Hi! I am new to the list. I am trying to research my grandparents Emil and Maria Fonta. My grandmother's name was Pavskovic or Paraskovich. The only information I have on them is that they came to New York from Austria around 1904. After doing some research I came to the conclusion that they must have come from Austria-Croatia. My mother who died in 1985, was their fourth child and was separated from her parents at birth and never knew them. I only recently found out their names and would like to know where to go from here. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated! Mary Hegarty

Hello Mary, Checking Ellis Island for FONTA and variations I found a Paraska FONDA arr 1907 from Austria listed Race of People (ethnicity) as Ruthenian. Uncanily close to PARASKOVICH! Could they mistakenly have recorded a maiden name as a first name on this manifest? Ruthenians are generally Eastern or Byzantine Rite Catholics. Were Emil and Maria Byzantine Rite Catholics? What language did the speak? http://www.ellisislandrecords.org She is listed as coming from Mikoljow which is perhaps MIKOLOW Poland 170.1 miles SSW of Warsaw which may have been an area that was part of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire. Robert Jerin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hegarty" <mhegarty@cybertron.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 7:01 PM Subject: [CROATIA-L] Fonta/Pavskovic > Hi! I am new to the list. I am trying to research my grandparents Emil and > Maria Fonta. My grandmother's name was Pavskovic or Paraskovich. The only > information I have on them is that they came to New York from Austria around > 1904. After doing some research I came to the conclusion that they must have > come from Austria-Croatia. My mother who died in 1985, was their fourth > child and was separated from her parents at birth and never knew them. I > only recently found out their names and would like to know where to go from > here. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated! > Mary Hegarty >