Have you checked the Catholic church in Dunkirk. They should have a registry of all church members. It should tell you where they were from in the old country. If Mary, Frank or John married in the Dunkirk church, that "church" marriage record should state where they were born. You have records that you need to find on 5 people ... all possible records on those born in Poland. In the 1930 census, Mary Bankoskie (widow) is living with her son in law Stanley Velk and daughter Sophia Velk in Dunkirk. Mary stated she arrived in the US in 1882. She was also a naturalized citizen. Have you found this documention. Tina Ellis On Oct 27, 2007 11:21 AM, Cathy Bankoske <cbankoske@gmail.com> wrote: > Thomas Bankoske b.1849 (Bankowski, Bunczkowski, Binkowski, etc.) and his wife Mary Jaguszewski immigrated from "German Poland" (on some documents called Poland or Germany) around 1884. They settled in Dunkirk New York to work in the Brooks locomotive plant. Do not know where they came from or what port they entered. They had three children when they came to the U.S. ( Frank, John and Mary) and then had three more (William, Lucy and Sophia). They were Catholic. > >From some people that know the area of Dunkirk - I understand that most of the Poles coming over at this time period came from Krakow and Padow areas. I have been unable to find a town named on any documents. Any ideas? > > Cathy Bankoske > cbankoske@gmail.com > > ------------------------------- > 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 >