It looks to me like it might end in -berg, and the first letter might be a J (compare "Jan" at the very top of the next column") Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:poland-roots- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of wmurawski@comcast.net > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 2:04 PM > To: Poland -Roots list > Subject: [POLAND] Pennsylvania mining town > > 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