Mrkopalj is in Gorski Kotar. Closest 'large' town would be Delnice. It is in the North Western part of Croatia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edie" <sando1@cox.net> To: <croatia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 1:59 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA] about those eggs > Vicky, > My Croatian grandmother Kate Ilic was from Gospic, Lika, Croatia. Her > mother was a Butkovic, and I assume from Gospic also. > Maybe we're cousins? Where is Mrkopalj? Is is in Lika? > Edith "Edie" Sando > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vicky Malin" <vsmalin@msn.com> > To: <croatia@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 9:50 AM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA] about those eggs > > >> We will dye the eggs this evening also. They will be served with green >> onions on Easter Sunday as grandma always said that "If you eat green >> onions >> on Easter Sunday morning, you won't see a snake all year!" I'm not sure >> it >> really works that way, but we've always done it and it gets a laugh! >> My grandfather, Butkovich was from Mrkopalj and Grandma was a Padovic >> from >> Sunger. I'm always looking for "cousins" to connect. >> Vicky Malin >> >> >>>From: "John Stefanac" <jmstefanac@hotmail.com> >>>Reply-To: croatia@rootsweb.com >>>To: <croatia@rootsweb.com> >>>Subject: Re: [CROATIA] about those eggs >>>Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 20:33:35 +0800 >>> >>>Just came back from painting the Easter Eggs. Like Ashley, I grew up >>>painting the eggs on Saturday evening. Here in Singapore it is Saturday >>>evening now so we keep that tradition alive in our family. >>> >>>And Ashley, try as we might, we still haven't been able to find a >>>connection >>>between my mother also from Mrkopalj and your family. >>> >>>Sretan Uskrs >>> >>>John >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Ashley Tiwara" <grubisicx@sbcglobal.net> >>>To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 9:06 AM >>>Subject: [CROATIA] about those eggs >>> >>> >>> > Somehow, Grandma and I always ended up dying the Uskers eggs on >>> > Saturday, probably about the same time the zeludac was boiling. She's >>> > much on my mind tonight as I bought the zeludac ingredients this >>> > afternoon and then got home too tired to mix it up. Late years I've >>> > been sewing muslin bags to boil it in, as it's very hard to find pig >>> > intestines without a lot of driving, and the muslin is actually easier >>> > to stuff since I make them 3 or 4 inches across. >>> > >>> > Grandma was a PETROVICH and BLAZEVICH from Sunger / Merkopalj, in the >>> > hills above Rijeka. Grandpa was a GRUBISIC / TOMICH from the same >>> > small village. Anybody out there who might be a cousin? >>> > >>> > Sretan Uskers, >>> > Ashley >>> > >>> > ------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> > CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> > >>> >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes >>>in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Vicky, My Mom says that Mrkopalj is in Lika also. So, maybe by great grandmother Butkovic and your grandfather are cousins? edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Stefanac" <jmstefanac@hotmail.com> To: <croatia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA] about those eggs > Mrkopalj is in Gorski Kotar. Closest 'large' town would be Delnice. It is > in > the North Western part of Croatia > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edie" <sando1@cox.net> > To: <croatia@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 1:59 AM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA] about those eggs > > >> Vicky, >> My Croatian grandmother Kate Ilic was from Gospic, Lika, Croatia. Her >> mother was a Butkovic, and I assume from Gospic also. >> Maybe we're cousins? Where is Mrkopalj? Is is in Lika? >> Edith "Edie" Sando >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Vicky Malin" <vsmalin@msn.com> >> To: <croatia@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 9:50 AM >> Subject: Re: [CROATIA] about those eggs >> >> >>> We will dye the eggs this evening also. They will be served with green >>> onions on Easter Sunday as grandma always said that "If you eat green >>> onions >>> on Easter Sunday morning, you won't see a snake all year!" I'm not >>> sure >>> it >>> really works that way, but we've always done it and it gets a laugh! >>> My grandfather, Butkovich was from Mrkopalj and Grandma was a Padovic >>> from >>> Sunger. I'm always looking for "cousins" to connect. >>> Vicky Malin >>> >>> >>>>From: "John Stefanac" <jmstefanac@hotmail.com> >>>>Reply-To: croatia@rootsweb.com >>>>To: <croatia@rootsweb.com> >>>>Subject: Re: [CROATIA] about those eggs >>>>Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 20:33:35 +0800 >>>> >>>>Just came back from painting the Easter Eggs. Like Ashley, I grew up >>>>painting the eggs on Saturday evening. Here in Singapore it is Saturday >>>>evening now so we keep that tradition alive in our family. >>>> >>>>And Ashley, try as we might, we still haven't been able to find a >>>>connection >>>>between my mother also from Mrkopalj and your family. >>>> >>>>Sretan Uskrs >>>> >>>>John >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: "Ashley Tiwara" <grubisicx@sbcglobal.net> >>>>To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> >>>>Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 9:06 AM >>>>Subject: [CROATIA] about those eggs >>>> >>>> >>>> > Somehow, Grandma and I always ended up dying the Uskers eggs on >>>> > Saturday, probably about the same time the zeludac was boiling. >>>> > She's >>>> > much on my mind tonight as I bought the zeludac ingredients this >>>> > afternoon and then got home too tired to mix it up. Late years I've >>>> > been sewing muslin bags to boil it in, as it's very hard to find pig >>>> > intestines without a lot of driving, and the muslin is actually >>>> > easier >>>> > to stuff since I make them 3 or 4 inches across. >>>> > >>>> > Grandma was a PETROVICH and BLAZEVICH from Sunger / Merkopalj, in the >>>> > hills above Rijeka. Grandpa was a GRUBISIC / TOMICH from the same >>>> > small village. Anybody out there who might be a cousin? >>>> > >>>> > Sretan Uskers, >>>> > Ashley >>>> > >>>> > ------------------------------- >>>> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> > CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>quotes >>>>in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >