In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Gary Jasdzewski) wrote: > > I have been told that my surname might be a misspelling of Jazdzewski. > > Anyone who can give me any information about these 2 names would > be appreciated! > > -- > gary jasdzewski > dept. of english (linguistics) > purdue university > http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~garyjaz > Hi!, I have the same impression - that your surname ("Jasdzewski") is a misspelling of "Jazdzewski", furthermore - it is not spelled as you see it but both "z"s in "Jazdzewski" have probably diacritical marks - points over them, you are a linguist (I like your WWW page as well as your statement on soc.culture.polish which I found through http://www.dejanews.com ) so there is probably no need to explain to you how these points over "z" change the pronounciation, I understand that you have it in your books much better explained as I could ever explain it myself, especially that English is my 2nd language and that I am not a linguist (my friend here at the Warsaw University has just got his M degree in linguistics if this is of interest to you - he is Piotr Kofta [email protected] ). I invite you to join the Polish Genealogy List [email protected] (to subscribe send "subscribe genpol Your1stname Yoursurname" in the 1st and only line in the "body" of an e-mail letter to [email protected]), there you will be able to ask your question about the distribution in Poland of those 2 Polish surnames that I know you research, GenPol's subscribers have access to statistics saying how many persons with a surname live in Poland, and particularly how many of them in which of the Polish provinces . As for Jaz~~dz~~ewski - there was a famous Polish archeologist Konrad Jaz~~dz~~ewski if this is of interest to you, best regards! - Kaj Malachowski, moderator of the Polish Genealogy List GENPOL, GENPOL mailing address: [email protected] my address as a moderator of GENPOL: [email protected] my private address: [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/2739 Miklaszewskiego 14/13, 02-776 Warszawa POLSKA, tel.(48-22) 641 24 11; -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum