----- Original Message ----- From: "Ashley Tiwara" <grubisic@netwurx.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 5:33 AM Subject: [CROATIA-L] Dumencic like Domyancic? > Davor and Rosana Dumencic, and anyone with similar names, > I have cousins who are DOMYANCIC's and the name is so similar > to yours I thought I should write. The family is from Gorski Kotar, > which I think includes Lika, since it's near Fuzine, but they might > be more from Fuzine than Lika. I'm not sure of that, since I don't > have any of the original papers, only what I have found since they > first came to the United States. There is a story among my older > cousins about relatives in South America though. I'm not sure what > names they might remember since the aunt with the best memory and who > has the best storytelling ability will not share information with me > about the family history. > She keeps saying 'It's private,' and unfortunately the > information she has is going to disappear, as she is in her 80's. > And of course no one in the family ever writes anything down, except > for me, eagerly asking questions and so annoying the It's Private > types. > However, these cousins are from at least the Fuzine area, > which is adjacent to Lica, and one of them is named Anton and i > wonder if he could be your Anton. He would have been born about > 1880, since the others were mostly born in the latter 80's and he was > the oldest boy. > By the way, the name in Croatian was spelt DOMIJANCIC and > pronounced Dom-yahn-sich, which has led to several different > spellings in the USA, and also to a change of name to DOMINIC for > some Illinois cousins. > Some other names I've recorded in association with the > Domyancic's include > VIDAS, > GRENKO, > SUBAT, > TOMPTICH, and > TODAY, which I took to be an Americanization of TADEJ. > Much older generations included BUYAN or BUJAN and FRANCISKO > or FRANCISKOVIC, also from Fuzine or that area. > > Please do write me if any of these names cross your line or > if you think this Anton could be yours. The GRENKO and TADEJ names > are numerous in that area and are probably all related somewhere but > there are a lot of strands on those trees and I have only a little > part of them. It would be most pleasant though to get another link > in the network and you and your family may be that link. > > Hoping to hear more, > Ashley > > > >Hello,we are looking for our ancestors, coming from Lika, Croatia, > >immigrated to Argentina either before or during the first or second > >world war, their names are Anton, Josip and another whose name we > >don't know Dumencic.Thank you for any information possible, Davor > >and Rosana Dumencic > > > -- >