On Sat, 17 May 1997, William A Anikouchine wrote: > 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. Thanks Will, - BTW, I am seeing alot of FICSEK in my m-films from Orava Region.- currently seen as Ficek with a hachek over the "c". Margaret . .