Mijo Novosel was born Sept.20,1882 in Karlovac, Croatia. He arrived in America, Ellis island, September 1, 1901 via Le Havre. Family documents list Karlovac as his town of origin. Do not know if that reference is to the town or perhaps the county. We have ordered the Karlovac Catholic parish records from FHC in hopes of finding his parents, grandparents. He and a male sibling were raised by an uncle in Karlovac, of whom we have no information. Mijo's 1912 marriage license notes his mother's surname as Schumann, likely a misspelling. Can anyone suggest possible Croatian/ Karlovaki surnames that might sound like Schumann to an American clerk? In preparing for the transcriptions from the church books, is there a Karlovac Family Register that would help keep us on the right path? Also, is there a local genealogy or history association that might be able to do lookups and provide historical background? Is there an online list of cemetery sites in this town? Nina

Nina, Don't know if this is any help. I was born and raised in Steelton Penna and knew a Novosel family there. My mother was born in Lovic, Croatia which is in Karlovac Zupanja (County) and about 25 km from the city of Karlovac . She was born in 1895 and her godparents were Pavao and Ana Novosel. I have looked at birth records from Pribic (the parish where she was baptized) and see the name Novosel in those church records often. I glanced through the Ellis island list and saw a number of Mijo Novosels listed but none that would have been born in 1882 and arrived in 1901. If Mijo was naturalized it's possible that he would have had to produce a birth/baptism certificate that would have his parents name. Also, there was a Croatian family in our neighborhood that spelled their name SHUMAN. Good luck, Tony Zugay On Feb 19, 2007, at 11:14 AM, L. Novasel wrote: > Mijo Novosel was born Sept.20,1882 in Karlovac, Croatia. He arrived in > America, Ellis island, September 1, 1901 via Le Havre. Family documents > list Karlovac as his town of origin. Do not know if that reference is > to the town or perhaps the county. We have ordered the Karlovac > Catholic parish records from FHC in hopes of finding his parents, > grandparents. He and a male sibling were raised by an uncle in > Karlovac, of whom we have no information. Mijo's 1912 marriage license > notes his mother's surname as Schumann, likely a misspelling. Can > anyone suggest possible Croatian/ Karlovaki surnames that might sound > like Schumann to an American clerk? > > In preparing for the transcriptions from the church books, is there a > Karlovac Family Register that would help keep us on the right path? > Also, is there a local genealogy or history association that might be > able to do lookups and provide historical background? Is there an > online list of cemetery sites in this town? > > Nina > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >