Thanks for the info! There is also a web site where you can view "missing" manifest that can be viewed at the Ellis Island web page http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/mm.htm Robert Jerin ----- Original Message ----- From: "mdipacio" <mdipacio@magma.ca> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 8:15 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Austrian draft pre-WW1 > Hi Jim > > I know about the "old handwriting" problem. I downloaded examples of this > handwriting. For some strange reason, I did not save the URL. > > I can upload and send them to you, if you want. I have Norton's Antivirus > 2002. > > There is also another way to enter Ellis Island, other than through their > specific site. I do not know if the URL still works, but you can try it: > > http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/ellis.html > > One of the values of the site was that you could ask for a name that "sounds > like", "is exact" or "begins with". > > I had searched for a name for months. I could not make out the fourth or > sixth letters. I only knew it began with DiDi followed by three more > letters. > > I used this alternate site and found the name - DiDiego. > > Hope this helps. Let me know if you want the examples. > > Marie Joan Huntley > Ottawa Ontario > daughter of Vincenzo Jamic DiPacio > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JimTedrick@aol.com> > To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 7:28 AM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Austrian draft pre-WW1 > > > > Dr. Prpic may have a point in his observation that the people came to get > > money and return home. My gr. grand father Gajo stated on the manifest in > Feb > > of 1913 that he had been in the USA in from 02/04 and he was headed to > > Lebanon Pa. to see a brother in-law whose name I can't make out. It drives > me > > crazy that I can't make out the name or find a manifest for Gajo coming in > > about 1902 hence my question about searching the Ellis data base by last > > address to see if his name was butchered in the transcribing. > > > > My grand father Stojsa said he came here so he could own land (which he > did > > own a beautiful farm) and Mom said she saw a letter as a child, in a > foreign > > language, from his parents asking him to come home, because he was the > eldest > > and it included some strange currency. > > > > >