What a difference a letter makes. I started to search under Fanta instead of Fonta and I found my grandmother's passenger record! Marie Fanta arrived with two of the children on Mar. 3, 1909 from Virovitica. She was going to join her husband Emil in White Plains, NY. On the map of Croatia I noticed that Virovitica is close to Hungary and it looks like a relatively large town or city. The one thing that's puzzling though is I still can't find Emil's passenger record. Mary Hegarty

Mary Hegarty wrote: > > What a difference a letter makes. I started to search under Fanta instead of > Fonta and I found my grandmother's passenger record! Marie Fanta arrived > with two of the children on Mar. 3, 1909 from Virovitica. She was going to > join her husband Emil in White Plains, NY. On the map of Croatia I noticed > that Virovitica is close to Hungary and it looks like a relatively large > town or city. The one thing that's puzzling though is I still can't find > Emil's passenger record. > Mary Hegarty Yes. The ship manifest listed Last Residence as Virovitica, but more important it also listed her place of birth as Virovitica. The LDS-Mormons filmed the R.C. parish church records (1686-1900) for Veröcze (also known as Veroviditz, Verovicza, or Veroviticza), Slavonien, Austria; later Verocze, Verocze megye (county), Hungary; now Virovitica, Croatia. Text in Latin and Croatian. film # 1738864 1738865 1738866 1738867 1738878 1738879 1738880 2120511 2120512 These microfilm reels are available for rental and viewing at any Family History Center (FHC) worldwide. 90% of patrons are non-Mormons doing surname research. LDS - Mormon FHCs - LOCATIONS http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchfhc2.asp Virovitica http://www.ring.net/virovitica/eng/