ShtetlSeeker http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp started as a search device for Jewish village but grew to cover all villages in eastern Europe.

Very Important: When you use the search engine make sure it is set at the bottom for "Sounds Like - Daitch....."

This will maximize your returns. You shouldn't consider all the results from such a search because some are just illogical but others may give you words with close spellings that could just be the place you are looking for if your original was badly spelled.

Jerry