This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TS.2ADE/669.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much for your reply. I had heard the name was was from that region but my great grandfather was from Austria. I suppose they originated in Croatia and moved to Austria enroute to Mobile. Greg