Hi List... Whilst waiting impatiently for my grandparents immagration files, and having exhausted much internet searches, i decided to write to anyone i could find that lived in the same Area where my grandmother was born, in the hope of finding someone that knew of her and her family. I found one KUPER (my grandmothers' maidan name) that lives in kulaszne. I just searched on www.Poland.pl web site, and it came up with a KUPER. So i had nothing to lose and sent him a letter in polish which i had translated before it went. As Kulaszne was a fairly small place/town, i was hopeful that this person i was writing to would be a connection to my Grandmother, or would be so kind as to pass the letter on to another KUPER in the area, assuming of course there were more KUPERS in Kulaszne. I recieved a reply today, which was from the person i sent the letter to.( A big Thankyou to Eve for the translation). The letter contains information i was hoping for. I found a someone whom is connected to me, and he told me that my Grandmother used to send letters to His fathers' sister. What luck. By sending this 'random' letter i now have a relative in Poland that i'm able to communicate with. Extra names now added to my search list - Maksym & Katarzyna KUPER, Waryszczk MIKDAJ (i assume thats the surname) and Pelagia HANICZAREK. My point here is that sometimes one can get lucky by doing something..... anything, know matter how unlikely the odds could be, sometimes, we get lucky. Bobby (Aussie) South Africa