 1898. Does anyone have any idea what
> these might be? If AU stands for Austria, why would it be written there with
> Czechoslovakia? Please send me any ideas you might think of. Thanks
> everyone....Glena
>
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