Hi Deborah, Let's clarify the situation a bit. The word "Gubernia" translates into an administrative division we might refer to as a "province". The Kingdom of Poland (1907) had ten such provinces, one of which was "Gubernia Płocka", with provincial capital Płock, as shown in green on the map > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Polska_1907_adm.png This is likely your province. We have a problem with your second suggestion containing the word "Luvow". That needs to be clarified. Is your note an English note or are you having difficulty reading and transliterating it? Roman Poddaj się; to zadanie zostaje niemożliwym. Give up - and the problem becomes impossible. [Set your Character Coding to Unicode (UTF-8).] > > Wavey34@aol.com wrote: > I need some help with some new info that I just received. > > I am looking for the town that my gt grandparents came from. My mother just > found a note that had my gt grandfather's name Teophil Bastecki b. 22 Feb > 1886, d. 6 May 1977 and my gt grandmother Josephine Zembrzuski b. 13 Aug 1883, > d. 12 Feb 1968. Below that it said "think they were born in Gubernia > Pletzka, Poland or Gubernia of Pletzka Luvow". I have tried to look these names up > and don't come up with anything. > > I have my gt grandparents marriage certificate. They were married 9 Jul > 1906 in Allegheny County, Pa and resided in Sagamore, Pa and Natrona, Pa. They > were both Catholic. The marriage cert. says that they were both from Russia > but my gt grandfather's death cert. and census info say that he was from > Poland. He was a miner in Pa. > > They had many children...Vera, Archie, Henry, John, George, Freda, Alberta, > Gerarda Stella (my grandmother), and some that died at a very early age. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am feeling a bit stuck right now. > > > Thank you. > Deborah Clark >