>Have you checked his passenger manifest? That should give you his place of >birth at that period. > >Jill > >---------- >> From: PJkitty461 <pjkitty461@AOL.COM> >> To: GEN-SLAVIC@MAIL.EWORLD.COM >> Subject: Kacmar >> Date: Tuesday, February 25, 1997 9:08 AM >> >> I have tried every avenue to find information on my great grandfather, >> John(Jan) Kacmar. He arrived in Pennsylvania in 1910 from Slovakia. He >> was married to Elizabeth Bednar who was from Harhaj. They were married >> before he came here. I cannot find his name in the church records where >> Elizabeth was baptized, so I don't think he was from the same village, >but >> possibly a nearby one. >> Does anyone have any ideas where I might find what village he was from. >> He was born March 1, 1890. His fathers name was George. This is all I >> know. >> I have already checked his death certificate, naturalization papers >etc. >> Nothing indicates a village. Can anyone PLEASE help? > Have you tried to locate the marriage record in Elizabeth's church? Many times the marriage took place in the bride's village. That might tell you quite a bit. June from CA