Here is my situation. I have some relatives that are certainly running away from me! It is rare for me to find information on them and I really had hoped that the 1930 census was going to provide the info, however it has not. Here is what I know: Jozef Langa (b. June 15, 1866, d. November 21, 1949) Jozef Langa (son of Joseph Langa and Mary Blowal) was born June 15, 1866 in Germany, and died November 21, 1949 in Milwaukee, WI. He married Johanna Winzikowska. Notes for Jozef Langa: Joseph Lange-Naturalization L520: June 15, 1917: Circuit Court of Langlade County-Antigo, WI Certificate Number: p-198 Country of Birth: Germany Address: R. #2 Antigo, WI More About Jozef Langa: Burial: November 23, 1949, Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI. Funeral Home: Schramka Funeral Home. Naturalization: June 15, 1917, Langlade County, Antigo, WI. Children of Jozef Langa and Johanna Winzikowska are: +Daniel Lang, b. July 26, 1895, Wisconsin d. June 1971, Garden Grove, California. +Helene Langa, b. March 03, 1898, Milwaukee, Wisconsin d. July 20, 1976, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. +Kasimer P. Lang, b. March 03, 1901, Milwaukee, WI, d. February 09, 1964, Milwaukee, WI. My grandmother has told me that she believes that he was married another time and she thinks that she had heard that Johanna died during child birth of Kasimer. I have been to the courthouse and looked at other records and I have found Helen and Daniel (aka Dominic) with another sister, Hedwig-who seems to disappear also (there are no death records that I can locate) There is no headstone for Jozef therefore I had to take all of his information about him from his death certificate. I haven't been able to find a marriage certificate for him at all. I am looking for any guidance regarding this...if someone can give me other areas to look (I have looked at death, birth, marriage, naturalization records, census) I know that I am overlooking something obvious, however I can't figure out what it is. None of these family members are located in any of the census records.... I hope that I am giving enough info to allow you to assist me... Thank you for your help Tanya Niedzwiecki "Tanya M. Niedzwiecki" <tanya@niedzwiecki.org>

Try going back to the census, use a Soundex search. This boils down all the consanants in a name reducing them to numerics. (Not all people could spell as I found out in my case.) Family had different education levels, and my emigrants couldn't spell. Anyone with an accent might have been written down as Longa or Longo. If a child answered the door, the census taker didn't always wait for their parents way back when, and they wrote what they thought they heard. Also, as I found with my "witness protection" family, they just up and change their name sometimes. .. (who knows why?) In that case, I just got dogged and started reading censuses...matching other data..<made my eyes roll but I did it.> The people entering the censuses make mistakes too. I found my William entered as Willian. Good hunting. amie k "Amie Peoples" <hismsg@cros.net>

One more thing I had to do. Go to the courthouse/library of the county you last heard of them, and scour the newspapers. If you can get a date, and a paper, the reference librarian is worth her/his weight in gold. I found 2 children in my family died of diphtheria that way. amie "Amie Peoples" <hismsg@cros.net>