I apologize in advance for the length of this post, as well as the cross-postings. With this volume of names, I am hoping it might be of some help to a few people. Surnames researching in MORAVIA include: Dohnal, Otahal, Maly, Volarik, Hovezak, Svoboda, Gardas, Wolarzik, Ledabyl, Pustimer, and Machal, all located slightly east or southeast of Brno; Badalik, Cech, Slama, Chlubna, Hanak, and Penaz, all from the Nove Mesto na Morave and Zdar n. Sazavou areas. Other names that emerged during the research in the above areas, in the forms of priests, witnesses, godparents and midwives: Josef and Marie Kobilka, Hans Strniska, Franc Hornak, Martin Chromý, Marianna Safar, Mathias Hikl, Stephan Jambor, Josef Kohout, Anton Brosser, Barbara and Martin Kovar, Johann Honlinger, Jan/Johann Jambor, Maria Kolinek, Martin Schweida, Anna Janicek, Albert Wrana, Antonia Wrana, and Jan/Johann Prahly. Surnames researching in several villages near the MORAVIA/BOHEMIA border near Jihlava include: Kokes/Kokess/Kokesch, Podaril, Dub/Duba/Dubova, Rychecky/Rychetski/etc., Kavur, Papez, Pypal, Brabec, Forman, Pradna, Sochor, Ticnik, Beran, Vancura, Zabloudil, Pallan, Borka, Cerny, Varecky, Tuma, Vasicek, Havelka, Zajicek, Myslivec, Tomasek, Zaloudek, Vrzak, Kottna, Stupka, Nepras, David, and Vacha. Other names that have surfaced in the research on the above area, in the forms of priests, witnesses, godparents and midwives are: Aloisius Rischlavi, Josef Kaubek, Maria Mlzniský, Josef Jerabek, Antonin Thomas, Jan Pokorný, Jiri Matzek, Jan Strachota, Antonín Kirschbaum, Josephus Hetera, Catharina & Pavel Zajic, Mathias Šaman, Martin Wolf, Anna Celoud, Frantisek Tvrdy, Jan Sova, Terezie Rochová, Terezie Bucek, Antonin Kupka, Václav Ježek, Anna Vranková, Kateřina Pelikán, Anna Busek, Joannes Kratina, Augustin Pirchan, Jakub Blazek, Kateřina Rokos, Kateřina Koubek, František Vavera, Jan/Joannes Kuna, František Štěpán, Václav Pipal, Jan/Johannes Suk, Augustin Pirchan, Jan Zemek, Vojtěch Pech, Vojtěch Rohanec, Frantisek Machek, Josef Schak, Jan & Marie Hrobský, Antonín Kacerovský, Josef Vlasák, Josef & Anna Macha, Tomas Podlaha, Josef Vlasák, Bartoloměj Pachta, Joannes/Jan Smíšek, Joannes Kalina, Antonius Luger, Václav Linhard, and Emanuel Bamberg. If any of these is one of your surnames & you know it is in or close to the area your family lived, feel free to send me a note & I'll give you whatever information I have about that person. Also, I will be making a fairly massive update to my site later this week, adding more than a thousand name & finally getting the non-genealogy stuff moved to a new site. That should make the genealogy site that much nicer to navigate. The URL is shown below. Cheri http://www.nidlink.com/~cdohnal =============================== Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most...