This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ei.2ADI/110.499.532.607.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: my great grandfather was Thomas Joachimiak, and he came over with his son Martin....I don`t remember my father speaking of a Valeri but I will ask him....they might have been cousins...cuz I do not know whta my great great grandparents names were,,,I know that they put down Poland, Germany when they came here...they came to Ind. where did your family settle at? Pitts? do you have any photo`s ...Nona