[PW] trying to locate Lithuanian town

[tina r]

A quick check of Google maps did not turn up a town by that name, but shows
a town named Kupiskis in Lithuania.  Given what I have seen of handwritten
documents from that time period (from an internship in an archives) and
haveing learned that the family and/or place names of immigrants were often
misspelled or misinterpreted, could this be the town your patron is seeking?

I also found the town Kupiskis in:
*Goode's World Atlas*, 20th ed. (2000), Rand McNally, p. 167
*Concise Atlas of the World*, (2003), Dorling Kindersley, p. 119

Hope this helps!
Tina Rawhouser
Librarian, PGCMLS- Surratts Clinton branch


On 4/3/08, Andrew Cherven <DCherven at petoskeylibrary.org> wrote:
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> We have a patron with immigration/naturalization papers for both his
> father and grandfather, dated 1902, listing place of birth as
> Kopishich/Kopisich, Lithuania. He would like to locate this place on a
> map. None of our atlases, historic or otherwise, have been helpful. Also
> checked the list of place names on www.fallingrain.com
> <http://www.fallingrain.com/>  without success. Any ideas? Thanks.
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> Drew Cherven
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