Looking for something else and finding interesting things about Croatian Americans tonight: http://www.croatianworld.net/CROWNframes.htm?http:// www.croatianworld.net/Letters/6200.htm On November 17, 1857 in San Francisco a group of Dalmatians from Croatia organized the oldest Croatian Society in America then called the Slavonic Illyric Society. The present flag of Croatia incorporates Illyria along with Dalmatia, Slavonia, Dubrovnik and Istria. The Society, purchased a Croatian Catholic Cemetery in 1861; founded a Library in 1869; was the prime organizor of the Croatian and Slovene Catholic Church of Nativity in San Francisco in 1900. The Society built the first cultural center in America at Sutter Creek, Amador County in 1873. Our Gold Rush pioneers had a branch of the Society in the Amador, a branch in Sacramento in 1859, and a branch in Watsonville, California. Our membership includes six generations of Californians. Our Logo or Coat of Arms incorporates the American Flag, the red, white and blue Croatian Flag, a fox and star as found in the Arms of Slavonia in Croatia. The flag of Croatia was first flown in America by our pioneers in California in 1857. Thought this might be of interest if you have ancestors in California as a place to search, Ashley