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This page In the FamilySearch Wiki has some recommendations for PolIsh research. It is important to know where in Poland she came from. The Wiki provides guidance on how to find the town or village. A complication is that the Polish place name written in American records may be a garbled version of the actual place name. Records could be in Polish, German, Russian, or Yiddish, depending on location, time period, and religion.

See https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy

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Have you tried familysearch.org? It is a free site.

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Barbara,

As Marion mentioned, familysearch.org has excellent records for free,  you just need to register with them.

I found these records very quickly at familysearch,  which includes a death record for your grandfather that lists his parents' names.   (You mentioned on your profile you were unable to locate information about his parents.)

"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3H8-6NB : 10 March 2018), Alexander Gladkowski, 08 Jun 1943; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,983,456.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWT7-DRG : 4 February 2020), Alex Gladkowski, Rockdale, Joliet Township, Will, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 99-59, sheet 15B, line 79, family 272, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 908.

 

Find a Grave, database and images,{{FindAGrave|34076856}} memorial page for Alexander Gladkowski (22 Aug 1881–8 Jun 1943), Find a Grave Memorial no. 34076856, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Crest Hill, Will County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Jody Gladkowski (contributor 47255817) .

Enjoy the hunt!