This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: bonkowski Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AdC.2ACE/304.605.646.1 Message Board Post: Bonkowski and Bonkowska would be the same surname. Bonkowski would be used for a male, and Bonkowska would be used for a female. Polish surnames have masculine and feminine endings. So, Karolina (which would be Polish for Caroline) would be Pani (Mrs.) Bonkowska, married to Pan (Mr.) Bonkowski. Their daughter would be Panna (Miss) Bonkowska. MJ