Marie, We were under the impression that Venesky was the Polish surname, but I didn't know about the V in the Polish alphabet. I was hoping to narrow the uncle's surname to two possibilities, and then go from there. If a Polish bishop could be found with either surname, perhaps I could then get a little further. Thanks for the welcome and info. John -----Original Message----- From: galicia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:galicia-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MJDallas Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 3:01 PM To: galicia@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GALICIA] Can't Find Information John Naida wrote: > I have done many searches with no success. It was suggest I send a > letter (in Polish, not English) with $20-$30 to a diocese in Poland > asking about him. Do you know how many there are? John, Welcome to the list! Dennis has given you some excellent advice. I'd like to add my two pennies' worth. :-) Without the uncle's last name, you probably won't find the info you want. You may be able to find lists of clergy killed by the Nazis online, but of course, without a surname, you'd likely have a hard time confirming whether any of them would be your grandmother's uncle. As Dennis stated, Venesky wouldn't be a Polish spelling, since there's no V in the Polish alphabet. Passenger manifests would probably have a more accurate spelling of passenger's names, since they were written prior to the ship leaving port and generally copied from the passenger's travel documents. -Marie ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message