In a message dated 6/6/03 12:41:44 AM, belarus@... writes:

<< I am researching a family >from Minsk/Russian Poland. I have asked the name

of the place they were >from and I am told it was named Kenosheen or

Kidasheen.


Can anyone help me identify the place they might be referring to?

>>

I am guessing that "Kenosheen" may have been a garbled version of "Knishin,
the Yiddish version of "Knyszyn," which is northwest of and close to
Bialystok.

Has Ms.Cleary tried Jewishgen's "Shtetlseeker" ? If there she types in
"Knyszyn" and uses the "zoom out" function, she could see how clse to Minskt this
town might be.

Naomi

Naomi Fatouros (nee FELDMAN)
Bloomington, Indiana
NFatouros@...
Researching: BELKOWSKY and BIELKOWSKY, Odessa and Berdichev;ROTHSTEIN,
Kremenchug; FELDMAN, Pinsk; SCHUTZ, RETTIG, WAHL, Shcherets; LEVY, Mulhouse; SAS or
SASS,Podwolochisk; RAPOPORT, Tarnopol, Korostyshev; BEHAM, Salok and Kharkov;
WOLPIANSKY, Ostryna.