Hello Jacopo In the Croatian telephone book there are 6 Lalli's listed. 2 in Rijeka and 4 listed in Pula Istria. http://imenik.tel.hr/ Perhaps you could write to them to see if any are related to you. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "jacopo longo" <jakovll@libero.it> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 7:58 AM Subject: [CROATIA-L] Lalli/Lalic > Hi! > I subscribed to the list a few weeks ago.My name is Jacopo Longo (-Lalli) and I am writing from Rome, Italy. > I would like to have some information about the surname 'Lalli' as my Croatian > ancestors came from either Dalmatia or Hercegovina kind of 5 centuries > ago...they settled in Italy, maybe they were running away from Turkish > invasion of the Balcan region, maybe they were brought to Italy, where I > live, as slaves... > I know that it looks like the name 'Lalli' comes from the Croatian 'Lalic' > ...but there are plenty of 'Lalli' in Italy, and I don't think they all > descend from Croatian immigrants! maybe I am wrong... > > my family from my mother's father's side still speak an old Croatian dialect > and Italian of course, as they live in the Southern part of Italy... > Could you possibly tell me where I should start my research from? > Thanx a lot, > > Jacopo Longo, Rome - Italy > jakovll@libero.it > > >