This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vm.2ADI/131.1 Message Board Post: What a interesting last name. I checked my history of Republic County Kansas book it has a bit on your name.It talks about the village of Munden it says that Wesley Skocdopole was the first blacksmith commecing business early in the fall of 1887.