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.

Kari, Tim Grgurich hails from Pittsburgh but has maintained a home in Las Vegas since 1980 when he left Pitt to coach basketball at UNLV. He currently is an assistant coach for the Portland Trailblazers. I know he has not caught the genealogy bug so I'm pretty sure he has little to offer. However, his daughter Jenny was married about a year ago and her wedding is featured this month in "Inside Weddings" page 221 (I know it is available at Barnes and Noble because my wife brought home a copy). I tell you this in case you want to see if you see a family resemblance. I've also come across some Grgurich families in Central Illinois. Andy -----Original Message----- From: kari bars [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:50 AM To: [email protected] 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.

Kari: My grandfather's cousin was Joseph Grganic on his immigration information but became Giganic (accent on the second syllable and a hard C to "Americanize" it) on all subsequent paperwork. I am not sure if it was legally changed or just morphed into along the way. I'd guess the R would've been replaced by one of the vowels. Peg