I made the mistake of loaning your book to my dad and I can't seem to get it back. He has to show everyone of his Croatian friends and relatives the pictures and then they all go over the stories that their parents told them about the trip here. They even talk about the old weaving and lace patterns that their mother's used to make. I would love to see some of those again, I didn't pay attention when younger and didn't realize the skill and meaning of these items about the house. Thanks for your help. Patty -----Original Message----- From: Robert Jerin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Samarxia 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/ ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit www.messagelabs.com. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit www.messagelabs.com. ________________________________________________________________________