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Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

Anonymous — Fri Jun 17, 2011 2:27 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 2:27 pm

[quote="JoelKosciak"]I'm not good with pronouncing polish cities/towns.
Joel, go to http://www.ivona.com/, select the Polish flag, a male or female voice and type your text in the blank field. Be sure to type polish characters, if there is any. Then click on Play and listen how it sounds.

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

JoelKosciak — Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:37 am

Author: JoelKosciak

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:37 am

Hmmm ... Yeah that looks right ... I wonder what she was doing in Slovakia. ... She was orphaned around 6 or 7, and worked at rich peoples homes. But my great grandfather was from Roczyny, where I believe they married.

Interesting note I recently found out about my great grandmother ... She gave birth to a great aunt of mine 3 days after arriving to America.

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

Bill Rushin — Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:25 am

Author: Bill Rushin

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:25 am

It's on the other side of the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia. It's 78 miles SE from Krakow.

Mariánska-Hora (Marian Hill) above town Levoca is one of the oldest and best known pilgrimage sites in Slovakia. The pilgrimage that takes place annually on the first Sunday in July may be traced back to the times when the Friars Minor, spreading Marian veneration, consecrated the chapel built on the hill to the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the end of the 14th century. Meadows at south part of Marian hill offer a great vista over historic town Levoca and surrounding picturesque Spiš landscape.

Levoca is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia with a population of 14 600. The town has a historic center with a well preserved town wall, a Renaissance church with the highest wooden altar in Europe and many other valuable historic buildings. Levoca was added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List in June 2009.

(Click on map to enlarge) (Zakopane in directly south of Krakow.)
Give credit to Jozefs.

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

JoelKosciak — Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:26 am

Author: JoelKosciak

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:26 am

Really Slovakia? lol ... Same spelling? ... How close to all the other towns mentioned??

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

Bill Rushin — Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:20 pm

Author: Bill Rushin

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:20 pm

No wonder I couldn't find it, it's in another country- Slovakia.

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

jozefs — Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:08 am

Author: jozefs

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:08 am

JoelKosciak wrote:

Sure, here it is ...

http://maps.google.pl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=pl&geocode=&q=marianska+hora&sll=52.025459,19.204102&sspn=7.072764,14.128418&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Mari%C3%A1nska+Hora,+05401+Levo%C4%8Da,+S%C5%82owacja&t=h&ll=49.043888,20.603485&spn=0.029424,0.087891&z=14

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

JoelKosciak — Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:13 pm

Author: JoelKosciak

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:13 pm

Hmmm ... Not sure ... Do they sound close to you when they are said? I'm not good with pronouncing polish cities/towns. Heck, sometimes I wonder if I am saying my last name right! lol

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

Bill Rushin — Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:45 pm

Author: Bill Rushin

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:45 pm

Andrychów is 2 miles from Roczyny- what do you think? Could it be Andry-chów instead of Maryanski-chori?

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

JoelKosciak — Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:18 pm

Author: JoelKosciak

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:18 pm

Well my great grandmother was born in Krakow ... and she married my great grandfather who was from Roczyny. ... So maybe somewhere in between or around?

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

Bill Rushin — Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:13 pm

Author: Bill Rushin

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:13 pm

JoelKosciak wrote:

Sure, here it is ...

I hate these- the clerk of the court sometimes makes up what they think is the correct spelling of the Polish town. (Many immigrants could not read or write so they could not assist with the spelling) Do you have any idea of the location? Would it be near the area of the other towns you named? All I can do is guess at a town nearby that might sound like this.

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

Bill Rushin — Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:06 pm

Author: Bill Rushin

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:06 pm

JoelKosciak wrote:

I just want to make sure you are sure.

The place you had on the map I found to be also said as "Roczyny", which is in southwest Poland ... But I found a place called "Raczyna" that is in southeast Poland. Is Raczyna not in Galicia?

My location is within 35 miles of SE of Krakow. This is in SE Poland, however it was in Galicia until 1918. Do you need some help with some maps/history to understand it better?

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

JoelKosciak — Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:59 pm

Author: JoelKosciak

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:59 pm

Sure, here it is ...

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

Bill Rushin — Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:06 pm

Author: Bill Rushin

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:06 pm

Can you scan this towns name from the actual document? It just doesn't look right to me.

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

JoelKosciak — Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:59 am

Author: JoelKosciak

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:59 am

OH! ... How about Maryanskie-Chori, Poland ? ... I can't find it. It was my great grandmother's last foreign residence.

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

JoelKosciak — Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:45 am

Author: JoelKosciak

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:45 am

I just want to make sure you are sure.

The place you had on the map I found to be also said as "Roczyny", which is in southwest Poland ... But I found a place called "Raczyna" that is in southeast Poland. Is Raczyna not in Galicia?

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

JoelKosciak — Sun Jun 12, 2011 8:07 am

Author: JoelKosciak

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 8:07 am

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

Bill Rushin — Sun Jun 12, 2011 8:02 am

Author: Bill Rushin

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 8:02 am

I made a small map for you.

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

JoelKosciak — Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:47 am

Author: JoelKosciak

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:47 am

Thanks, and its near Krakow? That's where my great grandmother, his wife, was born.

Now I need to figure out how to see if I can find old documents from Poland. ... I think it'd be easier to hire somebody. lol

~ Joel

Re: Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

Bill Rushin — Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:37 am

Author: Bill Rushin

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:37 am

Joel, Roczyna is near Krakow (sw). Pronounced row-cheen-a. I think the draftboard man tried his best to interpret it but failed miserably. (Roczyny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Andrychów, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Andrychów, 14 km (9 mi) west of Wadowice, and 51 km (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kraków. The village has a population of 3,728. (This town would be in old Galicia)

Town Location Help ... Ronczyna, Roczyny...?

JoelKosciak — Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:43 am

Author: JoelKosciak

Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:43 am

Hello,

Need some help deciphering here. ... Many documents I see that my great grandfather came from Ronczyna (see this the most) or Rocazyna ... then the picture below says something a bit different ...

~ Joel