Mr. Lassek; Thank you so much for the explaination on my Warminski and Murawska surnames....I read your letter with great interest. You seem VERY knowledgeable on the origin of names.....do you do this on only Polish names, or could you give me an explaination on surnames from other origins as well ? I am thinking of my cousins name of : TYSARCZYK and my last name of REMLY....however, this has many spellings : Remley Remayley, Rommele, Remely, Remale, to name a few that I have found in my Geneaology searches. It is reportedly French, or German , altho English is also mentioned. Thank you again for any help you can give, and please know that I really appreciated your help on my previous names....Regards, Jane

"Thank you so much for the explaination on my Warminski and Murawska surnames....do you do this on only Polish names, or could you give me an explaination on surnames from other origins as well ? I am thinking of my cousins name of : TYSARCZYK and my last name of REMLY....however, this has many spellings : Remley Remayley, Rommele, Remely, Remale, to name a few that I have found in my Geneaology searches. It is reportedly French, or German , altho English is also mentioned. Regards, Jane " - - - - - - - - - - Hello again Jane ... I center my onomastic hobby, a facet of genealogy, on Polish surnames, since I am of Polish extraction, however, a portion of other Slavic surnames sometimes fall into the same general categories and declension patterns so I can disect some of these as well. Some German surnames too as a large section of Western Europe was under Prussian occupation at one time, so the influence is fairly strong. I don't recognize the surname REMLY as Slavic in origin, nor Germanic. If REMLY Family lore suggests a German or a French connection then I would follow up on such research in these areas. Usually most of Family lore is incorrect after so many years, but there's always a bit of truth left in there somewhere. As an opinion, I would consider a "French Connection", however, I think the suffix "LY" is probably "Americanized". You'll note that the root of the surname REMLY, which is REM, remains constant while the suffix changes constantly ?? That's generally because the original surnames' suffix is foreign to our Western tongue/ear and the variants you see are the product of some trying to pronounce and scribe it correctly and some hearing and writing it incorrectly. Someone here on this list probably speaks the French language, may have even been born in France. Perhaps they may educate us both concerning this surname along with possible variants. In the end, and after your research, the surname REMLY may indeed, by the original spelling, refer back into the Slavic or Germanic countries. There's not enough information at present to state, without doubt, that this is so. If you would state that yes, this is a German surname or a Polish surname, then perhaps I could help you since the root REM exists in some fashion in both Polish and German. TYSARCZYK - TYSAR - TYSZER - TESAR : Formed from the Czech, from an occupation or office, from the Czech root word "tesar>" which means "carpenter" in English. Some of the more prevalent surname variants formed from this root word are Tesar, Tesarczyk, Tesarski, Tes~lak, Tessar, Tysarczyk and Tyszer. There were around 153 TYSARCZYK's living in Poland as of about 1990. The suffix CZYK in the surname TYSARCZYK means "Son Of". TYSARCZYK means "Son of the Carpenter". An interesting "story" for your cousin - It came to pass that the three tribes of the Great Slavic Nation wandered, in hopes of finding a better place to live. Their leaders were Czech, Lech, and Rus. On the banks of the Dnieper river, Rus said "this is the place for my tribe" and there they settled. Czech and Lech continued the journey. Soon they came to a rich land overflowing with milk and honey. Czech climbed to the top of a hill in Bohemia, fell to his knees and opened his mind to the will of the Almighty - and here they stayed. Lech moved on alone and eventually came onto the fertile plains of Polonia. He looked up to receive a sign from his God and against the red sky of the setting sun, he saw a white eagle perched in a tree. Here his tribe stayed and prospered, the white eagle with red background has been the symbol of Poland since that day. What a rich heritage we have. Tom Lassek Eufaula Alabama