Hello Rosana and Davor, I don't know if you saw my reply Ashley but it was also meant for you. There is a link to the online phone books for Argentina. There is no listing for DUMENCIC, however there are listings for DOMENECH http://www.teldir.com/eng/csam/ar In Italy I found one listing: DUMENCIC / DORA V. ALESSANDRO VOLTA, 96 38100 TRENTO 0461 912521 http://www.infobel.com/italy/ Phone books for practically anyplace in the world can be accessed online at: http://www.teldir.com/eng/ There are 2 listings in US phone books http://www.ancestry.com/search/main.htm?lfl=adv Robert Jerin Croatian Heritage Museum Cleveland, Ohio http://www.croatia-in-english.com/rj/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Davor" <ddavor@volja.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Dumencic like Domyancic? > Sorry, our names are simmilar but not the same.Good luck > Rosana and Davor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ashley Tiwara" <grubisic@netwurx.net> > To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 11:33 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 > > > > > > -- > > >