Mon, February 7, 2011 7:55:15 AM looking for relative... From: linda tripp <[email protected]>...View Contact To: [email protected] ________________________________ Looking to find info about my gfather, Joseph Kislowski (born in Poland or Lithuania about 1893). ALL I know is my mother said she thought her dad had a brother named William who lived in Connecticut and I've never been able to find out anything except from the 1930 census. She wasn't sure if he were married and didn't remember any kids. This was probably in the mid-late 30s as mom was born in 28. I also looked in the Courant and came up with nothing. My gfather came from (I think- as it is sketchy too- the "Rudnicka" area of Lithuania, yet mom said he always referred to himself as Polish. I think this is around Danivow, but have no proof of his birth anywhere; so thought if I'd look for brother William might give me some leads. Mom also says he had a bad foot b/c he frequently visited a Boston hospital (where my gfather lived) and ancestry.com draft info mentions a Wm with a "defected leg". A private researcher in Vilnius found a "Jan Kislowski" who was born in 1871 with the same father & mother as my gfather, but that was a full 20 years b4 my gfather was born; seems strange. THANKS to anyone who can help. Linda

Linda, You didn't mention where else you have looked for information about your grandfather, Joseph Kislowski and his brother, William Kislowski. Have you looked for Passenger Arrival Lists, Petitions for Naturalization, Declaration of Intents, U.S. marriage church records (_not_ just certificates), civil marriage license _applications_, Joseph's children's baptismal records (_not_ just certificates)? These are pretty standard documents to look for when you're first starting out. You might want to buy one of the following how-to books to help you stay focused and on the right path: _Sto Lat_ by Ceil Wendt Jensen _Going Home: A Guide to Polish American Family History Research_ by Jonathan D. Shea. Both books are excellent and you will use them for a long time. You also mentioned a Jan Kislowski born in Vilnius. Was his birth in the _city_ of Vilnius? It is not odd to find 20 years between the youngest and oldest sibling in a family. If a married couple had 8 or more kids, it would have taken about 20 years to do that. Also, if the first wife died during her child bearing years then it is even more likely to have that big of a distance in children's births as the husband would have remarried and probably had more kids. It's also best not to use abbreviations in dates as they can be misunderstood. Also if you mention a newspaper (Courant?) it's best to state that's what it is. There are people from all over the world on this list who are unfamiliar with "local" terms/names. Debbie linda tripp wrote: > Mon, February 7, 2011 7:55:15 AM > looking for relative... > From: linda tripp <[email protected]>...View Contact > To: [email protected] > > ________________________________ > > Looking to find info about my gfather, Joseph Kislowski (born in Poland or > Lithuania about 1893). ALL I know is my mother said she thought her dad had a > brother named William who lived in Connecticut and I've never been able to find > out anything except from the 1930 census. She wasn't sure if he were married > and didn't remember any kids. This was probably in the mid-late 30s as mom was > born in 28. I also looked in the Courant and came up with nothing. My gfather > came from (I think- as it is sketchy too- the "Rudnicka" area of Lithuania, > yet mom said he always referred to himself as Polish. I think this is around > Danivow, but have no proof of his birth anywhere; so thought if I'd look for > brother William might give me some leads. Mom also says he had a bad foot b/c > he frequently visited a Boston hospital (where my gfather lived) and > ancestry.com draft info mentions a Wm with a "defected leg". A private > researcher in Vilnius found a "Jan Kislowski" who was born in 1871 with the > same father & mother as my gfather, but that was a full 20 years b4 my gfather > was born; seems strange. > THANKS to anyone who can help. > Linda >