[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Szczepanski?

[Jerry Frank]

Guenter already provided a good answer and that information has been confirmed through my posting on a Polish genealogy forum.

However, I am a bit concerned about direct equivalency because of the ..ski at the end.  There is no doubt that the roots of the two surnames are equivalent but that ..ski makes me pause.  

For example, Schmidt = Kowal but would Schmidt = Kowalski?  

I guess I would say that it could be equivalent but not necessarily that it must be equivalent.


Jerry




----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Warner <gary at warnerengineering.com>
Date: Friday, February 2, 2007 10:19 am
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Szczepanski?

> To all,
> 
> I am looking at the Polish surname Szczepanski.      I know that 
> sz 
> is the same as sch in German, and cz is the same as tz or even z 
> in 
> German.    So tell me, does Schtzepanski equate to Stephan or 
> Steffan?   Or something else?
> 
> Gary Warner
> Gig Harbor, WA
> 
>