Ancestor’s home city misspelled by Ellis Island…Any guesses where this is?

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  1. Maybe Przedecz? Hard to find something else that could be misspelled in similar way.

  2. Possibly Pszczyna, Pszeniczna, Przyłącze, Przyłęczek, Przybysz, Przybyszewo, Przybyszów.

    Listening to how “psedditz” sounds, might also be Siedlec or Siedlce?

    Buuuut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Poland#1809

    Basically, the 1809 extent of Russian Partition was much further east than what it became after subsuming the Congress Poland in 1831. If it’s not in the marked area near Białystok or north above it, then it may not be within Polish borders any more (remember that pre-Partitions, the Commonwealth covered modern Lithuania and Latvia, as well as major parts of Belarus, Estonia and Ukraine).

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