This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fukala Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRC.2ACE/3447.7 Message Board Post: Linnea, your original information was correct. The name FUKALA has its origin in Silesia, in this case in fromer Austrian (Czechoslovak) Silesia. The village of origin is STONAVA, in German STEINAU, a village with parrochial cath. Maria Magdalene church (parish since 1866) in district KARVINA. The vital registers are in the Silesian Land Archives in OPAVA. Address of the archives: Zemsky Archiv v Opave Snemovni 1 746 22 Opava Director: Karel Muller +420-553 623 364, Tel+Fax: +420-553 623 476 I personally know one D. Radek FUKALA who teaches history at the SILESIAN UNIVERSITY at OPAVA (www.slu.cz). Try to contact him at [email protected] Since he is a historian, it is high probable that he knows his family history as well as the origin of his surname. Karel