Hi Claudia, A very quick look in http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_I/ is not coming up with Kouinaki... Shtetlseeker gives: Bargłów, *Bargłów Kościelny* populated place 53°46' N 22°49' E <http://data.jewishgen.org/maps/mapdist8.asp?lat=53.7667&long=22.8167> E<http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/expediamaps2.pl?&lat=53.7667&lng=22.8167> M <http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/mapquest.pl?&lat=537667&lng=228167> U<http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/multimap.pl?&lat=53.7667&lng=22.8167> G<http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/google.pl?q=53.7667,22.8167+(Bargłów+Kościelny)> Poland 129.1 miles NE of Warszawa 52°15' N 21°0' E Bargłów, Bargłów Kościelny populated place 53°46' N 22°49' E E M U G Poland 129.1 miles NE of Warszawa 52°15' N 21°0' E which looks a potential location (and the only Barglow). Should I expect Kouinaki to be in the same region? If I have been lucky enough to find the correct location for Barglow, entering its co-ordinates into Shtetlseeker gives the nearest sound-alikes to Kouinaki as (hmm - there are a lot so I may have missed some good possibilities): *Kunicha*, Kunicka populated place 53°42' N 23°05' E <http://data.jewishgen.org/maps/mapdist8.asp?lat=53.7000&long=23.0833> E<http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/expediamaps2.pl?&lat=53.7000&lng=23.0833> M <http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/mapquest.pl?&lat=537000&lng=230833> U<http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/multimap.pl?&lat=53.7000&lng=23.0833> G <http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/google.pl?q=53.7000,23.0833+(Kunicha)> Poland 11.8 miles ESE of 53°46' N 22°49' E Kunicha, Kunicka populated place 53°42' N 23°05' E E M U G Poland 11.8 miles ESE of 53°46' N 22°49' E *Kaniuki* populated place 52°54' N 23°18' E <http://data.jewishgen.org/maps/mapdist8.asp?lat=52.9000&long=23.3000> E<http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/expediamaps2.pl?&lat=52.9000&lng=23.3000> M <http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/mapquest.pl?&lat=529000&lng=233000> U<http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/multimap.pl?&lat=52.9000&lng=23.3000> G <http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/google.pl?q=52.9000,23.3000+(Kaniuki)> Poland 63.1 miles SSE of 53°46' N 22°49' E Kaniuki populated place 52°54' N 23°18' E E M U G Poland 63.1 miles SSE of 53°46' N 22°49' E Claudia do please have you friend say whether or not Barglow sounds correct, and whether Kouinaki is nearby. Kind regards, Bronwyn. PS I have one Grochowska in my husband's ancestors, and no idea from whence she hails!! She shows up in the Suwalki region when she marries in 1815 and has come from (that little place...) Prussia. On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 10:19 PM, 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. > > Thank you in advance for helping us once again. > > Claudia Krawiec Hansen > Marti Smuszkiewicz Peck >