Marj, For what it is worth, my Great Uncle shows Vaclav on his birth certificate in Bohemia, Wenzel on the family Austrian-Hungarian passport when they came to the states in 1892, and went by James in the states. -----Original Message----- From: czech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:czech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marj Wood Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 5:39 PM To: czech-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [CZ] Fw: Translation I have a translation question and hope that some one can help. Is Vaclav translated to english Jan? Many thanks, Marj ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CZECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It seems to be the popular choice, but Vaclav actually translates as per the letter below from a Czech subscriber. Elaine *********** > Does the name Wenczl suggest where this family originally came from? Is it > still Czech? > > Bob Wencl Bob, your surname has origin in the given name Vaclav (in English Wenceslaus). This has been a very common given name for already many houndreds of years, probably already since the Czech king St. Vaclav was murdered by his brother Boleslav in 935. Surnames that originated from given names are very rarely able to help to suggest where the family could come from. Marek ****************** > Marj, > For what it is worth, my Great Uncle shows > Vaclav on his birth certificate > in Bohemia, Wenzel on the family > Austrian-Hungarian passport when they came > to the states in 1892, and went by James in the states. > -----Original Message----- > From: czech-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:czech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Marj Wood > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 5:39 PM > To: czech-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CZ] Fw: Translation > I have a translation question and hope that some one can help. > Is Vaclav translated to english Jan? > > Many thanks, Marj >