On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 16:44:32 -0700 (PDT), Robert Jerin <rjerin26@yahoo.com> wrote: >Prior to 1906 the only info would be country of origin My g-grandfather's petition... http://kowallek.myiglou.com/dennis/genealogy/images/nat-kowallek-julius.jpg ... from 1891 mentioned the town. This may be the exception, but it is worth a shot. -- Dennis M. Kowallek kowallek@iglou.com ******************