Researching Joseph Konopka
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The name Joseph means "God shall add (another son)" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Joseph Konopka on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Joseph Konopka and the Konopka Genealogy
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Some Famous People called Joseph Konopka
Joseph Konopka
Joseph Konopka (born June 24, 1976), better known by his self-invented alias Dr. Ch@os (typically spelled Dr. Chaos by the media), is an American citizen who served 16 years of a 20-year prison sentence for two felony acts of conspiracy to commit acts of terror. In 2003 in Illinois, he pleaded guilty to chemical weapons possession for storing cyanide in a disused Chicago subway storage room and was sentenced to 13 years. In 2004, he pleaded guilty to six felony counts of arson and vandalism, as well as trespassing, and was sentenced to 21 years. These convictions were later overturned on a federal appeal. Konopka pleaded guilty again and was sentenced to an additional seven years.
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Other names that sound a bit like Konopka
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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