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Joined: 25 Dec 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 26 Dec 2007
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mike421   
31 Dec 2007
USA, Canada / Polish Bakeries, Deli, Stores, etc in Northeastern Pennsylvania. [8]

Kowaloneks NICE i will be going there Wednesday........Patryk what are you looking for? there is a small grocery store in Drums, thats about 20 miles south of wilkes-barre. i may be able to help you out with some things but Polish Delis are hard to come by anymore. and Homemade rogies in Wilkes-Barre is terrible!!!!lol
mike421   
29 Dec 2007
Genealogy / Trying to retrace my family (Misiak) [9]

ohhh man!!!! im glad you're smart!!! ok so maybe my dates are off....... but wouldnt point of entry still be through Boston? of does ellis island maintain immigrants from all ports?
mike421   
29 Dec 2007
Genealogy / Trying to retrace my family (Misiak) [9]

i see those as well. but it says Austrian and he arrived before 1900 i believe. my grandmother was US born in 1901 and she was the youngest of 7 sisters.

thanks for trying!!!! i guess I'll keep plugging away.

there may be a distant cousin who possesses my G Grandmothers birth cert. i am in the process of tracking that as well.
mike421   
29 Dec 2007
Genealogy / Trying to retrace my family (Misiak) [9]

hi all im a newbie here and im trying to learn as much about my past as possible. i have hit a few snags. my great grandfather and g grandmother came over to the

US through Boston. they married in Boston and settled in Pennsylvania. i tried to find the ship used, their birth places etc. here is what i know.......

my great grandfathers name was John Misiak. he lived either 3 miles north of Krakow (sorry for spelling) or 30 minutes north of Krakow. he worked in a Salt Mine i was told. while in Boston, his family worked on or owned tobacco farms. since he was a miner in Poland he moved to Pennsylvania to become a coal miner.

im not sure of my great grandmothers maiden name and i don't know much about her yet.

i tried Ellis Island and all the others that i know and all searches come up empty.

any tips i would appreciate. maybe there are some other Misiak's on this forum that may help.