Agreed, Sheila - I just hadn't looked up all the possibilities. In Hoffman's Polish Surnames there are 556 people named Dworski, plus Dwornik and Dorek and Dworecki and others. I suspect transcription error and/or mishearing - the v and w are reversed to their ears. We say Volkswagen, they say Wolksvagen or Folksvagen. I didn't think this name sounded right either. Sounds like an Englishman got mixed up in there somewhere and I don't think that happened. Hoffman says it means: court, manor, yard. Maureen Schoenky ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.