GE>I have just begun my genealogy search and would appreciate any information GE>concerning the origins, meaning, or nationality of these surnames: ROMPOT GE>ROMPOTL. I have found entries at the FHC for Oldris, Policka, Czech GE>republic from the 1750 to 1871 period. My ancestors emigrated to Linn Co, GE>Iowa about 1873, so this could be a connection. In Hradec Kralove (regional center where Policka belongs) there is a man at the Fire Brigade dispatch named ROMPORTL whom I met by chance and noticed the name - sounds very strange (non-Czech). Try E-mail to Tomas Uhlir <tuhlir@serverhk.czcom.cz>, the EDP guy there - he speaks English, Mr.Romportl does not. Jaroslav Pivonka <jpivonka@bbs.infima.cz>