Elaine Reposted and old post: >My HANDY CZECH ENGLISH GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY states that psotnik is >infantile convulsions. Yes... but I would like to expand and further state, as it is in the dictionary... " Psotnik was the most frequently given cause of childrens death, but these convulsions were symtons of other diseases" Also, the "mark ( ' ) over the " i " , is the diacritical mark, it shows the pronunciation of the letter. If I may and some Czechs in Czechia, please correct me..... here is my phonetic pronunciation........ P SOTE-NYEEK ( silent E ) , as in " SO " . I felt felt this detail may be important to some. Thx Elaine Regards, Mike in AZ