Home› Welcome to the FamilySearch Community!› FamilySearch Help› Indexing

Need help correctly indexing place of birth in Austria

Lisa Christine Seymour Walker
Lisa Christine Seymour Walker ✭
July 14 in Indexing
https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/1ba2802f-9454-4d4d-84ad-0015519cc26b

I have reviewed all of the names of cities and towns in Austria (as listed in Wikipedia) that start with "S" or "I". I cannot find one close that is similar to what I read on this document. I am almost positive that it is NOT Shabatz as currently indexed. Are there any experts in Austrian research who might recognize what town this is meant to be?

Thank you for your help!

Christine Walker

0

Answers

  • erutherford
    erutherford ✭✭✭✭✭
    July 14 edited July 14

    It looks to be Shahatz. The "h"s are similar to those in the emperor, Charles. You have to remember that the person filling out Naturalization forms would sometimes do it phonetically and that it's possible that the city existed then (1918), but does not now. When it doubt, you are able to use ? for on character and * for two or more characters.

    1
  • Maile L
    Maile L mod
    July 14 edited July 14

    I believe that it is Shahatz, Austria. (a misspelling of Schatz) I also think that the surname is Sukaly based on his signature at the bottom.

    1
Clear
No Groups Found

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 27.5K FamilySearch Help
  • 143 Get Involved
  • 2.9K General Questions
  • 475 FamilySearch Center
  • 518 FamilySearch Account
  • 5.2K Family Tree
  • 3.9K Search
  • 5.1K Indexing
  • 725 Memories
  • 375 Other Languages
  • 36 Community News
  • 7.2K Suggest an Idea
  • Groups