In a message dated 7/6/99 12:52:15 PM Central Daylight Time, slate@pilot.msu.edu writes: << My relatives, Albert and Mary (Biela) Kopecki, came over on a ship that landed at Indianola instead of Galveston. It probably started out at Breman, Germany. Did ships stop at Ellis Island before they came to Galveston then went to Indianola ... or did they come straight from Germany to Indianola? The first group of Polish settlers came to Galveston in 1854 (November probably); the group my great grandparents came in landed in the 1880s. They then settled in Panna Maria, Texas. Judy Slate >> Hello Judy I don't have all of them answers I do know that PATSY HAND of VICTORIA, TX is working on the settlers that came into Indianola she does something with the Victoria web page but I have no way to contact her personally. I need to get her email address for times like this. PATSY HAND 13 Tonto Circle Victoria, TX, 77901 maybe if you check the website for a VICTORIA TX rootsweb that will get you to her. Sorry that I don't have the address. Bertha Ellen