Debbie, What you have provided me below is very good news! I checked out the website you provided as well, and I was able to find the Gladysz family crest. Thank you for your help. I appreciate it. Karen Prytula Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Greenlee" <daveg@airmail.net> To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [POLAND] GLADYSZ - Does anyone have this surname in theirfamily tree? > Karen, > > Not so fast. ;) > > Checking Prof. Rymut's surname site, as of 1990 there were 24 people > in Poland with the surname Gladysz. > 4, 869 people with the surname G?adysz (slash through the 'L') > 3 people with the surname Gladys' (diacritical over the 'S') > 430 people with the surname G?adys' (see spelling notes above) > > Now some the above surnames sound alike. The ones using the ? (L with > a slash) could also be correct. Usually what happens when names > originally used a ? "come to America" is the slash is removed from > the 'L'. > > http://www.herby.com.pl/ > > Debbie > > > Karen Prytula wrote: >> Hello Bronwyn >> It >> does ascertain that I am pretty much out of luck finding any distant >> relatives still alive over there! They were either murdered by one >> faction >> or another, or left the country all together. :( >>