Hello Margaret the last HUJOVCIK record in the LDS films was >a 1733 burial - from then on, only HUJO appears in the parish records. > >Between 1717 and 1726, Michaelem and Sophiam had three sons and two >daughters. Sometimes the father was entered as HUJO and sometimes as >HUJOVCIK - they were HUJO when the sons were born, but HUJOVCIK when >the >two daughters were born. The godparents were always the same. >Any insight on this from anyone? > I have seen names in Slovinky evolve with time: e.g. Fissek > Fisek > Fizek > Fisak. For a while around 1820, the priest would record nicknames instead of full given names in marriage records: e.g. Juro for Juraj. The greatest variablilty in spelling of surnames occurred in the 1700's. I have seen Graban become and stay Grabany and Repas become and stay Repasky. I can't recall having seen a surname get abbreviated, but it might have happened in a family I wasn't tracking. Good Luck, ..wa