This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RdC.2ACI/524.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Wladyslaw, I'm so glad you came along to help Terri. I really did not know how to answer the last letter from her. I've checked the manifest, which you found from 1899 for Jan Gos~c~, and see what you are saying. Cziony, is definitely misspelled. There is no place in Poland, which starts with Czi. This presents a problem. There are 5 places named Kalisz in Poland: KALISZ (KALISZ POMORSKI) 5403 1748 V Poland 181.6 miles NW of Warsaw KALISZ 5257 2039 N Poland 50.5 miles NNW of Warsaw KALISZ 5221 1846 N Poland 94.5 miles W of Warsaw KALISZ 5145 1805 N Poland 128.7 miles WSW of Warsaw KALISZ 5016 2008 N Poland 142.0 miles SSW of Warsaw Terri ... do you know if your grandfather became a citizen of the US? If he did and you were to find his Declaration of Intent to become a citizen, it would have his place of birth. We would like to help you, but it looks like you will need to do a little more research. Have you been able to find him in any census records? Tina Ellis