I am doing some research for my uncle. He is hitting the proverbial brick wall. His family came from Russia/Poland around the turn of the century and settled in Wisconsin. I can locate parts of the family in the 1910, 1920 census (grandfather Frank in Hansen, Wood, WI, DOB 1867) under various spellings. While he has had limited success tracking down those who migrated to, and were subsequently born in, the US, he cannot trace his family "back across the Atlantic" to Poland/Russia/Germany. This is due in part to all the changes in the borders, but also because of the (incorrect) spelling of last name. I'm sure the good folks in charge of admitting foreigners into the US did their best considering the language barriers, there is not a single "Patrenets" in or around Poland. Most census takers subsequently misspelled the name as well. I would appreciate corresponding with anyone who may have any information regarding the family and/or alternate spellings of the name. Melissa