To Gail Brown, who's e-mail address has changed, Or anyone else who can answer my question... I noticed the surname of Budin you posted in the RootsWeb Czech Republic surname list. Do you know if there is any connection with the name Budinsky? Perhaps they are one and the same, with Budinsky "Americanized" compliments of the Immigration & Naturalization Service of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Thanks, Dan