any towns that are pronounced as Koscov?

Hi, I'm an American genealogist who is trying to find an ancestor of a coworker of mine. She knows that he was born November 12, 1892, in a town that sounds like Koscov. His last name after he came to the USA was Miskowicz, but before he left Poland, it was Miscowiec. All I need to know is if there are any towns that, when pronounced by native English-speakers, sounds like Kaus-kauv. I obviously reprinted it phonetically. And if anybody knows of the Miscowiec family who'd be able to help me out...I'd appreciate it! ~Shauna~

There is a street called ' ul Koszykowa' in Warsaw.

MIŚKOWICZ/MIŚKOWIEC: both forms exist in Poland and their root-word is misiek (endearing for bear like teddy bear or bruin in English). They could have originated as toponymic tags for the son of Misiek.

Re the locality, the closest I could find was Koskowo in Mazowsze and Koszów in the now Ukrianian-occupied Wołyń region.

I don,t supose it could be Wroclaw...?

Pronounced ross wav

not at the time in question. Wroclaw ... Breslau

Kleszczów could be possibility

I extracted a list of Polish villages from current geographical area of Poland, obeying the following pattern: \bK[ąęóćśńżźła-z]+ów , which means: Any name beginning with "K", followed by any number of Polish lower case characters, followed by "ów". There are 372 such names. I am not attaching it here, since I am not sure whether you are really interested in this particular pattern.

I am however attaching a sublist, which starts with "Kos" and ends with "ów". Try it to see if any of those names fit your pronunciation somehow.

Let me know if you want the long list, or whether you'd like me to try another pattern. There is no problem with it, because my programmer's editor has all necessary searching, sorting and replacement tools. I can regenerate patterns in minutes.

After you select some candidates you will need to check locations of those villages. You can use Wikipedia for that, or Google maps. You have to reject those names which were outside the Poland's borders before the WWII, meaning - they were in the pre-war Germany.

You may also consult the following map, showing distribution of surname Miśkowiec in contemporary Poland, moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/mi%25C5%259Bkowiec.html.

The red color, with highest distribution of Miśkowiec surname, represent piedmont of Tatra Mountains: Nowy Targ, Limanowa, Sucha Beskidzka. Ask you friend if she comes from a Polish Highlanders' family, Górale (plural) in Polish.

If your selected village match the latter map somehow that's a bonus of course.

Kosinów
Kosiorów
Kosmolów
Kosmów
Kosmów-Kolonia
Kosów
Kosów Lacki
Kosów Ruski
Kosów-Hulidów
Kosów-Sitne
Kosów-Stacja
Kossów
Kostków
Kostów
Koszorów

Yes of course... you are right..