I am an adoptee researching my actual bloodlines. My grandparents emigrated from Vienna via Cherbourg, France on 11 November, 1911. They were originally resident in what was then Pressburg, Austria (now Bratislava, Slovak Republic.) My grandfather, Rudolf Hotovy, was an orphan. We do know that he was born in Jilove (aka Eulau) , near Prague. My grandmother, Leopoldine Francisia Teiml, though of Bohemian stock, was apparently born in Pressburg...reputedly one of eighteen children. Her parents were Carl and Francisia (Mayorky) Teiml. Both spoke German and identified themselves as ethnic Germans on the ship's manifest. The couple had eight children, of which one was my birthfather. If these surnames are familiar, please contact me at ZNKR83B@PRODIGY.COM. I am planning to go to Europe a year from this summer to do extensive research in both the Czech and Slovak Republics. Any advice on how to deal with the bureaucracy, archives, etc. would be greatly appreciated. ---Linda Wilbur