During my seminars I spend quite a bit of time discussing handwriting and showing examples of various old documents. I have a page in my book with examples but I can never include enough of those examples... they seem endless! Here is a good page showing various examples... get a load of the X s ! http://www.iltrails.org/handwritingA-T.html Robert William F Kane <[email protected]> wrote: I just realized that the y was used because the records before 1850 were in Latin not Croatian. That is probably why a y was used instead of a j. The records after 1850 use the j as Benjak. Although there is that one record in Latin that spelled the name Benxiak. Bill Kane Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about a wonderful tour of Croatia! http://www.kollander-travel.com/

Robert, Do you have any idea whether this trip to Croatia will be offered next year? (An aunt wanted me to ask) Will there be people in the group that understand Croatian? I'm about 95% sure I'm going to sign up, I just need to find my passport and figure out a couple of other things. Margaret Hanczrik