Leah, Have you tried to use different spellings of your surname to find them? Maybe use a wild card on Ellis Island. My grandparents came through Ellis the same year 1898 and found them on Ellis with a different spelling of the surname. Jim On May 20, 2007, at 8:37 PM, Leah Hammer wrote: > My grandfather was supposed to have been from Poland somewhere. He > left home at 13 or 14 and joined or was conscripted into the > military. He was sent on an excursion to Vetebsk where he met my > grandmother. They became engaged, he came to Winnipeg. He > eventually sent for her and they were married in Winnipeg in 1898. I > have searched everywhere to try and get them into the country. Ellis > Island, the Hamburg list, the northern ports such as Halifax etc and > cannot find either of them coming into the country. I'm curious how > your husband found the entry from his parents Muriel. Any help here > would be much appreciated. I've been unable to find any family or > birth records for any of them. > Leah > Kuba Przedzienkowski jimpres1@mac.com kuba@przedzienkowski.com www.przedzienkowski.com