I think I sent this previously using the wrong email account for myself. Sorry if it's a duplicate. I've just begun researching and thought that I would post the names I'm looking for. My paternal grandparents were Joseph Sintic and Theresa Dragonic. I heard rumors when I was young that their names were originally spelled Sintich and Dragonich. I've also seen Draganic. One was from the Zagreb area and one from the Dubrovnik area. But then most of everything my mother said about my relatives was incorrect. My grandparents lived in the Cleveland-Ashtabula, Ohio area. All my father's siblings are deceased and I haven't found any cousins yet. Thanks. RedDeer

RedDeer wrote: > > I think I sent this previously using the wrong email account for myself. > Sorry if it's a duplicate. > > I've just begun researching and thought that I would post the names I'm > looking for. My paternal grandparents were Joseph Sintic and Theresa > Dragonic. I heard rumors when I was young that their names were > originally spelled Sintich and Dragonich. I've also seen Draganic. One > was from the Zagreb area and one from the Dubrovnik area. But then most > of everything my mother said about my relatives was incorrect. My > grandparents lived in the Cleveland-Ashtabula, Ohio area. All my > father's siblings are deceased and I haven't found any cousins yet. > > Thanks. > > RedDeer The South Slavic surname affix -ic'/-vic', -ovic' pron. ovich, means 'son of'. Pronounced the same as and means the same thing as 'son of' (clan name) in Croatian. (This special ending also has the same meaning in Russian) Two Croatian characters (letters) " c " employ diacritic-accent marks (i.e. caret, caron, hac^ek, or strés^ica) Croatia formalized their alphabet about 1850 with the introduction of a diacritical system. Some diacritical letters are described below. v c pronounced as " ch " in English word ch-urch. c' pronounced as " ch " in English word ch-eap. (c is pronounced as " ts " in English word tse-tse) The angular c' is used when c is the last letter in a Croatian surname. (Slovenian doesn't use this angular c' character but uses c ^ instead) v S pronounced as " sh " Would expect Sintich is written S^intic' (pron. Shintich) The Croatian telephone directory under Zagreb lists 66 surnames S^intic'. The Croatian telephone directory under Dubrovnik lists : 4 surnames DragAnic' 28 surnames DragoVic' No surnames Dragonic'