Have you thought about contacting possible family in Poland? I was in the Suwalki area last month, and came back with a telephone book. There are a few people with the name of BRODOWSKI listed:

Romuald Brodowski
Nowa Wieś,
woj. podlaskie
powiat: suwalski
tel: (87) 520-03-50

Wiesław Brodowski
Nowa Wieś,
woj. podlaskie
powiat: suwalski
tel: (87) 569-40-48

Zdzisław Brodowski
Nowa Wieś,
woj. podlaskie
powiat: suwalski
tel: (87) 569-40-35

This Nowa Wies is in the gmina of Bakalarzewo.

There is an online telphone directory for the US, which I use to try to locate family in the US. You many want to try it: http://www.switchboard.com

Good luck.