Peter, You might write to the parish priest asking if there is anyone with your surname still in his parish. You could include another letter (both in Polish) with your email address explaining who you are, etc. and stating that you are only looking for family and nothing else. Ask the priest to pass along the second letter. You might also include a short hand drawn tree showing your connection to your grandfather and any other relatives who were born in Poland. I am out of town and using dial-up service so I can't search for the parish name for you. Perhaps someone else can do that or maybe you could wait until sometime next week when I'm home. Debbie Peter J. Samiec wrote: > I'm hoping to correspond with any Samiecs with relatives or descendants from the Krakow area. My grandfather came here from the village of Wola Zelichowska, Stopnica (county), Kiellce (province) (papers in Russian) although passenger manifests list the village of Solec as his home. It appears that his village is approximately 50 km from Krakow. > > He traveled with three others: Domial Ydzik, Piotr Bos, Marcin Kaprol and Jakob Osin; leaving Hamburg Germany on May 8, 1913 on the ship Pretoria. They arrived at Ellis Island on May 22, 1913. > > Records indicate they traveled to Clifton Springs, NY, then Piotr Samiec and Domial Ydzik moved to the Batavia, NY area where work was apparently readily available. > > If any of these names are familiar to you, please contact me, I'd love to hear from you. > > Thanks for reading my message. > > Peter Samiec > [email protected] >