My grandfather, Ivan Bukovic, came from Trnava just west of Djakovo. Tiny town even now. I have some pictures if you are interested. Peg On Dec 3, 2006, at 8:16 PM, Edwin Horváth wrote: > > > > Hallo, > > may he stayed/lived in Slovakia: there is a town called Trnava, a > lot of croation lived there... > > kindly regards > > edwin > > *Von:* croatia@rootsweb.com > *Gesendet:* 25.11.06 19:08:04 > *An:* croatia@rootsweb.com > *Betreff:* Re: [CROATIA] Need a name meaning! > > > Robert, others who answered my e-mail: > > First thank you all for answering, I probably was not to specific > when I > requested the information as Robert stated. So here is what I have, > The name > appeared on the Ellis Island Passenger Record as Wiko Gvozdenica > from Trnova, > Austria, which I believe to be Croatia. Now I know who of my > relatives or > at least I think I do, came into this country. My grandfather, > Pavao, his two > brothers Anton and Stjepan both brothers I located in this country > but only > Anton did I find on any passenger record along with Wiko. My > grandfather I > found as I believe Paolo Govozdenica, I say it is him because all > matches, > year of entry, birth etc. Just have no idea who this Wiko > Gvozdenica is as > their is no one by that name listed in the research I had done in > Croatia. > > Thanking all of you again: > > Mike Gosden > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > "Ein Herz für Kinder" - Ihre Spende hilft! Aktion: > www.deutschlandsegelt.de > Unser Dankeschön: Ihr Name auf dem Segel der 1. deutschen America's > Cup-Yacht! > > ------------------------------- > 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