Hello Robert, The surname has been so corrupted through the ages; it's a wonder I have him going back to his marriage date of 1795! The original? name ends with 'sch.' The son also has ending 'sch.' Next, his son is born with the 'sch' ... but, the second son is born Horelics, another born Hodo, another born Hodolics, another born Hodolits! I have seen it also spelled, Hotelics, Hotalics. In 1873, born in Albertfalu across the Danube from the Batschka, it is finally 'its' and the ending changes again to 'tz' in America. What a merry chase I have been on ... if it hadn't been for Frank's unending help; I would have no hair left on my head. :( I was told Croatian, German and Hungarian were spoken by my great-grandfather. Thank you for your reply! Kind regards, Sandra In a message dated 5/19/2005 5:03:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Hello Sandra, > > Perhaps the spelling has been Americanized? Searching Ellis Is, using > sounds like (many) at Stephen Morse web page finds some possible spellings but not > Hoditschka > > Hodotischka > Hatiszka > Hodoszka > Hoditsch > Hudacska > Hudiczki > > http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html > > Robert Jerin > >