The Slownik Nazwisk Is Still Online

May 5, 2019 | Research

by William F. Hoffman  [Author’s note – This article originally appeared in the November 2006 issue of Gen Dobry! And is reprinted with permission. Not surprisingly, some of the information in it is now outdated. I have left the text mostly unchanged, but websites... read more

Place Names – More Important Than Surnames

May 5, 2019 | Research

by Fred Hoffman  This article is from the July 2006 issue of Gen Dobry!, and is used with permission. Website URLs have been updated to be current as of May 2019. I think lately I’ve been irritating people who write to me for information on their surnames. I keep... read more