In all there appear to be 10 BASIC arr at Ellis Is listing Konjsko Brdo (Horse Hill) inc one mistranscribed as Alois BASIR, but the manifest shows his name is Alois BASIC. Additionally the largest number went to Duluth and Virginia Mn with one going to Globe AZ (where Croatians were employed as miners) and Farmington W VA. Also there are perhaps over 12 listed as BASIE, many of whom are actually BASIC. a few mistranscribed as BASIO and another mistranscribed as BASIZ. The very best way to search Ellis Is is using Dr Morse One Step web page, which even allows you to use his Short Gray Form to search for anyone arriving from a town, regardless of name! http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html Minnesota Death Cert. records online list 1 BASIC and 4 Americanized BASICH http://people.mnhs.org/dci/ Illinois Deat records online list 22 BASIC and BASICH from 1916-1950 and 2 BASIC prior to 1916 http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html Robert Jerin Lori <[email protected]> wrote: Hello! I've been doing an extensive looking over of the Ellis Island passenger lists today, and have noticed many BASIC surnames from Konjsko Brdo listing their destination as Chicago. My grandfathers family settled in New York, but some names have cropped up on the Chicago destinations that I'd like to research further. Does anyone have any information on the Chicago BASIC family? If so, I'd love to exchange work and see if there's a connection. Thanks, Lori Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about a wonderful tour of Croatia! http://www.kollander-travel.com/