I once helped a Czech National locate relatives and their records in Broome County, NY. I used the Broome County Genealogical Society. Have you tried any of these "Links"?: http://www.bclibrary.info/history.htm http://www.kindredtrails.com/NY_Broome.html http://www.mynewyorkgenealogy.com/ny_county/brm.htm http://www.geocities.com/marcri2/ http://www.bclibrary.info/ You can also subscribe to this list: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_states-ny.html#NYBROOME BTW, a place name ending in "falu" appears to be either Slovak, Hungarian, or Romanian, but the first part of the name, Laksarnafalu, appears to be wrong. It might be 2 words. Most search strategies depend on the first 2-3 letters so I think you need to get on a Hungarian Mail List to identify the place. Also, if Franz were naturalized or applied to be naturalized (Declaration of Intent), his exact birthplace will be listed. RVM At 09:40 PM 12/29/2007, you wrote: >After 6 years of research over multitudes and multitudes of websites, >census's, stats, stats, and more stats, I have just about given up >trying to find >out when my grandfather died and where he is buried. I have >used Ancestry to >distraction, FHC, Ship lists, Immigration stats, and so many more lists, and >guides that I am buggy in the head just thinking of them all. I realize all >of you are just as busy; this will be my last cry for help; if >I don't find a >DC and a cemetery this year, I will just call it a draw and give up. I am >very limited in that I do not know his parents names, and I am the >last living >family member. If someone should stumble up any information that I don't >already know about, please let me know....this one is a very, very >deep rabbit >hole. > >His name is Franz (Frank) Walla (1888-195?) >Birthplace: Laksarnafalu, Hungary >Immigration: May 10, 1910 on SS Blucher >Siblings: Ferdinand & John >Parents: Unknown >Occupation: Ship fitter - Raritan Ship Yards, Perth Amboy, NJ > Sole molder - Endicott-Johnson Shoe Factory, Broome, NY >Military: WWI - US Army Le Somme, France >Spouse: Filomena M. Kupecz (1888-1939) >Marriage date: Unknown >Children: 1 Son, Walter Francis Walla, born 1/19/1929; Binghamton, NY > died 9/8/1987; >Warren, NJ >Last known address: 316 E. 70th St. Brooklyn, NY >Social Security #: Unknown, no records found in SS Death Records >Language spoken: Slovak >Census: 1920 and 1930, but not before. > > > >**************************************See AOL's top rated recipes >(http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >CZECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message