Hey Michelle I am from the St. Louis area, across the river from you though. My surnames are Dolosic and Jelenich. Did you get it from the St. Louis Public Library's genealogy section? Thanks Kevin > I found a book in the history Library in St. Louis. It has a list of > people who contributed to the Croatian Athletics club on Chouteau. Are > there other people from St. Louis on this list , that might be > interested in this book. The rest of the book is in Croatian I copied > pages that mentioned my surnames but since I know only how to say good > morning etc. I need to get it translated . I just found it interesting > that my Great grandparents contributed to this place and thought others > might too. Let me know . Thanks Michelle >

I have been searching the Ellis Island manifests for Lovro Mejaski who settled at Mt Olive, IL before 1900. I finally found him listed as Laora Hejaski. Acc to the record, he arrived in 1906, but had made a previous trip in 1895. His home is listed as Mt Olive. Incidentally, is ethnicity is listed as "Basalia." Look at the original: it is clearly "Croatian." I am not being critical of the job the transcribers did, but the lesson here is: become familiar with the handwriting on the old documents and try to imagine how these letters might look to somebody transcribing the names. Be creative! Remember, the ones transcribing the records were not familiar with the languages, names, places, etc. Now, to find Lovro's son! Bob, in northern Calif.