This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GERZMOKINSKY, GEZMOCINSKI, GERMINSKI Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JRB.2ACE/1457.1.1 Message Board Post: Well, I knew about SOME of these you've listed, but the GEZMOCINSKI variation is one I missed. Later on (daughter Mary's 1914 marriage certificate), the name is even spelled GERMINSKI, but none of those yielded any leads. First off, if Annie was related, it could possibly be as a mother of John, but I have nothing which would confirm this one way or another even if I had her death certificate. Would the certificate (1899) mention the informant's name, or possibly relation to the deceased? Of the ones you listed, there are two remote (but potential) possibilities; a son Louis was born in Sep. 30, 1899, and father John himself. If Louis was written such that it looks like Lizzie, and if he died in mid Nov (and reported Dec. 3), he could qualify for the 1m old death in 1899. Based upon my timeline, Louis died 1899-1900, and another sibling died 1898-1900. No other sibling could be 1m old and die Dec 3, 1899 (Louis was not a twin), so this is either Louis or some other family altogether. John Gerzmokinsky was in the 1910 census (Apr. 15), and is listed on daughter Mary's 1914 marriage certificate, but there is nothing there to say that he is still living! (which I had not considered before) He would have been 44 if he'd died then, not 41, but mistakes happen (and 4's can look like 1's). Both of these deaths are listed for Bronx, which is also a positive. I don't know, what do you think? Should I order up a couple death certificates? Would 1899 and 1910 certificates have an abundance of information, or just a name and date? Thanks a lot for your reply and information -- this will eventually lead somewhere useful, I'm sure...