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/2401.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: June - my great grandfather Alois Holecek born in 1856 to Vaclav Holecek and Mary Forst arrived in NYC about 1880-2; he operated a butcher shop until 1902 when he died. I grew up in NYC and now live on the Jersey Shore. Susan