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Hrys Galicia? Anyone know where this is? (Possible incorrect spelling).


regionpolski 33 | 153  
28 Feb 2009 /  #1
I found an immigration record, and it idicates a place aclled Hrys, Poland. It's an American immigration document, and I imagine the spelling is incorrect. Anyone know where it could be?
Olasz - | 69  
28 Feb 2009 /  #2
what's the date on the document? any surnames on the document?
Galicia (Ukrainian: Галичина (Halychyna), Polish: Galicja) is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine.
So you might to be looking for smtg that's not in Poland anymore. If it's Ukraine then it's Cyrillic alphabet.

In Polish it could be:

- Hryś?
- Ryś (which is a name for a cat-like animal) living in those parts
- Ruś?
- could it be Boryslaw, Ukraine? hell, long shot, but have a look - Jewish community, at some point (1941?) getto establ. if I got it right - read here.

Here different old maps of Galicja, this one looks relatively new...

good luck :)

p.s.
what if the place doesn't exist anymore, so it's not on the map - have no idea how to look for it...
OP regionpolski 33 | 153  
28 Feb 2009 /  #3
The document is an American Naturalization form. It was completed in the state of Pennsylvania in 1919. The person in question is my grandfather's sister (Mildred). It's her husband's document, but it gives her birthplace as Hrys, Poland. My grandfather was born in Pennsylvania. The document is of interest to me because we don't know where her father (my great-grandfather) came from. He and his wife (Domicella) spoke Polish, and his wife was from Zelona Gora. I don't know if she was born there, or if that was her last residence in Poland. He was murdred in 1917 or 1918, and took his origins to the grave. I have other leads. He had younger brothers that emmigrated later, and I think they came from Szypliszki, in the Suwalki region. The spelling on their immigration forms strongly suggests they were from there. One document indicates Szypiski, and the other Schipliski. That would seem to close the case. However, Mildred, my grandfather's sister, indicates on her 1920 US census form, that both her parents were from Galicia. So now, the circumstantial evidence covers modern day Poland from pillar to post----Suwalki to Galicia to Zelona Gora. Mildred married a man from Sanok, which is in Galicia, and it's probable she married a man from the old country from her parents home area. I also have a WICZ last name, and have been told it either Ukranian or Belorussian.

Anyway, I find it ironic that we fret over something that my ancestors probably didn't believe was all that important. They came to the US to become Americans.

I appreciate any help, and I will diligently follow up any leads.

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