translation question

[Jules Levin]

A friend who translates 19th Century Rivision Lists has come up with a 
phrase from a Ukrainian
list with handwritten notes.  She finds notes reading:
naxodilsya/naxodilis' v derevnyax v mestax na arendax
Superficially this is about leasing land in villages and locales, but 
she is troubled by 1) choice of verb, and 2) the note occurs [also] with 
an entry characterized as 'novorozhdenie'.
Any thoughts?
Jules Levin
Los Angeles

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