I understand. My Mom says she remembers that her Mom had some "cousins" who lived in Adams. They used to share things from their garden with my Mom's family occasionally. She thought they lived in the vacinity of Notch Road. My Mom's mother died in 1926 (Maryanna Jzyk Zdon) so I don't know much about her, either. Her parent's names and places of birth came from her death certificate, so I don't know how accurate they were. I guess that depends on who gave the information. Her death certificate gave her maiden name as Tevzyk. Now I am wondering if that could have been misread by the person filling out my copy of the certificate...and was actually Irzyk. Seems logical to me, but I can't get to Adams from Missouri to look that up! I feel there must be a family connection, nonetheless. The Jzyk name is not too common, to say the least! The only people I have found with that name are located in Massachusetts. I know my Grandmother had brothers who lived in Ware because they introduced my grandparents. She alegedly had a sister who died in a fire, and another sister who stayed in Poland. I haven't looked in Poland for any records. I just assumed they would be non-existent. If you have pointers on how to conduct a search there, I'd appreciate it.