John and Helene Ennor wrote: > > This was posted to the Rootsweb Croatian message board and I need help translating it. > > Mi abuelo se llamaba Mateo Yure Krsticevic ,vino a la Argentina en 1927 .Era el menor de los hermanos nacio en > PLINA (DALMANCIA) . > > Thank you. > Helene Ennor > ennor@cfu.net > > Researching: Ennor, Kristovich, Lemke, Durgan Buenos días, Many Croatians emigrated to South America, especially to Argentina, where Spanish is spoken and Brazil where Brazilian-Portuguese is spoken. Spanish Mi abuelo se llamaba Mateo Yure Krsticevic , vino a la Argentina en 1927 . Era el menor de los hermanos nacio en PLINA (DALMANCIA) . English My grandfather was called Mateo Jure Krsticevic, came to Argentina in 1927. He was the (minor) youngest of the brothers born in PLINA (DALMACIJA) Plina (Istoc^na Plina) is located 202 miles SSE of Zagreb. Now located in Splitsko z^upanija (county) The Croatian telephone directory lists 20 surnames Krstic^evic' under Split (C) Spalato (I) The directory also lists 3 surnames Kristovic' (Kristovich) under Split. Expect this is another surname ? v Frank Kurcina