Steve’s Genealogy Blog

The 1910 U.S. Federal Census showed that Kajetan Izbicki, the brother of Bolesław Izbicki, arrived in the United States in 1905.  The passenger manifest for the S.S. Ryndam includes his record.

The S. S. Ryndam

The Passenger Manifest for Kajetan Izbicki
SOURCE:  Immigration and Naturalization Service. Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, […]

In her Naturalization Papers, Great Aunt Stephania couldn’t remember the ship on which she emigrated to the United States, although she stated that she arrived at New York from Bremen on September 16, 1901.  Two ships did arrive at New York from Bremen on September 16, 1901:  the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and the […]

I have been trying to learn when my Great Aunt Mary was born.  I have examined a number of sources and have learned the following:

Marianna’s Birth and Baptismal Record, a Church Record from Poland, shows that her birth date was January 12, 1884
Marjanna’s Hamburg Passenger Record, shows that she was 25 years old in 1909, indicating that […]

I had previously searched for John Jwanauski’s passenger manifest at the Ellis Island Records site and at Stephen Morse’s site without success.  I also couldn’t find his name by scrolling through all the pages of the manifest one-by-one.  Finally, I searched the Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry and the Record of Detained Aliens which followed the passenger […]

In John Jwanauski’s Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, he stated that, when he was 20 years old, he left his birthplace of Kovno, Russia, set sail from Bremen, Germany on the Grosser Kurfurst and, on December 15, 1912, arrived at the port of New York.This information should be more than enough to find John’s […]

The information provided in Stanislaw Markiewicz’ Certificate of Arrival provided the information necessary to find his Ellis Island Passenger Manifest.  A search of the Ellis Island website produced several immigrants with the name Stanislaw Markiewicz, one of whom immigrated on the correct ship on the correct date.

The S.S. Zeeland

Passenger Manifest of Stanislaw Markiewicz, Page 1

Passenger Manifest of […]

While I was at the Massachusetts State Archives in Boston a few weeks ago, I found the Naturalization Papers for Stanislaw Markiewicz.  Stanislaw was the grandfather of my cousins’ cousins.  Let me explain… 
My Uncle Michael Danko married Jean Skowronski, and my Uncle Joseph Danko married Helen Skowronski.  Jean and Helen were sisters, and they had several siblings, one […]

John Dziurzyński was the brother of my paternal grandmother.  I have only two records for him, one of which is his Ellis Island Passenger Arrival Manifest.  John was listed on the passenger manifest as Johann Dzurzynski and he traveled to America with Pawel Goliński.  Pawel would later marry my grandfather Michał Dańko’s sister, Marianna.

Postcard from the S.S. […]

The Passenger Arrival Manifests that listed Antoni Siborowski and his family showed that several of the passengers were detained or held for review by a Board of Special Inquiry.  Why were these actions taken?  The passengers listed on lines 1-3 were Justine Rode and her two children who were held for a Board of Special Inquiry, […]

Many people have found the Passenger Arrival Manifests for their Immigrant Ancestors on the Ellis Island Records site.  I have found the Passenger manifests for all of my grandparents and several other relatives.  Only recently, however, have I started to take a second look at these records to discover what additional information they contain about my ancestors […]