Hi Alexis, Altoona is in Blair County so you may find some helpful information through the Blair County Genealogical Society. Here is their website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabcgs/ You could contact them to have them search their files for any information on Petros, such as a newspaper obituary, cemetery record, city directory information, which may give you more details on him. They may also know of some old Altoona residents who might know more about him. Altoona was a large, bustling city in the 1930s and was divided into Wards and sections. I know that the Altoona Mirror newspaper used to publish "Fifth Ward News" articles about daily goings-on in that part of the city, and a bunch of columns in that daily paper focused on different sections of the city. His name may have come up from time to time in those columns if they could be searched. Do you know what his religion was? Church records may be helpful in your search -- also at BCGS. His naturalization papers may be on file in the courthouse at Hollidaysburg, in Blair County. I hope this gives you some leads. Justin At 06:18 PM 1/26/2007, you wrote: >My one g-grandfather was Petros Vlachos (Spelling?) who owned the Marathon >Bakery in Altoona, PA. Does anyone have any information on him. Is anyone old >enough to have know him personally and actually knew him? He died in >the 1930's. >Alexis Francos > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message