[Larry deZeng]

Thanks, Dan! I knew you would get to the bottom of this if given a few minutes. I'm at a big disadvantage when it comes to the Russian language. How the Germans managed to come up with Jeserischtschi out of Jeziaryšča beats me, unless some letters got changed along the way somewhere, especially the "J", which the Germans almost always render as a "Y", and the final letter, "i" instead of "a". The Cyrillic "sh" into The German "sch" and "ch" into "tsch" are standard, of course. The Deutsche Heereskarte, Osteuropa 1:300,000, Blatt Nr. V 56 Witebsk, Stand: 15 Nov. 1943, clearly shows the village with the spelling "Jeserischtschi". But it would have been difficult to find without your help, Dan!

L.