The Slownik Nazwisk Is Still Online
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 Not surprisingly, some of the information in it is now outdated.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 morePlace Names – More Important Than Surnames
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 moreThe Effects of Lithuanian History and Language on Research
by William F. Hoffman I originally became involved with genealogy when some of my wife’s family asked if I could translate some old letters in Polish from relatives back in the old country—my wife is descended on her father’s side from ethnic Poles living near Alytus,... read more