Hi! My wife and I are visiting Estonia and we are interested in trying to locate the town where her grandmother was born before wwii. Her birth records were recovered from a church (which I’m not sure of the location). Her name was Aino and her record is third from the bottom. I believe these pages correlate (ie the third entry from the bottom on each page is with regards to the same person).
So far my guesses based on this info are Jalevere (https://maps.app.goo.gl/rXbBvJg6krYoc4bFA?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy) or possibly somewhere near (https://maps.app.goo.gl/N2eZcvqrcD8T9Qcw5?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy) based on what I believe is listed as her fathers work place.
Her German refugee documents state she is from Viljandi county.
I’m just seeing if there is some additional context I may not have seen trying to translate this that may be helpful as we are not native speakers. Thank you for any help!!
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Posted by neorobo
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To me, it reads like [Taevere](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Sxn5qhx6ybzvMhUBA?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy)
edit: and yes, Jälevere algkool refers to the nearby primary school
It’s Taevere, former parish. Here’s a Wikipedia link – [https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taevere_vald](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taevere_vald) – use Google Translate for details. The closest town is Suure-Jaani.