She Knew
High Miles
came from and................................
Grandpa's people came from Pole u Blatne (town of Pole, near Blatna)
Pisek region,
Grandma's were from Svihov, Pilsen.
Now I'm obliged to check them out. On a map at least.
High Miles
> High Miles <2blue...@comcast.net> wrote in
> news:PdwYl.8469$gz5....@newsfe07.iad:
> Pilsen, 10 km N of Klatovy.
Wish I could have gone when some relatives did.
They went shortly after the war, and came home with lots
of "bargains".
I still have some lovely cut glass pieces from their trip.
>
> Likely it's the Blatn� N of Strakonice (NW of Pisek), about 40
> to 50 km E of Svihlov.
>
> J
The neighborhood where my mother and I were born - in
Chicago - is still known as Pilsen.
There was even a brewery with a large beer garden where
people held wedding parties and local celebrations.
D
High Miles
> Well, well .. another map shows S^vihov (no "L") at the same
> location b/w Pilsen and Klatovy:
> http://www.svihov.cz/index.php
>
> Photo gallery (all in Cz):
> http://www.svihov.cz/index.php?page=63&lang=cz
>
> J
BINGO !
That's us.
Nice links.
Wish I had learned to habla the lingo as a child.
kujebak
Why? Plenty of old geezers who "habla de lingo" in
this pub :-))
PaulJK
Okay, these places are not far away from where my paternal family
used to live farther down southeast the other side of Písek.
There are at least two places in Czech Republic called Pole.
The one near Blatná is is situated precisely at at 49°25' North,
13°47' East, which is 47.7 kilometers southeast of Plzeň (Pilsen).
Pilsen is located at 49°45' N, 13°22' E.
There are several places called Švihov in Czech Republic,
their exact geographical locations are as follows:
1. 49°02' N 13°55' E, 89.0 kilometers SSE of Pilsen,
2. 49°29' N 13°17' E, 30.2 kilometers SSW of Pilsen,
3. 49°44' N 15°06' E, 124.5 kilometers E of Pilsen,
4. 49°51' N 15°52' E, 179.6 kilometers E of Pilsen, and
5. 50°07' N 13°34' E, 43.2 kilometers NNE of Pilsen.
The likely plavec are number 1 and 2. I guess, the number 2
is the most likely one. It is a larger place than Pole, which
is just a small village.
pjk
PaulJK
Okay, only No. 2 is called Schwihau in German.
pjk
High Miles
> High Miles wrote:
>> Asked my family historian daughter about where the old folks
>> came from and................................
>>
>> Grandpa's people came from Pole u Blatne (town of Pole, near Blatna)
>> Pisek region,
>>
>> Grandma's were from Svihov, Pilsen.
>>
>> Now I'm obliged to check them out. On a map at least.
>
> Okay, these places are not far away from where my paternal family
> used to live farther down southeast the other side of Písek.
>
> There are at least two places in Czech Republic called Pole.
> The one near Blatná is is situated precisely at at 49°25' North,
> Pilsen is located at 49°45' N, 13°22' E.
>
> their exact geographical locations are as follows:
> 1. 49°02' N 13°55' E, 89.0 kilometers SSE of Pilsen,
> 2. 49°29' N 13°17' E, 30.2 kilometers SSW of Pilsen,
> 3. 49°44' N 15°06' E, 124.5 kilometers E of Pilsen,
> 4. 49°51' N 15°52' E, 179.6 kilometers E of Pilsen, and
> 5. 50°07' N 13°34' E, 43.2 kilometers NNE of Pilsen.
>
> The likely plavec are number 1 and 2. I guess, the number 2
> is the most likely one. It is a larger place than Pole, which
> is just a small village.
>
> pjk
>
You definitely know your beans on locations.
I appreciate your sharing.
D
PaulJK
> PaulJK wrote:
>> High Miles wrote:
>>> Asked my family historian daughter about where the old folks
>>> came from and................................
>>>
>>> Grandpa's people came from Pole u Blatne (town of Pole, near Blatna)
>>> Pisek region,
>>>
>>> Grandma's were from Svihov, Pilsen.
>>>
>>> Now I'm obliged to check them out. On a map at least.
>>
>> Okay, these places are not far away from where my paternal family
>>
>> There are at least two places in Czech Republic called Pole.
>> 13�47' East, which is 47.7 kilometers southeast of Plze? (Pilsen).
>> Pilsen is located at 49 45' N, 13�22' E.
>>
>> There are several places called vihov in Czech Republic,
>> their exact geographical locations are as follows:
>> 1. 49 02' N 13�55' E, 89.0 kilometers SSE of Pilsen,
>> 2. 49�29' N 13�17' E, 30.2 kilometers SSW of Pilsen,
>> 3. 49�44' N 15�06' E, 124.5 kilometers E of Pilsen,
>> 4. 49�51' N 15�52' E, 179.6 kilometers E of Pilsen, and
>> 5. 50�07' N 13�34' E, 43.2 kilometers NNE of Pilsen.
>>
>> The likely plavec are number 1 and 2. I guess, the number 2
>> is the most likely one. It is a larger place than Pole, which
>> is just a small village.
>> pjk
>>
> Wow - again.
> You definitely know your beans on locations.
> I appreciate your sharing.
> D
I see you are using Thunderbird. Do you get all the special
characters and diacritics displayed correctly?
When I post non-standard ASCII I do that in UTF-8 which
gets the best chance of being handled correctly by the
recipient. I can't tell how you receive it, but by the time
you send the reply it's all screwed up since you post
in (Western European ISO), i.e. ISO-8859-1.
pjk
High Miles
>
> I see you are using Thunderbird. Do you get all the special
> characters and diacritics displayed correctly?
Yep.
>
> When I post non-standard ASCII I do that in UTF-8 which
> gets the best chance of being handled correctly by the
> recipient. I can't tell how you receive it, but by the time
> you send the reply it's all screwed up since you post
> in (Western European ISO), i.e. ISO-8859-1.
>
> pjk
>
T Bird understands UTF-8 so your posts are completely
logical.
Perhaps I should select another fashion for posting to this
'international' group ?
D
PaulJK
I have used TBird before but I don't remember if you
have to fix your posting choice of 'format encoding'.
Ideally you want to select an option to automatically
respond in the encoding system of the message you
happen to be responding to. That is, if TBird has that
option.
pjk