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in reply to a message by Irene
My German is probably worse than yours, virtually zero, but it seems from that posting that Mjeto is the Sorbian for Martin. To me it looks more like a diminutive, or, to be honest, not like Martin at all. I've tried googling Martin and Mjeto together and got one other website that says Mjeto = Martin. I can't find anything on the web which deals with Sorbian names and their meaning.
Have you thought of putting a Miedecke page on genforum, where interested parties can exchange information? I should also mention, as you live in Australia, this website -
http://www.wendishheritage.org.au/
Wendish is another name for Sorbian, less politically correct, but still used it seems. There is a list of names on there but Miedecke is not among them, so it may be that your forebears didn't start their migration to Oz from Sorb territory.
Finally, I should point out a mistake in my last posting. I wrote a name as Mietheck when it should have been Miethke.
Have you thought of putting a Miedecke page on genforum, where interested parties can exchange information? I should also mention, as you live in Australia, this website -
http://www.wendishheritage.org.au/
Wendish is another name for Sorbian, less politically correct, but still used it seems. There is a list of names on there but Miedecke is not among them, so it may be that your forebears didn't start their migration to Oz from Sorb territory.
Finally, I should point out a mistake in my last posting. I wrote a name as Mietheck when it should have been Miethke.
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