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I want to know what OLMSTEAD means. It's an old English line in my family; we can trace it back to the 1300's near the Sherwood forest.

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I assume FIDDLER comes from the English fiddler? Can someone confirm this for me?

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There are some Jewish names in my family as well. They all trace back to the border of Poland and the Ukraine as far as I know. They are SISSELMAN, PENSAK, and PACHOMITSKY (I'm not sure of the spelling on this last one).

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And finally, my Slovenian side. ZITNIK (which I believe has something to do with wheat or a grainary), VIDIC (maybe related to "to live"?), and PLESKO.

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If anyone could help me find out what these mean, I'd appreciate it! Thanks a bunch!!!

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This message was edited 5/22/2006, 11:01 PM