Judi wrote: "How can one find immigration records for family that immig from Cz prior to 1865-70? " Have you asked for a lookup in the Czech index volumes? If that doesn't yield anything, there is the old reliable Filby's index of immigration records. Houston has a Clayton Genealogical Library that has volumes of Filby's. I am not sure how widely available they are, but it could give you some leads. Jan Esenwein M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 431 Houston TX 77030 713-745-2264; fax 713-794-4999 jesenwei@mdanderson.org