Hi Guys, I really appreciate the info I've learned so far at this newsgroup. Would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows anything about the following names or place: Place: Dzikow, in the Tarnobrzeg area of Galicia. According to a JewishGen database,sources at the Holocaust Museum and my busia's memory, it had a large Jewish population which was massacred in WWII. Does anyone know anything else about this area? Is it known for anything in particular? Surnames: 1. Duda, a common name in Galicia; what is the etymology? I've heard from a few folks I've e-mailed who are Dudas, including one with similar naming traditions who may be a relative. Is there anyone in this group with knowledge or links to this name? My great-grandparents were Unifry and Eva Duda who had ten children. My grandfather Frank was a blacksmith who was drafted into the Austrian army for seven years and became an aide-de-camp before immigrating to the U.S. via Ellis Island in 1910.He worked on a farm and then a factory in upstate NY before settling in Toledo, OH. At least two of his brothers, Michael and Anthony, immigrated to Brazil during that timeframe, and two sisters went on to France. 2. Mudlo- My busia, Katarzyna, arrived at Ellis Island on January 23, 1911 from Hamburg,and was sponsored by her fiance (my grandfather), whom she married that June. Her sister Maria remained in Poland, worked as a nanny, and spent her last years in Lvov, Ukraine with her daughter and son-in-law. Little is known about her. A kind professor from Muenster,Germany has told me Mudlo could be derived from Ukrainian versions of Mordechai. Another correspondent G. Gressa from the Carpatho-Rusyn knowledge base has told me both Duda and Mudlo could be Rusyn in origin (on her manifest, Katarzyna is listed as Ruthenian)even though Dzikow is north of that area. By the way, Mudlo is an extremely rare slavic surname in the U.S. Would love to hear from anyone doing similar research or having knowledge of these names and/or place. Thanks, Bonnie Cieslukowski Weissman Carpatho-Rusyn area