My husband's paternal grandfather was Stephen Kobak. He was born November 4,1896 in Restovo Croatia. He was the son of Tomas and Kata. He also had a sister. Stephen left for America and arrived at Ellis Island May 12,1912. The passenger manifest shows he went to Tyrone PA to meet an Uncle, Martin Kobak. From Tyrone, Stephen got a job in a coal mine and went to Black Lick PA. He married Katherine Banko. My father-in-law's birth cert. is from Black Lick.
From Black Lick, he moved his immediate family to Branford CT. My geneologic search has just begun and I am wondering if Tomas and Martin were brothers. The Ellis Island index does not pull Stephen up as "Kobak" and also incorrectly lists him from Hungary. But it's him. We had his name put on the Ellis Island Wall in 1985. I welcome any sharing of information. Thanks so much, I have only been doing this for 3 weeks.