need help figure out towns

[Gianna Podpolucha L]

hello...I recieved records of ship log of my grandparents coming to america and I dont understand it says they were from W.Cieplicz Pinsk Reg. also Czatalice Pinsk Reg., and then Cieplik Russia. Ive been looking on maps around Pinsk and dont see these names. Am i looking in right place? Also if anyone knows about the name Podpolucha? It seems to me that it might have been changed because the spelling and I cant figure out what it might have been. Thanks so much to anyone who can help me.

[michael p.]

gianna, nice to see you have interest in your grandparents. hope you've had a happy holiday. say hello to everyone.

love your uncle michael

P.S. you may want to try lacze which would be the gulf of danzig in the northern part of poland. hope that help you

[Hania]

Prior to WWI, Pinsk (UEZD/District TOWN/Center***) was in Minsk gubernia (Minsk province) of the Russian Empire. Between the wars, Pinsk was in Poleskie wojewoidztwa (Polesie province) of Poland. After WWII, Pinsk was in the U.S.S.R. Today, Pinsk is in Belarus.

Village, Cieplicz - red star
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/print.adp? ... GP28Q%253d

Above is to help you locate appx location of ancestral village. Check maps available on Brestregion.com link!!!

STATE ARCHIVES OF BREST REGION
http://www.archives.gov.by/EArh/erxo_brest.htm

http://archives.gov.by/egobl/eBpin_u.htm

***Immigrants frequently referred to their district center as place of origin for geographical reference, because their own villages were small.

[Gianna Podpolucha L]

Hania,
I would just like to thank you very much, you have been extremely helpful to me. A million thanks!

Gianna