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/AdC.2ACE/1119.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Ted, You can get microfilm of Baranowo Parish from the Family History Library. To get film numbers, use http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Click on Poland, Warszawa, Baranowo (Przasnysz) - Church records Look at View Film Notes to get microfilm numbers. Civil transcripts of Roman Catholic parish register of births, marriages and deaths of Baranowo, Warszawa, Poland. Text in Latin until 1868, thereafter text in Russian. Volumes are individually indexed. To find the closest Family History Library, look on the home page www.familysearch.org There were 276 Mizereks in Poland according to a 1990 surname study done by Prof. Rymut. http://www.herby.com.pl/herby/indexslo.html Click on Tutaj znajdują się objaśnienia skrótów to see the provinces where they were located; click on szobas mape to see map. There were several Jan Mizereks and/or Mizeraks immigrating through Ellis Island. So, we are looking for Jan going to CT and Antonetta going to NYC. http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html Do you have death certificates showing place of birth and mother's maiden name? How about the Social Security application forms; these can be ordered if person is listed on the Social Security Death Index. Search and explanation at: http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ You can query for Mizereks living in Poland at http://genforum.genealogy.com/poland/ Residents in Poland with access to current directories may be able to help you. Regards, Mary