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                                        <title>Re: Historical railroads map in Poland territory</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=311'&gt;myonick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:16 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Thanks so much for the map and all the posted information regarding it.&lt;br /&gt;
 Looking at the borders of Russian and Pussian controlled regions it is very clear why my grandfather spoke Polish, Russian and German. We never knew why our grandfather spoke these other languages, but seeing how close his family lived to the borders it make sense. &lt;br /&gt;
Also, Jane thanks for your respond and I hope you can find  some info on beczyn. I would appreicate it. &lt;br /&gt;
Thank you everyone.&lt;br /&gt;
Mary</description>
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                                        <author>myonick</author>
                                        <pubDate>Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:16 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Historical railroads map in Poland territory</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=-1'&gt;Anonymous&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:02 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;90%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;3&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 	  &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;genmed&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Zenon wrote:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;tr&gt;	  &lt;td class=&quot;quote&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;90%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;3&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 	  &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;genmed&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Henryk wrote:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;tr&gt;	  &lt;td class=&quot;quote&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;90%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;3&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 	  &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;genmed&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;MDuplaga wrote:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;tr&gt;	  &lt;td class=&quot;quote&quot;&gt;Henryk,&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for posting the 19th century map! I've never seen that map.   I noticed many Little dates like &amp;quot;1887&amp;quot; all over the map-Do you have any idea what they refer to?&lt;br /&gt;
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MaryAnne&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
My guess is that they refer to the construction dates of the railroads. 1850s -1870s for those marked by alternating black and white, and 1880s and plus for the white lines. &lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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That's right Henryk, the dates refers to the construction of roads and railroads. &lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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MaryAnne, Zenon and Henryk&lt;br /&gt;
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The website below, in polish, shows the railroad net through the years, in a very detailed form: built, deactivated, eletrified, cargo, passengers, etc. It makes possible for us to realize where was the neartest train station our ancestors took a train for the last time. Zenon, maybe this message should be post in another topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://woznyj.republika.pl/mapa.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://woznyj.republika.pl/mapa.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Gilberto</description>
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                                        <pubDate>Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:02 am</pubDate>
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