Dear Sir, I was reading your comment and I felt like I was hit with a lightning bolt. not that anything was wrong but your mentioning of the name, Repas. I am a Bobik and recently have located some first or second cousins. one of them is a Helen nee REPAS Limpf. Her mother was an Anna BOBIK and her father was George REPAS. George REPAS had told his daughter he was from, Bodzasujlak, Austria Hungary. I had interpreted that to mean, near the village of Ujlak which is in Slovakia. On his wedding records George signed the document saying that he was born in Ujlak. He married Anna Bobik in St. John's, possibly in Homestead, Pa. on February 13,1899. Do not have the date of his birth. The above marriage had 10 children. If you have a connection to George Repas this would be a major find for Helen Limpf and myself. Helen is the youngest child of this marriage and she was born in 1918. Thank you for your time and I pray that you will respond. Emil G. Bobik, Sr. Junction City, Ohio ---------- > From: William A Anikouchine <wanik@JUNO.COM> > To: GEN-SLAVIC@MAIL.EWORLD.COM > Subject: Re: What does the surname suffix "chick" mean? > Date: Saturday, May 17, 1997 10:39 PM > > 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