[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Szczepanski?

[Gary Warner]

Jerry,

According to my Polish co-worker, the ski is just an ending for the 
name- it has no meaning.

Everything I have seen in our databases seems to indicate that 
Schmidt does equate to Kowalski, just as Kirschbaum (cherry tree) 
equates to Wisniewski, which comes from the Polish wisnia (cherry tree).

Do they need to equate?  For most people, perhaps not.   For me to 
match up families that have differing family records, however, it is 
important to know that the names equate, since no computer program 
will match up the two differing names during a merge of data.

Gary Warner



At 01:44 PM 02/02/07, Jerry Frank wrote:
>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
> >
> >
>
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