mybeer@ibm.net (Dan & Paula Sherrin) wrote: >I had been told that the meaning of the name is "of the old city". Can anyone >verify this and tell me what city it refers to? Jerusalem? Thanks. >Paula Starr Sherrin "Selsky" in Czech means "of the village" or "of the country." So a person named "Staroselsky" would mean, roughly, "a country person from way back." "Stary" means "old," and the combining form is "staro-." David Chroust Monographs cataloger Evans Library Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-5000