--- On Fri, 5/25/12, Penny Ruckle <penny.ruckle@yahoo.com> wrote:   > Franz came to the US in 1885.  The ship's manifest states > that he is from Prussia and going to Philadelphia. He > disembarked from the Port of Baltimore and came via land to > Philadelphia.  >   > There was a Sylvester Gajtkowski listed as living in > Philadelphia and I find murky information that suggests they > were related.  >   > The older Sylvester died at 34.  He is buried with > children with Polish names, but none that I can identify.  > This Sylvester had two daughters and one of them married a > Charles Solocki.  Penny: Not much help, but may serve to define your Sylvester line: March 19, 1900 Sylvester, son of Sylvester and Laura Gajtkowski, age 4 mos. died. Funeral from parents residence 3930 Coral St., Burial Holy Redeemer Cem. Also a F. Gajtkowski bought 3188 Miller St., in April 1892. Did you notice that the child,Victor, died in 1907 Phila. was born in New Jersey? What is the Jersey connection? Another Victor child died in 1900. Your situation is such that you may need to start a general Gajtkowski file and begin arranging them in family groups and doing "sideways" genealogy to see if they came from a general area. Sort of doing a jigsaw puzzle with people! May I suggest that when you have so much information to show us, that you do so in a timeline format, i.e. 1895 - Franz Gajtkowski arrives in Baltimore going to Phila. age --- --- - marries --- 1911 - (name) last of children born in --- Get the idea? You can always add info between the lines. PolishDragon@att.net