Mary Hegarty wrote: > > I'm thinking now that my grandmother's name may have been Pavkovic or > Paskovic. This seems to be quite a common name. Does anyone have any > information on either? Also what about Canada as a port of entry? > Mary Hegarty Some emigrants transhipped to Canada through the Ellis Island (NYC) port of entry. You would not know this of course unless you were reviewing an image copy of a ship manifest and read Transhipped to xxx Canada written over surnames under 'Final Destination in U.S.' column. CANADIAN GENEALOGY PAGES http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ecgaunt/canada.html#CANADIAN In EIR, letters v, s, r, etc could easily have been misread in ship manifest by transcribers. In U.S. there are probably 100+ surname Paskovic (Paskovich) bearers versus 150+ surname Pavkovic (Pavkovich)