This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thokar Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.niagara/3097/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Grandparents immigrated (separately) to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire somtime in the early 1900's. In America my grandfathers name was Thokar. My grandmother's maiden name was Malik. They then married and immigrated to America via Niagra County / Buffalo during WWI around 1915. They were of Ruthenian heritage. They then moved to Pennsylvania not to long after immigrating. I want to know if there are immigration records in Buffalo for people who immigrated from Canada. If so, how do I access them? lso, is there a Ruthenian community in Buffalo? If so, do they have any records of individuals who lived in the community?