> Now I find out... Lwow was a part of the "Russian Partition" , is now > called Lviv and is located in the Ukraine. > 2. Digging I found out that Ch in Polish is pronounced as an H... now I > understand that my Grandfather spoke English when he came to this > country... and since I cannot find any reference to CHUDERSKI... I ask > myself if I should look for HUDERSKI or some such spelling? > IF there is anyone out there who can shed some light on my > confusion....PLEASE help. > Thomas Chuderski OR is it Huderski? :) 1. Actually, Lwow was part of the Austrian partition -- in the late 1700s it was in the area taken by Austria when Austria, Prussia and Russia carved up Poland among them. After World War I it was again in the newly reconstituted Poland; then after World War II it was in the Soviet Union's Ukrainian republic. Today it's in the independent nation of Ukraine. Yes, it is now called Lviv, but then it has *always been called Lviv by the Ukrainians who inhabit that area (Lwow is the Polish name for it). Now that it's in Ukraine, the Ukrainian name is used. Chuderski is probably right, at least originally, coming from the root chudy and the extended form chuder-, meaning lean, thin, frail. (On the other hand, over time surnames do change and you can't rule out its becoming Huderski at some point.) Searching with www.four11.com, I found a Chuderski in Wroclaw, Poland, and one in Florida (or is that you?), and a Huderski in Georgia. Joe Armata armata@vms.cis.pitt.edu