Try www.ironrangeresearchcenter.org .There a lot of Spolarich and Spolars here. Lots of Gregorichs that might have been changed from Grgurich. The former tambura director from Pitsburg by the name of Gregorich said that his name was changed that way. Donald Marinkovich ----- Original Message ----- From: "kari bars" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 1:50 PM Subject: RE: [CROATIA-L] ... and with every good meal... > Question... > My family name is GRGURICH - - - very little luck researching their 1917 > immigration (miner in Houghton, Painesdale, Michigan) > How would you think I would find this name spelled. Can't find anything > close to his name. > Philip GRGURICH and Anna GRGURICH (Spoljarich) > both born in Croatia (as per sons 1917 birth certificate in Michigan) > This email you sent about Mike Grgich, a Croatian immigrant prompted me to > ask what you thought. > What spellings should I look for? > Thank you so much in advance for any suggestions, > Kari Bars > > > Robert Jerin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dr., > > We visited his winery several years ago, he is quite the character, very > personable. One of my wife's favorites is his Violetta Wine, named after > his daughter. > > Ah yes that is our late great President, a friend of the Croatian people > and a lover of the only jelly bean to my liking, Jelly Bellys and now I > see he was a fan of my favorite CA winery. Ah, where is Dutch when ya need > him! > > Robert > > "Dr. Andrew Nixon" wrote: > A note about Mike Grgich, a Croatian immigrant. His was the first > non-French > (i.e. California) wine to be used at a State dinner, during the Regan > administration. I've been to his winery and met and spoken to him. He's > about 90 and his lovely daughter runs most of it. > > Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Jerin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 4:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CROATIA-L] ... and with every good meal... > > "I know of no work in English that comes close to equaling the detail or > depth of Piljac's treatment of the wine history of her nation. > Of particular interest to American readers and to wine's recent past is > her > personal involvement in the scientific solution to one of the most > baffling > mysteries of modern viticultural history - that is the discovery of the > probable European origins of California's world famous Zinfandel grape." > -Prof. Charles L. Sullivan > American wine writer and author of Encyclopedia of California Wine History > > http://www.crozinfandel.com/index.htm > > http://www.xlsimports.com/purchase.htm > > And if you want a true Zinfandel, not the pink stuff, Grgich Hills (after > Mike Grgich and an heir to Hills Bros. Coffee) has one of the best IMHO. > > http://www.grgich.com/index.html > > @ivio ! > > Robert > > > > > Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about a > wonderful tour of Croatia! > > http://www.kollander-travel.com/ > > > > > > Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about a > wonderful tour of Croatia! > > http://www.kollander-travel.com/ > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. > >