--- On Sun, 11/18/12, Jenny <jennygirl@unwired.com.au> wrote: > Thank you Roman and everyone for all > the look ups that you have done however I think that I > should be looking for the name Tokar or Tucker as Maryanna > Ogorzaly was married to Stanislaus Tokar or Tucker by the > time they came through Ellis Island; I have proof that their > son Michael who was born in Barcice, Krakow, Poland 1867. So > it looks like Stanislaus Tokar and Maryanna Ogorzaly married > in Poland then came out with their family around 1879 as > this is what son Michael states in 1930 census. Maybe he > came on his own > > I will try Ellis Island site again with the name Tokar or > Tucker as they were known in America. Jenny: Why search Ellis Island again? Let me play Devil's Advocate here. Ellis Island did not exist in 1879! It was not opened until 1892. You could search Castle Island records at Ancestry.com, but be aware that early arrival records do NOT usually state where the individual came from other than "Prussia", "Hungary", " England" etc. So the best you could do is find them arriving, their age, occupation, etc. You could find the ship name and port of embarkation and then search from the other end, but not gain any other information, usually. What does his naturalization say for ship name? If I recall pre-1900 naturalizations correctly, they say "I renounce allegiance to the King/Emporer/Queen of (insert country) and have two people state that they have been in country 5 years and are of good character. My best advice would be to search for the Polish-born person's USA CHURCH marriage record and hope that the priest/minister noted place of baptism as he was supposed to do. Next the first child's baptism record for the same information. Possibly a death/burial Church record might have this info also. I believe Roman is trying to tell you that you might have to search aunts, uncles and cousins to find the village/locality in Poland. And he has found others with the same name from the same locality.