In a message dated 2/9/2006 7:03:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, POL-MAZOWIECKIE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: What I don't understand now is, if he was born in the Russian partition, where would his family have emigrated from and would that be in the Ger. Poland partition? Glen, The major port of embarkation for those immigrating were in Ger. Pol.... Hamburg, and Bremen. They had a large number of ship lines coming and going from those ports; easier to deal with than going around Denmark to the Baltic where there would be fewier passengers. Those I've found of my Russian Poles immigrating came through Bremen. Must have been easier to get to for them than Hamburg. They also tended to come through Baltimore. Anettka