Leah, On my GAunt's passenger list it asked where she was headed, it said to Gretna, so I asked my friend in Canada, this is what she wrote. Gretna is in Manitoba. It is a town bordering North Dakota if my geography skills are not to rusty. The vast majority of immigrants coming through there did not stay in Manitoba but went to SK and AB. They almost all travelled by train. ----- just had a look on a map, I found it, it is South of Winnipeg and slightly west. Just over from highway 29 going up to Winnipeg from Grand Forks ND -Good luck, Al Wegner 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