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Syd Balarsky Esq
Caprice
Greenlees Gardens
Cam bu slang

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28 March 1979

GLASGOI.'

G72 6BQ

Dear Mr Balarsky
ZIDIKAII
Thank you for your letter received 24 March.
I have checked out this name on the Historisch- Geographischer Atlas des
Preussenlandes . Part 6, which is a facsimile of a map of East Prussia made by
Freyer von Schroetter in 1796- 1802. Unfortunately Zidikaii is not included on
this map as it was well beyond the boundary of East Prussia at that time, and
Schroetter ' s map only extends just north of MEMEL to the border town of
GOTTINGEN/KRETINGEN/KRETINGA/KROTTINGEN .
Even if Zidikaii were on it , I would unfortunately not have been able to copy
the map without the permission of the publishers , Franz Steiner Verlag of
Wiesbaden , since the item is still in copyright , being published in 1978 .
I have searched our own collection of early maps of Poland, Russia and Prussia
and enclose a map of Poland in 181 3 showing Zidikaii , spelled SCZIDI!f_I , and
also marking MEMEL, and in red, the boundary line of E. Prussi a which is where
Schroetter ' s map ceases. I hope that this will help you.
Although we have later maps showing Zidikaii in Lithuania, unfortunately they
are also still within the 50 year copyright and we cannot therefore copy them .
I hope that the 1813 map will be of use to you .
Yours sincerely

Margaret Wilkes (Miss)
Superintendent of Map Room