1. Keep looking on the page with all the names. Ditto marks precede the name Jan Lis; when you follow the ditto marks it leads to 'father'. Note that children say 'grandf' ditto marks to Jan Lis. 2. Are there any Dziennik Chicagoski obituaries you can check to see who is mentioned? Any Podrazas in census records that make sense? 3. Follow the sister's records. All sorts of scenarios possible. Any other death certificates show the maiden name as Lis? Clues in the hometown records. 4. I noticed the Holy Trinity connection and wondered if that might be a clue you can follow. Go for it. A paper trail is really the only valid trail. (except for the microfilmed records of Poland hometown from the LDS) Mary MichellesBigBash@aol.com wrote: > Everyone, > Hi. You have all been tremendously helpful. I am so glad that I joined this > list. I have learned so much. > > 1. In regard to the 1914 reentry into the country of Tekla Wiktor and the 3 > children (Ellis Island records), where did you see that Jan Lis was her > father? I have looked at this several times and I am obviously missing > something. > > 2. In the 1899 entry into the country by Tekla Podraza (Ellis Island > records), the documents state that she is coming to visit her brother. One of the > items that I am currently researching is: > Is Stanislaw (Stanley) Podraza the brother of Tekla. > > 3. Tekla Podraza had a sister named Marianna (Mary) Podraza. Her first > marriage was to Peter Remkar. Her second marriage was to Florian (Frank) Sendor. > Because her sister's maiden name was also Podraza, I'm thinking that > Podraza is the correct maiden name and perhaps, Jan Lis is a stepfather. > > 4. I have been able to get the marriage certificate of Tekla Podraza and > John Wiktor from familysearch.org. I have also discovered that most of my > family is connected to Holy Trinity Church in Chicago. Another item that I need > to follow up on is trying to view the baptism, marriage, etc., records that > they have. > >