Have you tried the website from Pultusk, which carries Rymut's database of surnames found in Poland in 1990? Go to http://www.herby.com.pl/herby/indexslo.html. Type in *yszczak. That will give you every name ending with yszczak. Waryszcak is a legitimate Polish name. There were only adults living in Poland with that surname in 1990. Click on Tutaj znajduja sie objasnienia skrótów to learn the names of the provinces they have listed. When you get that popup page, click on Zobacz Mape, to find them on a map. In 1999 the province borders changes. Poland went from 49 provinces to 16, so they will now be in different provinces. I don't know what to make of the Mikdaj name. It could be a nickname. It is also a surname. I found it doing a Google search. It is both a given name and a surname. Tina Ellis On Nov 24, 2007 12:19 PM, Bobby <bobbysushi@gmail.com> wrote: > I wanted to do a little search on my gr-gr grandfather waryszczak > mikdaj , which i've just recieved info of the name. > > When i google this i get nothing, but asks me if i want to search for > 'oryszczak michael'. > > I assume then that mikdaj a polish version of micheal, but what about > the first name, Waryszczak, or is this a second name? It seems when i > google the suggested name, oryszczak michael, that oryszczak is a > surname. > > One thing i have learnt, is that names can have different spellings, > which can make it rather more difficult and frustrating at times. > > Bit confused, what possibly is his name? what should i be searching for? > > Bobby (Aussie) > South Africa. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >