I think it says Wola Rusinowska, and the entry above says Kopcie. These are two neighboring villages north of Kolbuszowa, so that fits if these two people were hanging out together on the voyage. See the map below, and you can click the minus button on the left to zoom out and see where this is in Poland. Hope this is right! http://mapy.eholiday.pl/mapa-kopcie-dzikowiec-kolbuszowa.html Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:poland-roots- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jane > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 3:33 PM > To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: [POLAND] Help with Grandmother's Town > > I can usually read Polish handwriting fairly well; however, I'm having > trouble with finding my grandmother's home town. > > Salomea Soltys is listed in the Passenger Record at Ellis Island as > having come from Baminoska in Galicia. When I look at the original > ship's manifest, line 6, I really can't make out the name of the town. > It doesn't even look like Baminoska. Plus there's some handwriting > above the town name, and I can't tell if this belongs to my > grandmother's entry or the entry for the line above hers, line 5. > Hopefully someone can help me with this. I am really stumped.