Hi, I am also looking for someone born in Poland in the late 1700's. Where did you find a birth record from so far back? Any suggestions where I can also look? JCR >Boy, talk about how names can change with time! > >I found the birth record for my great-great-great-great-grandfather, >born 25 Sep 1769 in Liptovska Teplicka, which is near Poprad, >Slovakia. I didn't expect to find it spelled this way, tho! > >Grandpa used the spelling "Yanik" in the 1930s and great-grandpa >used the spelling "Janik" when he came over in the 1900s, and that >spelling was consistent for 100 years. But before 1800, the spelling >starts showing up as "Janicz", and before 1780 as "Janiczkow" > >Am I correct in seeing a Polish influence in that spelling? Could the >old family stories be true - that although Slovak, we are descenfed >from Polish nobility? > >Thanx, > Paul > paulochi@alpha.betac-stl.com > > J. C. Robinson