Frank, The birth place is also Hujsko. The handwriting isn't clear. BTW, Katarzyna is Polish version of Katherine. She was actually a Rusyn/Ukrainian and therefore her given name is Kateryna. ______ Lavrentiy Krupniak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Galicia_Poland-Ukraine/ Frank Johnson wrote: > > Laurence, > > Thanks to you and to Mary for your help! A couple of kind responses from > the List have suggested "Hujsko" (which I found on a map) but I'm still not > clear about her birth place: "Reysko" (sp.??). She seems to come from the > correct region, more or less, and another response has helped me to find the > 1910 census record I needed, as well as deciphering the Delaware address on > the manifest (which agrees with that for her brother in Delaware in the > census record) - perhaps I can track that family to see if they are related > to my ancestors in Galicia... (Tarnow & Lwow). > > Now all I have to do is figure out if Katarzyna (is that the usual spelling > of this name?) is part of "our" Tyssowski family line or not (!!). My > experience has been that Tyssowski is not a very common name - would you > agree? > > Not quite a home run but a very good clue! > > Regards, Frank