My Grandmother, Maryanna Zak, (parents Stanislawa and Antoniny Dzierwa of Rusocice, Czernichow, Galacia) landed in Baltimore and then went to work in the stockyards of Chicago. Legend has it that a relative in Chicago was her sponsor. She stayed for two years until, by arranged marriage, she left for the state of Washington with Jan Jamrozik (parents Jana and Maryany Jamrozik of Jawornik Polski, Przemysl, Galacia,) one day after they met and were married on 13 NOV 1915. They lived in a Polish community in the state of Washington called Pe Ell. My sister now lives in the original home they built on ten acres. They went to these places for familiarity, family and a sense of community. They went because they were accepted and necessary to the community. Dennise Larson ZAK and DZIERWA of Rusocice, Czernichow, (Galacia) Poland JAMROZIK of Jawornik Polski, Przemysl, (Galacia) Poland