In a message dated 97-02-28 10:24:56 EST, you write: << > If anybody has that Polish Surname Dictionary: > > Kzimierz Rymut's "Slownik nazwisk wspolczesnie w Polsce uzywanych" > > I would be interested in finding out if Smulikowski is a valid > surname? My father-in-law, who is searching Smolikowski, found in the > French National Archives, in Paris, the above surname for a Polish > officer from Galicia, who died around 1858. Or might this name be a > spelling error on Smolikowski? The Slownik says there are 46 instances of Smulikowski in these counties: Warsaw 13 Ciechanow 1 Czestochowa 1 Elblag 2 Gdansk 1 Katowice 2 Kielce 7 Olsztyn 2 Siedlce 7 Torun 4 Wroclaw 6 Joe armata@vms.cis.pitt.edu >> Would SMOLIK/SMOLEK be a diravation from the above name? I have a SMOLIK/SMOLEK born near Prague, Bohemia in my family tree. Annie