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deidre

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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:44 pm Post subject: Stare Gorecko and Wola in Russia/Poland

My husband's grandfather was from the Russian part of Poland,Stare Gorecko,not sure of the spelling.Another town ,Wola,was mentioned. Can anyone tell me where they might be located ? They spelled their name Jusko,but also Juszko before coming to the U.S.
Thanks for any information !
Deidre

Bill Rushin
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:22 am Post subject:

Deidre, your GF was most likely born in Galicia. This was an area that Austro-Hungary annexed from Poland in 1792 until 1918. Gorecko Stare is in Poland near the Ukrainian border. See the maps I made for you for the exact location.

Górecko Stare is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jozefow, within Bilgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Józefów, east of Bilgoraj, and south of the regional capital Lublin. The village has a population of 332.

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deidre

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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:50 pm Post subject:

Thank you so much.I didn't know that it was a village,or where it was. That's all I a
have on the elusive great-grandfather...he rode the rails and is very hard to pin down !!
Gratefully yours,
Deidre

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