Patty, Do you have family in Cavtat? If we want to share other surnames, perhaps we can write off list? Thank you for writing. I wish I could sit by the side of someone who has used the films. It will be a while before I can order them again and I will also wait until my return from Cavtat to see what I need at that point. Thank you, Denise In a message dated 8/22/2006 11:03:10 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 1teacup@sbcglobal.net writes: I have done a fair amount of researching the films available for Cavtat and have seen this surname several times (though it doesn't relate to my lines). I understood that Ragusavecchia is the old name for Dubrovnik. Patty -----Original Message----- From: croatia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:croatia-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robert Jerin Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 8:28 AM To: croatia@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CROATIA] BIANCHI/BJELE/BIELE/BEAL FROM CAVTAT, CROATIA Denise, His ability to speak Italian should be no surprise, have you not reviewed the parish records which are available from the LDS Family History Center near you? Those church records are in Italian, Latin and Croatian for the Cavtat Roman Catholic Church. The old Italian name for Cavtat was Ragusavecchia, which appears on the 1910 Austrian miltary maps which are found online (also the Croatian name Cavtat appears next to the Italian name. Robert DPRSjacksn@aol.com wrote: The more I am interviewing family here in California about my great grandfather from Cavtat, Croatia, the more I am hearing about him speaking fluent Italian. He was born in Cavtat October 5, 1875 and came to America at about age 16. His original Croatian name was Bjele, later changed to the Italalianicized Bianchi while still living in Croatia. When he came to the US, he changed it to Biele and later his Portuguese wife from the Azores Americanized it to Beal! Can someone please comment on the fact that he spoke fluent Italian? Thank you, Denise Jackson (off to visit my roots for the month of September in Cavtat!) ------------------------------- 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 Follow the link below to my October 2006 tour of Croatia http://www.kollander-travel.com/ ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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