I have posted an excerpt >from the 1930 U.S. federal census purportedly
showing the birthplace of my great-grandmother, Esther Aronson.  It is
on ViewMate at the following address:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71015

The name of the town in the census appears to be "Padavola, Poland." I
couldn't find any matches in the JewishGen Communities Database.  When I
searched the JewishGen Gazetteer, I found four Polish towns, Podbale,
Podwale (two towns with that name) and Podwole, all of which are within
150 miles of Warsaw. None of these towns appears to have a significant
Jewish population, and I didn't see a single entry for any of those
towns in JewishGen's Family Finder.

Any suggestions on how I might narrow down the possibilities? My
great-grandmother was never naturalized and I haven't been able to find
a passenger record for her, so this is all I've got.

Thanks very much for your help.

Paul Auerbach
Sharon, Massacusetts, USA


Researching:

ARONSON (Podolia (Gubernia), Ukraine), AUERBACH / AVERBUKH (Chisinau,
Moldova),
BENJAMIN (Ostrolenka, Poland), BLODEK (Krakow, Poland), KHAKIM
(Maisiagala / Musninkai/ Vilnius, Lithuania),
KAPLAN (Koidanov / Minsk, Belarus), LEVINE /LEVIN (Traby / Vilnius,
Lithuania), MINKIN (Rezekne / Kaunata, Latvia),
NEEDLE / NUDELL (Odessa, Ukraine), PELICAN / PELIKAN (London, England &
Tarnow / Krakow, Poland),
ROSENLICHT (Krakow, Poland), TAFFET (Krakow, Poland)