Hi,
I would like to add my own IWAN connection here too. More details are in
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.iwan/23/mb.ashxMy line is
Paul Iwan - Johann - Ignaz - Augustin
Augustin was my g-grandfather who lived in Karwin (then Austria-Hungary) and later moved to Vienna, Austria, with his family. Karwin today probably is Karvina, Czech Republic.
We are only guessing, that this family originally came from somewhere in Poland. They even in Vienna were connected to a Polish cultural society. One day I'll hopefully get a chance to look through the parish records in Karvina and find out more ...
Tilman