Nicholas Matcovich was from Dalmatia, and left at the age of 14. He was bn. abt. 1832, naturalized in Plaquemine Parish, La. in 1856. He was on the island of Eleuretha, Bhs. with his wife Eliza Carey in 1864 where they had their first child. I have now learned that he left from Boche del Cattaro and feel that he lived in that region. I have traced another Matcovich family which I believe related to my Nicholas and they left from Trieste so I feel I am getting closer to identifying the area. I believe Ragusa may be a possibility as I have researched another NIcholas Matcovich that was in World War 1 draft in Skaway, Alaska and he was from Ragusa. And of course, Fiume is another possibility. So, is this region now known as Montenegro? And does anyone know if there is LDS film on Ragusa? Nicholas parents were from the Ural Mts. of Russia. I'm not sure what year they emigrated to Austria. I am anxious to find more about them. I understand they lived to be 110 and the other l20 yrs. I thought this ridiculous but then I learned that there are some known facts that people from the Ural Mt. region did live to be very old. I understand their diet was nuts, and vegetables. Any sugguestions as to how I can go about researcjomg this region? Phyllis