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. :( > > I will persevere! > > Karen Prytula >