Found this on a Argentina/Croatian web page but translated it as best as I could. Mary >From second half of the last century, a wave of Croatian emigrants began to arrive at the coasts of Chile , they settled down in what at that time were the most inhospitable places of pais, the South end where there was a fever of gold, and the north where the operation of the saltpeter begun. All originally from Dalmatia region and among them great mayoria of the island of Brac, in the beginning they assumed the heaviest works, but quickly they progressed and become independent mainly in the commerce and the industry. Integration to the national life was fast and in general welcomed by the inhabitants of Chile, which meant a quick adaptation to pais. The children of these first emigrants, learned off their parents to love Chile as much as their Croatia homeland Chile alone today in the community you will find descendants of Croatians that is considered in the approximately 140,000 people. Our ancestors almost exclusively settled down in the North and South ends of this length and narrow country. Today we find Croatian organizations in the following Arica cities, Iquique, Calama, Tocopilla, Antofagasta, the Night love song, Vine of the Sea, Santiago, Conception, End Sands, Port Native, Future. The greater activity is made in Antofagasta, Santiago and Punta Sands that are the places that received greater amount of emigrants. From the beginning the union elements were social and/or sport clubs, in Santiago the Hrvatski Sunday founded on 1932, and the Sport Club Croatian Stage in 1964; in Antofagasta 1894 the Croatian Hrvatski and Sociedada of Mutual Aids Sokol in 1927; in End Sands the Society Dalmata de Mutual Socorros in 1896, the Croatian Club and the Hrvatski Sokol. In Santiago the institutions in activity are: Sport club Croatian Stage, I circulate of Professionals of Croatian Ancestry, Croatian Chilean Institute of Culture, Croatian Chilean Chamber of Commerce and the Society of Charity Jadranska Vila, in addition to some real estate owners of the properties in which the clubs work. -----Original Message----- From: twigs [mailto:twigs@gcctv.com] Sent: Tuesday, 7 May 2002 11:55 AM To: CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Argentina? Frank, was there a reason young men left Croatia and went to South America? I had an uncle who went to Argentina sometime before 1915(?). I have not started searching for him as he finally stopped writing home. Of course, I regret not questioning my mother about him. Is there an Argentina (or S.A)List for immigrants? Ella in Michigan