Bertha: 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 At 12:37 PM 7/6/99 -0400, you wrote: >I did check "SHIPS PASSENGER LISTS PORT OF GALVESTON, TEXAS 1846-1871 >Did not find a listing for a VINCENT MEYERS/MEYER >Bertha Ellen > Judith M. Slate Co-ordinating Secretary Department of Geography Michigan State University 315 Natural Science East Lansing MI 48824-1115 517 355-4649 x 102