Elizabeth V Cardinal wrote: > In my family those with the name Karoly have been called Karl. > > By marriage license do you mean the license issued by a State or do > you mean > a marriage certificate. They can be two different things. Do not be too > disappointed if it arrives and does not list the town of birth but > only the > country. If they were married in a church sometimes notes were made in the > marriage record book and if you write to them they will usually give > them to > you. > > I have never used NARA so I do not know how easy or difficult it is to > find > Naturalization records. I have obtained several by writing or calling > several government offices of counties I knew they lived in at one time or > another. In the case of my grandfather with the name that is spelled at > least 10 different ways (even in Hungarian records) it took three tries. I > have never found him on EI records even though I know the name of the ship > he came on and have never found him on a census. > > Elizabeth V. Cardinal > evc1369@comcast.net Hi Elizabeth, Karl would be the German way of spelling - and used and accepted all over the place. Did you browse through Morse's introduction of using his web sites and processes: ttp://www.stevemorse.org/onestep/onestep.htm Lots of helpful information is hiding there to assist in finding missing records. As to Marika's remark: we can be sure the officers and employee's of the ships did not go 'through' E.I. - or any other immigration/registration office facility in any other port. That was their 'priviledge' ... By the way, I'm in the process of preparing to visit Hungary between 20 April and 22 May. It will be less family 'research' and more family 'visit'! :-) Also attempting to visit some of this list members' newly found relatives, at least those I have talked with and/or translated letters for them. Just don't know how far can I 'stretch' the time. Joe Equinunk, PA - USA jjarfas@ezaccess.net --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by ezaccess.net]

<<By the way, I'm in the process of preparing to visit Hungary between 20 April and 22 May. It will be less family 'research' and more family 'visit'! :-)>> Joe, where in Hungary will you be visiting? Also curious about the cost of airfare. I am hoping to go next spring and all the fares I have seen are quite high. May I ask if you are using a travel agent? Thanks Elizabeth V. Cardinal evc1369@comcast.net