Have you tried this spelling with the variation of Grgur? On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 21:09:56 -0400 "Robert Jerin" <rjerin@adelphia.net> writes: > > ----- 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 > > >