Rob thanks. Smaila surname mainly comes from Slovenia. Originally it was Smajila. Maybe of Turkish origin. "Robert Jerin" <rjerin@adelphia.net> wrote in message news:Jo3Ka.16622$Jw6.6980436@news1.news.adelphia.net... > There are also 12 SMAILA listings in Croatian phone book. > > http://www.htnet.hr/imenik/fset.html > > Robert Jerin > > "Robert Jerin" <rjerin@adelphia.net> wrote in message > news:DYVJa.16044$Jw6.6870446@news1.news.adelphia.net... > > > > "email" <mastera@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message > > news:3ef7eaaf$0$30454$45beb828@newscene.com... > > > Any help with this surname? There are some Smaila surnames in Slovenia > but > > I > > > am interested to find out about the origin of this surname. Thank you. > > > > > > > Hello email! > > > > You may wish to try the Slovenia magazine online (which I believe is now > > defunct) archives. There is a 4 part series about Slovenian surnames. > The > > link below is to the 1st part, to find the others just change the address > by > > adding, 2, 3 and 4 after the word surname in the address. > > > > http://slovenija-magazine.com/arhiv/surnames.html > > > > The only listings for SMAILA found in Ellis Island records appear to be > > arriving from Slovenia and Italy (near the Slovenian border perhaps) > > > > The Slovenian online phone book shows only 1 SMAILA but more SMAILAGIC. > > > > http://tis.telekom.si/default.asp?LANG=EN > > > > The Italy phone books show 19 SMAILA listings. > > > > http://www.infobel.com/italy/ > > > > There are 9 SMAILA and 18 SMAILAGIC in US phone listings at > Switchboard.com > > > > http://www.switchboard.com/ > > > > Also you may wish to post your query to a board which is more active than > > this one. It appears that this message board is neglected by whomever is > in > > charge and does not get many posters! > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.eeurope.slovenia.gener > > al > > > > http://genforum.genealogy.com/slovenia/ > > > > Robert Jerin > > Croatian Heritage Museum > > Cleveland Ohio > > http://www.croatia-in-english.com/rj/index.html > > > > > >