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From: Jerry Frank <>
Subject: Re: [POLAND-ROOTS] Town name Racionz, Osowa
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:08:19 -0600

At 02:43 PM 20-05-99 -0400, Brianne Kelly-Bly wrote:
>I received the Alien Registration card for Josephine
>Banasiak. On the card it listed has place of birth as
>Racionz, Osowa, Poland. She arrived in the US in 1911 from
>the port of Libru. Josephine signed the card in 1944 with

The port should be Libau.

Racionz is probably Raciaz where the second a has a hook under it giving it
an on sound.

Raciaz is about 45 km NE of Plock. There is Ossowa Krzceczanowska located
about 8 km NW of Raciaz.


Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta

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