This link brought me to GeoNames.org.<\/p>\n
To my delight, the link provided information on the location of Nienadowa, including the altitude (271 m), the\u00c2\u00a0latitude, and the longitude (N 49\u00c2\u00b0 50′ 0” E 22\u00c2\u00b0 26′ 0” or, in digital form, 49.83333 \/ 22.43333):\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Polish Village of Nienadowa, Poland on GeoNames<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Now, using such genealogy databases as Legacy Family Tree<\/a>, The Master Genealogist<\/a>,\u00a0and RootsMagic<\/a>, I can\u00c2\u00a0include the coordinates for Nienadowa, providing an unambiguous location for the village of my ancestors.<\/p>\n Unambiguous location data is important for common place names. One can usually narrow down a place with a common name if additional information is provided (such as the name of the county and state for United States place names), but I think it’s great that, even if the administrative divisions of a place change over the years, the latitude and longitude stay the same.<\/p>\n The GeoNames service also provides alternate spellings for the place name, if appropriate.<\/p>\n A case in point is the Lithuanian village of Butrimonys<\/a> that I visited in October. Butrymonys is the location of the parish church<\/a> that my maternal grandmother’s family attended.<\/p>\n Butrimonys ca. 125 m This location is distinct from another village of the same name just a short distance away at N 54\u00c2\u00b0 15′ 0” E 25\u00c2\u00b0 9′ 0” (54.25 \/ 25.15). Without the exact coordinates, one might not be certain which of these two villages is the correct one. Both are located in the Dz\u016bkija region of Lithuania.<\/p>\n The plethora of alternate spellings provided includes Polish, English, and Russian spellings, all\u00c2\u00a0very useful\u00c2\u00a0when reading historical maps and documents. In particular, my great aunt used the spelling Butryma\u0144ce on documents she filled out in the United States,\u00a0something that confused me until I realized that it was\u00c2\u00a0the\u00c2\u00a0Polish\u00c2\u00a0spelling\u00c2\u00a0of Butrimonys.<\/p>\n I’ll be adding a few more Google Alerts in the weeks to come.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2008 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This link brought me to GeoNames.org. Continue reading ![\"The](\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/GeoNames-Nienadowa.jpg\")
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\nButrimance, Butrimantsi, Butrimantsy, Butrimonis, Butrimoni\u00c5\u00b3,
\nButrimonys (English), Butryma\u0144ce, \u00d0\u2018\u00d1\u0192\u00d1\u201a\u00d1\u20ac\u00d0\u00b8\u00d0\u00bc\u00d0\u00be\u00d0\u00bd\u00d0\u00b8\u00d1\u0081\u00c2\u00a0 (Russian)
\npopulated place
\nN 54\u00c2\u00b0 30′ 0” E 24\u00c2\u00b0 15′ 0”
\n54.5 \/ 24.25
\nGeoNameId : 600213<\/p><\/blockquote>\n