mY MOTHER KATHRYN WAS ABOUT THE 7TH CHILD OF JOSEPH FRANCES sILAKOWSKI AND fRANCIS bARBARA LIB-----SKI, sHE WAS BORN IN JOLIET, ILLINOIS. THEY LIVED THERE BEFORE MOVING TO MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA. MY MOTHER MENTIONED THAT HER PARENTS HAD COME FROM SCRANTON PA. SHE NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING FURTHER BACK THAN THAT. DID YOU GO TO POLAND? DID YOU LOCATE ANY GRAVES OF THEIR ANCESTORS? MY FATHER'S SIDE OF MY FAMILY WERE ALSO FROM POLAND. i BELIEVE I WAS TRYING TO LOOK UP HIS MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME WHEN THE LIBA---SKI NAME POPPED UP. i CAN'T REMEMBER HOW TO SPELL THE NAME. i HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. MY OTHER GRANDMOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME IS YET LONGER. i HAD 4 GRANDPARENTS FROM POLAND. THOSE NAMES ARE DIFFICULT TO SPELL.