Dan, My Budins never Americanized their last name. They are still using it to this day. Do you have any Budins from either towns of Zirovnice or Zdesov? Gale >From: Mcc1620@aol.com >Reply-To: CZECH-L@rootsweb.com >To: CZECH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CZ] Budin vs Budinsky >Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:32:11 EDT > >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 > > >==== CZECH Mailing List ==== >RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without >permission of the author. Read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use >Policy at http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html. > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/