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Question: How do I find the meaning of family names!?
I guess I must have weird family names, but I tried looking on two sites, and couldn't find them!. Does anyone have a trusted site they use to research their family names!? (I tried ancestry!.com)

The names I am looking for are: Halouska, Wolniczek or Wolniczak, and Szathmary!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
There are 32 Halouskas in the 1930 census!. Are they any relation!?
7 Wolniczeks in the 1920 census!. All in NE!.
I think spelling could be a problem with your search!.

also look here:http://www!.polishroots!.org/surnames/surn!.!.!.

You could try posting the names and dates here!. Someone may be able to help you if you are looking for specific people!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Szathmary is Hungarian, meaning "from Szatmar" [place in north-eastern Hungary/northwestern Romania - see here: http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Szatm%C3%A1!.!.!.

Halouska, Wolniczek and Wolniczak are Slav of some kind - Czech, Slovak or Polish!. Try checking dictionaries for each of these languages!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

http://www!.name-meanings!.com/
http://www!.behindthename!.com/
http://www!.zelo!.com/firstnames/index!.asp
http://www!.paulsadowski!.com/Numbers!.asp

Heres four sites you can see!. (;

Kind Regards, Lucy!.
Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com