Jim Thanks a lot. I like it. Now I am going to see if there is any mining history around that town. I don't live too far from the Jersey border, so I will probably make a trip out there. Walt -------------- Original message -------------- From: JAMES TYE <kurpie21@sbcglobal.net> > Good Afternoon > > Assuming he went to the same place, his 1900 arrival was to Coplay, Pa. Try > that to see if it fits. > > Jim Tye > > wmurawski@comcast.net wrote: > Debbie, thanks! > I found his 1906 record on the Ellis Isl. site. His name was incorrectly > transcribed as Bronislaw > He was 24 years of age in 1906 > This is a tough one to read > Walt > ----------- Original message -------------- > From: Debbie Greenlee > > > Walt, > > > > I'm having trouble locating the record. > > > > You found the 1900 Passenger Arrival Record on the Ellis Island site, > > right? Did you use Stephen Morse's search engine: > > http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb/ellis.html > > > > Am I right that the name was transcribed as Bronislaw Zielonka on the > > Ellis Island site? > > > > When was he born or how old was he on that 1900 manifest? > > > > Debbie > > > > wmurawski@comcast.net wrote: > > > Fellow Listers > > > I am trying to read the name of a town in Pennsylvania in the Ellis > > Island records. It is in regards to my grandmother's brother who > > apparently > > came to the U S around 1900 went home in 1903 and returned in 1906. > > In the > > 1906 record he is erroneously listed as Bronislaw (it actually is > > Bonawentura) ZIELONKA . He arrived April 15, 1906 from Jaslieka > > (actually it is Jasliska) and was headed for Perth Amboy N.J. Can anyone > > out there who is familiar with the mining areas of Pennsylvania read the > > name of the town where he worked during his original visit. I would > > appreciate it. > > > Walt > > ********************************* > > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > > ---------------------------------- > > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long > > as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our > > Polish roots. > > ---------------------------------- > > Browse the list's archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > > Search the list's archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long > as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our > Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long > as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our > Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message