Deb writes : I am trying to find out the correct spelling of our name....... Hi Deb ! Altho, I cant say that I have ever seen your surname, I think its spelled correctly. Its the other name, with the " ova " is as others have said the feminine form of your name. Perhaps an ancestor who emmigrated was a woman, and she would have used " Strezenkova " Her Husband,or father would have been a " Strezenec " . Regards, Mike in AZ SVARC~SWARTZ / CERNY / HAJEK / HOSEK / KREISSINGER / CERMAK