Hi, According to the 1930 Census, Ignacy immigrated in 1912 and his wife Alexandra in 1914. I found the following information. If you would like the images let me know and I will forward them to your email address. 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Ignatz Smuszkiewice Home in 1930: Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania Age: 40 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890 Birthplace: Poland Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Alexander Race: White Household Members: Name Age Ignatz Smuszkiewice 40 Alexander Smuszkiewice 41 Walter Smuszkiewice 12 Alexander Smuszkiewice 7 Frank Sa??Yak 37 --------------------- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Ignacz Smuszkiswicz City: Chester County: Delaware State: Pennsylvania Birthplace: Russia Birth Date: Jul 1890 Race: Caucasian (White) Roll: 1877835 DraftBoard: 1 Born: Maryanke (?) Russia ----------------------- New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island) 1892-1924 Given names: Ignacy Surnames: Smuszkiewicz Residence: Mariampol, Russ. Ship arrival date: 29 Mar 1912 Arrival age: 22y Nationality: Russ., Polish Departure port name: Bremen Ship arrival port: New York Gender: Male Marital status: S US citizen: Ship name: Konigen Luise Darlene BC ----- Original Message ----- From: "the cohens" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [PBS] Grochowska and Smuszkiewicz (Barglow, Poland and Kouinaki) > There are other places besides Footnotes to check. I think your first > step is to get their census records to try to pin down the dates > better. And you can probably get free access to census records thru > 1920 at Heritage Quest online at home from the public library if you > have a library card. > > Since the 1920 census gives immigration status, it would suffice. > > I have links to library information at: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/resources.html#library > > You also can search for free for their likely docking in the UK (on > the way to the US) by searching the passenger list database at > http://findmypast.com where you would have to pay for images, but the > search results page alone might turn up some likely dates for you. > > And you can check Ellis Island for free as well, for their arrival > here in the US. http://ellisisland.org > > Once you have enough information, they could consider ordering their > naturalization files from http://www.uscis.gov but that is expensive, > although a little less expensive if you already have their case > number from a FHC or maybe Footnotes. > > On 1/1/09, usinet.sbeggs <[email protected]> wrote: >> Happy New Year, and thanks to everyone at Poland Border Surnames who >> helped >> me to find and visit my Krawiec and Karlitsky relatives in southeast >> Poland >> this past June! It was the highlight of all my travels. >> >> My friends are over for New Year's Day, and we were talking about their >> Polish relatives. I told them how helpful PBS members have been toward >> me. >> >> Aleksandra Grochowska is my friend's paternal grandmother, born Sept. 1 >> 1887 >> in Barglow, Poland. Her paternal grandfather, Ignacy Smuszkiewiecz, was >> born July 16 1890 in Kouinaki, Poland. >> >> Does anyone know where Kouinaki or Barglow are now? >> >> They came to the U.S. between 1910 and 1920, to Chester, Pennsylvania. >> We >> don't know who their parents were. If anyone could point us in the right >> direction, we would be eternally grateful. They were both Roman >> Catholic. >> We don't have their records for naturalization, but my friend says they >> were >> naturalized. I have been trying to look at Footnote.com, but have not >> succeeded due to problems with my active X script controls. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In my research I have found the immigration years in the Census Records to be notoriously inaccurate.  Most of my family members actually had different immigration years on each consecutive census record. Sometimes I think the individual gives inaccurate information because they just don't remember, or perhaps they are trying to shed a more favorable light on themselves (they believe) by saying they have been in the US longer than they have.  My great grandfather's naturalization papers from Pennsylvania actually had the incorrect date and ship name--I know this because I later found his Passenger List on Ancestry.com.   But at least it will give you a ballpark, if you don't have any idea.  You can also request naturalization information from the state, in addition to the federal site. --- On Sun, 1/11/09, Allen & Darlene Dowhaniuk <[email protected]> wrote: From: Allen & Darlene Dowhaniuk <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PBS] Grochowska and Smuszkiewicz (Barglow, Poland and Kouinaki) To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 1:44 PM Hi, According to the 1930 Census, Ignacy immigrated in 1912 and his wife Alexandra in 1914. I found the following information. If you would like the images let me know and I will forward them to your email address. 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Ignatz Smuszkiewice Home in 1930: Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania Age: 40 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890 Birthplace: Poland Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Alexander Race: White Household Members: Name Age Ignatz Smuszkiewice 40 Alexander Smuszkiewice 41 Walter Smuszkiewice 12 Alexander Smuszkiewice 7 Frank Sa??Yak 37 --------------------- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Ignacz Smuszkiswicz City: Chester County: Delaware State: Pennsylvania Birthplace: Russia Birth Date: Jul 1890 Race: Caucasian (White) Roll: 1877835 DraftBoard: 1 Born: Maryanke (?) Russia ----------------------- New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island) 1892-1924 Given names: Ignacy Surnames: Smuszkiewicz Residence: Mariampol, Russ. Ship arrival date: 29 Mar 1912 Arrival age: 22y Nationality: Russ., Polish Departure port name: Bremen Ship arrival port: New York Gender: Male Marital status: S US citizen: Ship name: Konigen Luise Darlene BC ----- Original Message ----- From: "the cohens" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [PBS] Grochowska and Smuszkiewicz (Barglow, Poland and Kouinaki) > There are other places besides Footnotes to check. I think your first > step is to get their census records to try to pin down the dates > better. And you can probably get free access to census records thru > 1920 at Heritage Quest online at home from the public library if you > have a library card. > > Since the 1920 census gives immigration status, it would suffice. > > I have links to library information at: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/resources.html#library > > You also can search for free for their likely docking in the UK (on > the way to the US) by searching the passenger list database at > http://findmypast.com where you would have to pay for images, but the > search results page alone might turn up some likely dates for you. > > And you can check Ellis Island for free as well, for their arrival > here in the US. http://ellisisland.org > > Once you have enough information, they could consider ordering their > naturalization files from http://www.uscis.gov but that is expensive, > although a little less expensive if you already have their case > number from a FHC or maybe Footnotes. > > On 1/1/09, usinet.sbeggs <[email protected]> wrote: >> Happy New Year, and thanks to everyone at Poland Border Surnames who >> helped >> me to find and visit my Krawiec and Karlitsky relatives in southeast >> Poland >> this past June! It was the highlight of all my travels. >> >> My friends are over for New Year's Day, and we were talking about their >> Polish relatives. I told them how helpful PBS members have been toward >> me. >> >> Aleksandra Grochowska is my friend's paternal grandmother, born Sept. 1 >> 1887 >> in Barglow, Poland. Her paternal grandfather, Ignacy Smuszkiewiecz, was >> born July 16 1890 in Kouinaki, Poland. >> >> Does anyone know where Kouinaki or Barglow are now? >> >> They came to the U.S. between 1910 and 1920, to Chester, Pennsylvania. >> We >> don't know who their parents were. If anyone could point us in the right >> direction, we would be eternally grateful. They were both Roman >> Catholic. >> We don't have their records for naturalization, but my friend says they >> were >> naturalized. I have been trying to look at Footnote.com, but have not >> succeeded due to problems with my active X script controls. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message