Re: Hrebenchuk/Kmit/Czorny 1920's
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Re: Hrebenchuk/Kmit/Czorny 1920's
lynn Mosher 7/20/11
As Eugenia mentioned, the only similar sounding place is Zhytkovichi rus. / Zhytkavichy bel. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%D0%96%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87%D1%8B,+%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%86%D1%8C,+%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%8C&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=52.156242,27.826996&sspn=0.588923,1.234589&z=12http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%D0%96%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87%D1%8B,+%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%86%D1%8C,+%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%8C&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=52.156242,27.826996&sspn=0.588923,1.234589&z=12
The place is in Belarus, in the region called Polesia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polesiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polesia where a specific dialect is spoken that has similarities to both Belarusian and Ukranian languages. Surnames ending with -uk are rather common there.