amy davis wrote: > > has anyone done research of this type? my great-great grandfather worked > in the mines there before he was killed in an accident. > > also does anyone know if delost is truly a croatian name? it doesn't > sound croatian to me. Probably 120-180 surname Delost in the U.S. Many French, Italian, and German ethnicities did emigrate to S.A. Many Croatians did emigrate to Argentina and Chile and Peru and Brazil etc. as well. Usually I reply to their surname queries in Spanish. Most understand English and are educated. Argentina is not experiencing good economic times right now. Some names were converted to the Spanish language spellings after arrival. Although back in Croatia there were also Croatian-Italian surname conversions like Matcovich => Matteone. Delonga ? Having said that, I note the Croatian telephone directory lists 13 surname Delost under Rijeka (C) Fiume (I) region. Directory also lists 1 surname Delosto under Istria, which really had an Italian influence. http://www.istrianet.org/istria/ More Italian surnames than in any other region of Croatia. So, expect the letter 'o' was dropped from the original surname spelling.