----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie ." <m4uand172u@hotmail.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: [CROATIA-L] Where did ships leave from before 1842 for the US. Hi Everyone, Can anyone tell me if there was a time before the 1840's when many Croatians would have left their country to go to America. And if so what ports they may have left from and where they may have landed (ports) back then. Thank You, Marie Name: Mateo (Mathieu) Guiranovich/Giuranovich who was born about 1791, in Rugusa Dalmatia Austria, per his death certificate dated 1892. Found in several directories in New Orleans as of the 1840's. But have never found him in any census records or ships records so far. Other possible spellings of this name that I have also been looking for are; Gjuranovic, Juranovic and Duranovic. Croatians have immigrated to the US since the 18th century, with New Orleans being one of the earliest destinations. Here is a link to Louisiana Folklife which has several articles which feature or mention Croatians in LA. http://www.crt.state.la.us/scripts/samples/search/folklifehit.idq Also in my link list you will find info from Adam Eterovich, longtime Croatian genealogist from CA, who has written some about that immigration to LA and MS. http://www.croatia-in-english.com/rj/index.html Robert Jerin Croatian Heritiage Museum Cleveland, Ohio