Hi Ron,
Thank you for your reply. My husband's uncle, Joseph
Gypta was born in 1880 in Graz, Austria. His grandfather,
Franz was born 1875 in Graz, Austria. We have record of
Joseph Gypta, father of both Franz and Joseph back to 1855
and his father, Joseph back to 1822 in Graz. We don't know
where he came from before that. When they came to the U.S.,
the settled in Chicago, but spent some time in Cincinnati and Joseph, in the Minnesota area. We have made friends with Werner and Gerde Kypta in Linz, Austria. There are only 6 Kypta's listed in the directory in Austria. We have
also made the aquintance of Jan Kypta in Prague, CZ where
he has said there is a Kypta Square named after a teacher
there. Also, if you go to familysearch.org, the mormon
church web site, you will find Kypta, under the Country of
CZ, there are a couple of Kypta's from the mid 1800's. Also, if you go to
www.google.com and put in the name Kypta,
you will come up with several. The name is also spelled
Kipta.
You do not indicate what part of the country you are from.
Please let me know.
Thanks,
Edna Ulrich