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                                        <title>Re: Origin of the surname Sekula</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=2968'&gt;starshadow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:55 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Hi Gail. I have some relatives of the name Sekula from just South of Nowy Sacz.</description>
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                                        <author>starshadow</author>
                                        <pubDate>Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:55 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Sekula</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=7902'&gt;katarzyna_t&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:03 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;90%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;3&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 	  &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;genmed&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gail wrote:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;tr&gt;	  &lt;td class=&quot;quote&quot;&gt;Wondering of origin of name Sekula.  Grandpa julian sekula came to america 1910 from.nowy sauz poland&lt;br /&gt;
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Gail sekula&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Gail,&lt;br /&gt;
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Surname Sekula/Sekuła is from Latin &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot;&gt;saecula&lt;/span&gt; - “ages,” as in the prayer formula &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot;&gt;“per omnia saecula saeculorum”&lt;/span&gt; -“through all the ages of ages” familiar from the Roman Catholic Mass.&lt;br /&gt;
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Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: &lt;br /&gt;
for Sekula: &lt;a href=&quot;https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Sekula&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Sekula&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
for Sekuła: &lt;a href=&quot;https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Seku%C5%82a&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Seku%C5%82a&lt;/a&gt;  (as you can see it is very popular surname in the Nowy Sącz area)&lt;br /&gt;
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Listen how this surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): &lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.google.pl/?hl=pl#view=home&amp;amp;op=translate&amp;amp;sl=pl&amp;amp;tl=en&amp;amp;text=Sekula&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://translate.google.pl/?hl=pl#view=home&amp;amp;op=translate&amp;amp;sl=pl&amp;amp;tl=en&amp;amp;text=Sekula&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.google.pl/?hl=pl#view=home&amp;amp;op=translate&amp;amp;sl=pl&amp;amp;tl=en&amp;amp;text=Seku%C5%82a&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://translate.google.pl/?hl=pl#view=home&amp;amp;op=translate&amp;amp;sl=pl&amp;amp;tl=en&amp;amp;text=Seku%C5%82a&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In Geneteka there are many records where this surname appears: &lt;a href=&quot;https://geneszukacz.genealodzy.pl/index.php?search_lastname=Sekula&amp;amp;from_date=&amp;amp;to_date=&amp;amp;rpp1=&amp;amp;bdm=&amp;amp;url1=&amp;amp;w=&amp;amp;lang=eng&amp;amp;op=se&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://geneszukacz.genealodzy.pl/index.php?search_lastname=Sekula&amp;amp;from_date=&amp;amp;to_date=&amp;amp;rpp1=&amp;amp;bdm=&amp;amp;url1=&amp;amp;w=&amp;amp;lang=eng&amp;amp;op=se&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Best regards,&lt;br /&gt;
Katarzyna</description>
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                                        <author>katarzyna_t</author>
                                        <pubDate>Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:03 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Sekula</title>
                                        <link>https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=43004#43004</link>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=5073'&gt;Gail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 2:18 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Wondering of origin of name Sekula.  Grandpa julian sekula came to america 1910 from.nowy sauz poland&lt;br /&gt;
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Gail sekula</description>
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                                        <author>Gail</author>
                                        <pubDate>Thu May 30, 2019 2:18 am</pubDate>
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