Try searching on each of the surnames using "starts with" or "exact" or "sounds like - many" using the Morse web site. If you are not familiar with his varies search tools, they are listed under "Ellis Island Records II": http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elainetmaddox/index.htm The link is in the yellow bar on the left side of the page. Use the "White Form: Generic form for searching for Passengers in the Ellis Island Database in One Step". Usually you can locate others with the same surname from the same town or a nearby town. That way you can confirm the spelling of the place name from multiple entries. Also, go to the original manifest and carefully read every line. There are numerous transcriptional errors in the Ellis Island database and sometimes the name of a place will be obvious after you check an entire manifest. About 1907 they started using 2 pages for data so be sure you read both page 1 and 2. Also, look up and down the page where the places of origin are written. Sometimes you will find fellow travelers from the same place. Lastly, someone is usually left behind in the place of origin and you can usually find a name and even a house number. If you examine a number of manifests, you will be able to narrow down the places of origin. The later records are even typed so if a sibling or a child came later, you can construct and entire family history if you are lucky. ron mlejnek At 11:38 AM 03/24/2006, Dawna wrote: >I am new to the list and am researching the families of SENKIRIK and >BLEZEK that immigrated to texas from bohemia or moravia in 1907. I >found them on the ship Chemnitz that left from Bremen >Date: 06/10/1907 Destination: SWEETWATER,TX > >Port of Departure: BREMEN Date Departed: 05/17/1907 > >Family Last Name: SENKECIK ? Origin: MORAVIA > >Name Age Sex Occupation > >1 JOSEF 58 M FARMER > >2 FRANZ 31 M FARMER > >3 MARIE 26 F na > >4 JOSEF 4 M na > >5 ALOIS 11MO 0 M na > >6 MARIE 15 F na > >According to information gathered from the family Frank/franz was >born in Bloeslav (may be boleslav?) Marie Blezek was born in Prahura >(possibly Praha) and Louie /Alois was born in Tlumacas (could be Tlumacov?) > >Does anyone have suggestions on sources to search for further information? > >Thanks, > >Dawna > > >==== CZECH Mailing List ==== >The mailing list is configured to reply only to the list. If you >are making a personal reply to a poster, it will be necessary to >delete the list address and add the individual's address.