Help decipher last residence on ship manifest?

Question

I believe I have finally found the immigration record for my great grandfather Borkowski-31. He is on line 16 of the link I attached to his profile. The previous residence is listed as "Cyisk"? Would someone be able to look at the manifest to see if that could be translated differently. I cannot find a province or town by that name, and I would love to have a starting point in Poland. Thank you for the help!

Answer 1

Cyisk is what it looks like to me also, using this image in family search.

The record indicates that he is of Polish origin but came from "Russia" so he likely came from the part of Poland controlled by Russia after the partitioning. You may want to consult a gazeteer of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth place names as well as Congress Poland and look at the Cyrillic spellings.

It could possibly be Suraż, which in Belarussian is Сураж. But it could also be Czersk (the one near Warsaw) which was sometimes spelled Cirnsk. But those are just guesses.

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Thank you, Frank! Now I have some starting points to work on.

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Do you think it could be this village?

Ciosek

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Ciosek
Village
Ciosek
Coordinates: 53°26′14″N 17°43′40″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Sępólno
Gmina	Sośno
Area code(s)	(+48) 52
Vehicle registration	CSE

Ciosek [ˈt͡ɕɔsɛk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sośno, within Sępólno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Sośno, 14 km (9 mi) east of Sępólno Krajeńskie, and 40 km (25 mi) north-west of Bydgoszcz.

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01

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Actually I am thinking this might be it... Does this make sense to pronounce Cyisk to an immigration official?

Czyste, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

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For other places with the same name, see Czyste.

Czyste
Village
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Inowrocław
Gmina	Gmina Inowrocław

Czyste [ˈt͡ʂɨstɛ] (German: Reinfeld) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Inowrocław, within Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.^[1]

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

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So, apparently there are multiple Czyste villages in Poland. I guess I will have to work my way through them, unless someone might offer input as to location. Country of Origin is Russia. Ethnicity is Polish. Does 

• Czyste, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)
• Czyste, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
• Czyste, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
• Czyste, Lubusz Voivodeship (west Poland)
• Czyste, West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland)