In article <334863EC.48A4@erols.com> Chris Vuxton <cvuxton@erols.com> writes: > I'm researching the surname Vuksta. My father, George A. Vuksta was > born in 1920 in Velykyy Bereznyy. This town is on the extreme western > Ukraine border with Slovakia about 20 miles north of Uzhhorod. Is > anyone familiar with this surname? Is it common? What does it mean? > > Thank you. > > Chris Vuxton I know of other Carpatho-Rusyns with this name, and they're all from around the Uzhorod area... Some of them Anglicized their name to "Huxta", believe it or not. This is in eastern Pennsylvania (hard coal region originally) I'm talking about. You should proceed immediately to the Carpatho-Rusyn Knowledge Base, http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org -- don't wait! Rich Custer