A number of people I know have had similar experiences with getting any information from immigrants who came over to the U.S. near the end of the last century. These immigrants were always prone to silence when it came to talking about their experiences, families, etc. Was there something going on in Poland, Bohemia, and Lithuania in the 1890's that made these people afraid to talk? Were they afraid they would get someone in trouble? Were THEY the ones they thought would get in trouble? I'd like to know what made these immigrants so tight-lipped about their origins. Sandy Sandra Rozhon <srozhon@cybergate.net> Searching: ROZHON, WANICKI, MYCZKOWSKI, HORWATH, JEMIOLA, KAPUSTA JASKOVE, SYKORY, VANECKA, JASKA, DUBEC Bojesice, Mirovice, Vystrkov, Ostrov, Rakovice, Zalozany, Zebrakov, Zahorany (BOHEMIA) Skalat & Mielec, Przemysl Noi Miasto (POLAND) Sapiergiskis, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Memel (LITHUANIA)