This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRC.2ACE/3513.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Diane Since you say he was naturalized citizen, did you try to request his naturalization petition? How about his SS-5Form? Either papers would have a place of birth. http://ssdi.rootsweb.com Did you try looking for his manifest with One Step: www.stevemorse.org What if he did not come thru Ellis Island but thru Baltimore, Boston or Philadelphia? A map of Hungary: http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm Seems that surname KEPUS did exist in village Cierne by Cadca in Slovak Republic. www.geoportal.sk/roep/e.php www.iabsi.com/gen/public should be of help in researching in SK. www.infospace.com is listing about 19 KEPUSs.