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 <daveg@airmail.net> > 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