"I
am working on tracing my family history.
It seems that each online source of information has different spellings
for individual family members. At
EllisIsland.org, I found someone I think may be the person I am looking for. He came
into Ellis Island in the correct year and is approximately the correct age. I don't recognize the name of the town that
was listed on the ship's manifest. I
know the area other family members came from in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but
I don't recognize the town of Fzilas.
Can you find where that is located." The Newton Falls Public Library staff is
always willing to get people started on their genealogy searches, and the
library has many resources available for them.
Using
the search words "towns in Austria-Hungary" we located The AllGalicia Database. This site covers vital and historical records
from the old Austro-Hungarian Empire province of Galicia. Fzilas was not listed, but it linked to
JewishGen's community search. We typed in the name of the town and narrowed
our search by the pre-WWI country
selection Austrian Empire. Our search
was successful. We found that this town
is now known as Puclice, Czech Republic; circa 1900 before WWI it was Pustlitz
Bohemia, Austrian Empire. He will now be
able to compare this location with those of other family members to determine
if this is the ancestor for which he is looking.
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