----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Kurchina" <frankur@worldnet.att.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Petar Jovanovich/Peter Jovanovic > > > Margiefogleman@aol.com wrote: > > > > Petar Jovanovich is my great-grandfather. I found his registration from > > Ellis Island that says he entered this country at the age of 19, in 1906. > > His ethnicity is listed as Montenegrean, but I've always been told he was > > Croatian. He was born in 1887, and died in St. Louis, MO in 1941. > > > > Any information about his parents is appreciated. Thank You! > > > Petar's Last Residence, not birth place, was Bjilopavlice ? > The image copy of the ship manifest would not let me view Petar's > place of birth ? > > Bjilo looks like Bijel or Bjelo = white. > There is a Bjelopavlici plain (agricultural region) located in > Montenegro (Crna gora) > > The surname Jovanovic does appear in both Serbia and Montenegro > (Crna gora) > > http://www.montenegro.org/ Surname JOVANOVIC also appears in Croatia. Croatian phone book has 1,490 listings Robert Jerin >