----- Original Message ----- From: "VITASOVICH" <VITASOVICH@xtra.co.nz> To: "Robert Jerin" <rjerin@adelphia.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 5:42 PM Subject: Re: Need info on origin of name Witas, Vityas, Vitas > Hi, there is a heap of information out there on Vitas....you should run into > a man name Carlos Vitas while you are researching it and he can trace it > back to Morroco! Here is a twist for you....it also appears in Turkey, > Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia as Vitas....and Vitasovic, Vitasojevic...and > there is a small village in Montenegro called Vitasovici...thats my link. > > Have fun! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Jerin" <rjerin@adelphia.net> > To: <GEN-SLAVIC-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 5:58 AM > Subject: Re: Need info on origin of name Witas, Vityas, Vitas > > > > There are 62 records for WITAS arr via Ellis Island of those > > > > 26 listed Race as Polish > > 0 Ruthenian (these are typically Byzantine Rite Catholics who came from > what > > is now Western Ukraine) > > 5 Lithuanian > > 26 Russian & 26 Austrian (but I would doubt than many of these were in > > fact ethnic Russians as the Ellis Is transcribers who a few years ago > > transcribed the data base were very careless when indicating Russian as > Race > > or ethnic group often times they used the term under the Nationality > column > > which meant in those days citizenship) > > > > > > VITYAS has only 1 listing at Ellis Island Race listed as Slovak. Also > close > > sp of VITYAZ also listed as Slovak. But there may be a relationship with > > Ruthenians as Eastern Slovakia had many Ruthenian people and many Slovaks > > are also Byzantine Rite Catholics. > > > > VITAS is a bit more mixed with 70 arr at Ellis Is > > > > 26 Croatian > > 14 Greek > > 0 Ruthenian > > 0 Ukranian > > 0 Polish > > 2 Lithuanian > > > > http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html > > > > One thing to keep in mind is that Lithuania, Ukraine and Lithuania were at > > one time part of the same empire. > > > > Robert Jerin > > Croatian Heritage Museum > > Cleveland Ohio > > http://www.croatia-in-english.com/rj/ > > > > > > <freqncee@att.net> wrote in message > > news:kjfkkvglc1jmtli5r22blpt3cr4rnpkdvm@4ax.com... > > > Is this Polish or Ukranian in origin? Anyone? > > > > > > >