Fw: [Cz-L] Please help me! from Alex Weinstein on 2006-10-17 (The Czernowitz-L Archive)

From: Alex Weinstein <weinstein.a_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:40:08 -0400
To: Bubylu_at_aol.com, czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu
Reply-to: Alex Weinstein <weinstein.a_at_sympatico.ca>

Wallachia was the name of one third of actual Romania with capital
Bucharest. It is a lar ge teritory and never part of Austria Hungary. The
other 2 thirds: Moldavia (capital Iasi) and Transilvania (capital Cluj).
I don' know if existed a town with the name "Wallachia" in Bucovina

Alex Weinstein

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Subject: [Cz-L] Please help me!

> Hello all,
>
> I have been following the Czernowitz list since it began, but I haven't
> been
> very active. Now, I have a BIG question and I hoping that some of you
> can
> be of help to me.
> My grandparents came from Wallachia (Vilok) which in 1900 was part of
> Austria Hungary but is now part of Romania. It is not far from
> Czernowitz. Now,
> my plight. Is Wallachia a town, region, or what?
> In my grandparents papers (Ellis Island) it shows that they came from
> Wallachia but I'm now finding out that it isn't a town or village at all.
> SO WHERE DO MY GRANDPARENTS COME FROM? How can I find out where exactly
> they came from?
> I thank you in advance for all of your help.
>
> Sincerely,
> Lois Friedman
> Searching: GREIF, LECHNER, SCHIESEL, SEGAL, LEIBOVITZ
Received on 2006-10-17 08:04:27