> My name is Jablonski and I live in St. Louis, > Missouri. My grandfather's name was Joseph > Jablonski, but in the 1910 census it was John > Jablonski. He was married to an Eva Lejsner - his > father's name was Walenty Jablonski who was married > to Katarzna Burakiewicz. Does any of this sound > familar? > Mr. Jablonski, Are you trying to research your family history? If you are, then it would help if you fill us in what research you have already done or where you have already looked for information so that those giving advice don�t take the time to tell you to do something when you have already tried that avenue of research and were unsuccessful. You should also give us as much information about your family as you know. For example, names, dates of birth/death, where they came from in Poland if you know this, where they lived in the U.S., etc. You'll never be able to research your family history by just posting requests for information to lists or researching on the internet. If you are just starting your research, there are many genealogy sites on the web that give advice on doing genealogical research. This is a link to the getting started suggestions of the PGSA: http://www.pgsa.org/DearResearcher.htm. While you�re there, you can search the databases that are available. You should also either purchase or borrow from your local library a book titled Polish Roots written by Rosemary Chorzempa. It�s available from any major bookstore and has great advice on how to do Polish genealogical research and resources for information. This is a must read if you are just starting, and is a handy resource as you get further along. Join a Polish genealogy society. It's good to join a local organization if you can so you can attend meetings where you can talk to others, ask questions and learn. The Polish Genealogy Society of America - www.PGSA.org - is located in Chicago, but has 2,000 members worldwide, so although the meetings and annual conference are in Chicago, the PGSA tries to provide research tools and information (databases) that can be available to all of our members through the web site and the quarterly magazine, Rodziny. FYI - your grandfather's name of Joseph in Polish documents will be Jo~zef. The 'o' will have an accute accent over it. Your grandmother's name would be spelled Katarzyna. You are missing the 'y' from your spelling. It doesn't make sense that Jo~zef or Joseph would be recorded as John in the census unless he was using John at the time because it sounded more American. Even an "American" census taker who had a hard time understanding a Polish accent shouldn't have confused Jo~zef with John, so maybe the census information was provided by a neighbor instead of Jo~zef himself. You need to start gathering documents such as marriage, birth, death and naturalization records to get the correct information about your family. Good luck, Cynthia PGSA Chicago __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail