Leah, I found out in Ellis Island, the name has to be spelled just like it was written, And they are way off, for instance, I was searching for a simple name, Seipke, wow! look what found, Seeke, Silkey,Seifke, Sipka, All where the same family. Sooooooo, That's why you can't find them, Betcha!!!!!!!!! Good luck, Al -------Original Message------- From: Leah Hammer Date: 5/20/2007 11:38:20 AM To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com Subject: [PBS] Leaving Galicia etc. 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 ------------------------------- 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

I had the same experience. I was having no luck, with a fairly simple name like Emil Conitz. I had the ship "Adenmal" or "Adermal" listed on his Declaration of Intent (which was filed in the county courthouse where he settled.). Finally, someone found him for me. The ship turned out to be the Admiral, and he was listed as Emmanuel Conita. I never would have found him myself! A cousin, age about 14, also a Conitz, was said, by his family, to have come over with Emil, who was 21. However, we didn't find him on that passenger list. I did find his mother, Johanna Sitz Conitz, on the Galveston ship records when she came over. She is listed as Johanne Contz. The i was left out. Cecelia in Texas > Leah, > I found out in Ellis Island, the name has to be spelled just like it was > written, And they are way off, for instance, I was searching for a simple > name, Seipke, wow! look what found, Seeke, Silkey,Seifke, Sipka, All where > the same family. Sooooooo, > That's why you can't find them, Betcha!!!!!!!!! > Good luck, > Al >