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/sqB.2ACIAE/21.1 Message Board Post: Edith You need to locate a name of a town in order to proceed with the research. No one by that name passed thru Ellis Island. That is the first place that I look for some clues. www.rat.de/kuijsten/navigator http://vivisimo.com www.google.com www.cgsi.org www.csagsi.org There are some JINDELAs listed in Social Security Death Index. Any one of them your direct ancestor? http://ssdi.rootsweb.com No phone listing in CZ's phone book for Jindela. Would you know if this is the original spelling or Americanized? The English Y makes a Slavic J sound. http://phone.quick.cz The city of Praha's phone book is listing surnames starting with JIND.. Jinda, Jindacek, Jindra, Jindracek, Jindrak.