Will be glad to help if you post the image of the original record somewhere on the internet and give us a link. Only by examining the original pages one can determine what's written there. Working from transcripts (done by people who do not know the language, history, geography and handwriting of the country) - for the most part - is completely useless. ella -----Original Message----- From: polandbordersurnames-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:polandbordersurnames-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of barry kaminski Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 2:17 AM To: PolandBorderSurnames@rootsweb.com Subject: [PBS] Rominski and Kozatek families in Poland I am searching for the origins of my great grandparents in Poland. None of the records in America have helped thus far. My great grandparents were Gregory and Frances Kozatek(or Koziatek) Rominski (or Ruminski) and they arrived at Ellis Island on April 9,1899. This I found by accident since they are listed as Gezegorz Rieminusky. He arrived with Froncziska and their son Josef to join a brother-in-law, Adam David (?) in Wilkes-Barre, PA. It states that they left from Hamburg and that they came from Grebonka in the Lubelski province in Russian Poland. My grandmother always said that her family came from Warszawa and I have yet to find a Grebonka or Lubelski anywhere near Warsaw. My great grandmother had 2 sisters and a brother who I have found on Ellis Island records. The oldest sister, Rose DeMorat is listed as Rosalia Haberlart arriving on June 22, 1900 from Zebny in the Lomza province also departing from Hamburg. Her children, Josef and Felice, are listed as being Domorat, and her husband, that she is coming to join in Wilkes-Barre, PA, as Josef Domorad. Her husband arrived on November 18, 1899 from Ortrolojeso in Lomza province via Hamburg to join his brother Pete Domorad. My great grandmother's brother,Stanislaus Kozatek,and wife, Maria and daughter, Stanislawa arrived via Hamburg on April 20,1901 from Dzaha (some places listed as Dzalin), Lomza province. The wife and daughter were in quarantine for some time before being released to my great grandfather. The other sister I found arrived, again via Hamburg, on June 13, 1907 from Dyki or Grzyski, her name was correct as Katarina Block (or Bloch). She is listed as a widow age 38 coming to Lonsdale, R.I. to join a cousin Antonia Mrosz (?). I have found descendants of another brother, Josef Kozatek who was killed by a train in the early 1900's, in the Pawtucket, R.I. area. The newspaper report lists him as a Russian. All they can confirm is that the parents of the Kozatek siblings were Josef and Rosalia Sarniak Kozatek and that they were told they came from White Russia. [Church records from a brief marriage of my great grandmother state her mother was Rose Shumitski (?).] Realizing the difficulty people had with transcribing and translating the names and places from Polish, I still have come to a road block in finding any records that would help me find what towns they all came from. By the way, I have been able to trace the Kaminski side in the Suwalki (now Podlaskie region) back to the mid-1700's and that was with every male having 2 marriages! If anyone could be of any help I would greatly appreciate it, then perhaps I can make some headway in finding records in Poland. Thanks, Barry J.Kaminski ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message