Wolhyn g

On the manifest for the Campanello, Iwan Mamiszew listed his town of origin as Lechowiec, Wohlyn g., Russia. In 1910, Russia was made up of provinces, or gubernia. This would mean that Lechowiec was in the province of Wohlyn, located in what is now northwest Ukraine on the border with Poland and Belarus.

This will help to locate the town or village of Lechowiec, as there are several sound-alike towns in Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. The next step will be to locate a map (in English!) of the Wohlyn province around 1900-1910 so I can see the boundaries that were in place. Wohlyn was partitioned a couple times between Poland, Russia and Ukraine.

Following are some interesting websites about the province.


This site also has an interesting link to the Russian Orthodox Church (Pochayiv Lavra). I will research that in a comimg blog. Mom said Grandpa was a practicing Russian Orthodox, so maybe there will be some church records somewhere in the Ukraine to find. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volhynia

http://www.volhynia.com/history.html

http://www.kresy.co.uk/wolyn.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0851120.html