This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wd3.2ACIB/974.1 Message Board Post: You mother would be able to request a copy of his death cert as his daughter. That would hopefully give you his parents' names, etc. You don't say where he was raised, or where your mother was raised? Or any dates of birth ... even timeframes .... He may fall into the ellis island records ... http://ellisislandrecords.org/ Kate in Chicago