Hi, I believe that you are searching for Modliborz. Modlibo'rz, pron. [moh dlee boozh] is located in Poland's Kujawy region at 5226 1910. Distance 78.4 miles W from Warszawa, couple of miles North from Lubien' Kujawski. During the interwar period this locality is identified as situated within the Klo'bka gmina (parish), Wloclawek powiat (district), Warszawa Province. Parish Klo'bka [klooh bkah] was the rural administrative centre of the following villages: Ge,cielewo, Klubskie Budy, Kurowo, Nowy Mlyn and Unislawice. Modliborz was not a village and this may explain your difficulties with its localization. Modliborz is falling under categoriey of "maja,tek" which can be translated into English as the homestead or the land property. This region was mostly agricultural as the majority of Poland lands, and Klo'bka was the centre of the grain milling and brick kiln factory. Mrs. Anna Loga is shown in 1929 Poland Business Directory as main landowner of Modliborz (311 morg property). Roman Catholic Church records of this region (parish Lubien Kujawski) can be traced to the mid of 18th century and they are located at: Archiwum Diecezjalne we Wloclawku 87-800 Wloclawek, ul. Gdanska 2/4 Phone No. (54) 231-11-12 Best of luck in your search, Alexander <alphazip@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1163741852.164565.213210@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... The Ellis Island site gives the place of origin of a friend's grandparents as MADLIBORG, RUSSIA. They were actually Poles, apparently in the Russian section of 1912 Poland. However, Madliborg sounds more German than Russian, plus a Google search on Madliborg turns up nothing. I realize that the Ellis Island site often makes transcription errors, but I'm looking at the manifest and it definitely seems to be Madliborg. In another section (address of relative or friend) it seems to say Madliborg Warsaw. On entries for other immigrants I see other Polish towns, also followed by Warsaw (example: Sompolno Warsaw, Rosno Warsaw...maybe Roznow?). Looking at lists of Polish towns, Modlibórz seems to be closest, but I think it was in the German area, not Russian. If German, I wonder if its German name was Madliborg/Madliburg. Anyone have any ideas?