I'm sorry I can't help with your specific issue, but Madaj is the correct spelling of a fairly common Polish name, at least on the south side of Chicago where I grew up :-). You can find various information on Polish surnames here: http://www.pgsa.org/refdesk.htm#Surnames Good luck, Cynthia PGSA Chicago > > I am doing research for a dear friend of mine. He > was born in 1951 in Detroit Michigan. His adoptive > parents were "Maday" but I am finding spelling of > Madaj. Have you any history of an adoption of a > Philip Craig Miller to a Madaj/Maday family? > Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html