6 HVASTA arr. in the US via Ellis Island from area that is now Slovakia and also from Croatia. Race declared as Slovak, Ruthenian and Croatian. Also 9 HVASZTA arr there Race Slovak. http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html Also 9 HVASTA listings in Croatian phone book most from Osijek County in Slavonia and also Istrian Peninsula. http://www.htnet.hr/imenik/fset.html Search at Google.com finds at least 6 links for "HVASTA genealogy" http://www.google.com Switchboard finds 34 HVASTA listings in US phone book. http://www.switchboard.com/ Family Search finds 34 US Social Security Death Index listings http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp Here is a link to Slovak, Ruthenian and Czech genealogy web page http://www.iarelative.com/ Robert Jerin Croatian Heritage Museum Cleveland Ohio "PalmaG72" <palmag72@aol.com> wrote in message news:20030918233106.16681.00001492@mb-m02.aol.com... > Seeking Hvasta family members