Regarding the surname Mikula, I knew an older lady with this surname, she was Ruthenian from Eastern Slovakia (former Austro-Hungarian Empire). Joy K -----Original Message----- From: Gary N. Deckant <[email protected]> Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.slavic To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, August 15, 1998 7:56 AM Subject: Re: Mikula Family Name / Slavic, German, Heinze 57 Variety? > >In a previous article, [email protected] ("gloria14") says: > >>Our entire family has hit a brickwall in determining where our grandfather >>originated from. He had no living relation (that we are aware of) and was >>supposed to have come from either Bohemia or Germany around the turn of the >>century and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born on May 18, 1882 >>and rumor has it that he had a brother who died in "the old country." >>After much searching by several members of our family, we are no further >>than when we started. Anyone recognize this name "Mikula" and/or know where >>it originates from? Thank you. >> > >Mikula is of Slavic origin and means Nicholas, the given-name. >That would tend to support an origin in Bohemia rather than Germany, >though it often happens that surnames cross borders when one least >expects it. BTW Bohemia is not the only possibility in the Slavic >speaking world, but it was the only one mentioned in the above posting. >-- >Gary N. Deckant >[email protected] >Youngstown, Ohio >