This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PLECAS, PETROVIC Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZGB.2ACE/311 Message Board Post: Hi! I am searching for information on my great grandfather LUKAS PLECAS (Louis or Luka Plecash) and his wife SMILJANA PETROVIC (Stella Plecash). Lukas emigrated from Serbia sometime between 1906 and 1908 and I have not been able to find any records of passage (he probably did not go through Ellis Island). His wife Smiljana and their daughter Milka joined him in Bovey, MN in 1909 (they did come through Ellis Island and I have some info on them, not much). Smiljana traveled with a relation IVAN PETROVIC (maybe her brother) who also settled in Bovey. Ivan listed as his "back home contact" his wife Smiljana Petrovic (I think a coincidence that his wife had the same name as his sister/cousin). Lukas and his family spent an unknown amount of time in Bovey, at least a year but likely more than 10, before moving to Wisconsin. While in Bovey they had one son, BOGDAN LUKAS PLECAS (Robert Louis Plecash) in about 1910. It is possible their daughter MILKA (Joyce) died while they still lived in Bovey - this would be c. 1920-1921 (she was a pedestrian hit by an automobile). Whew- can anybody help me find any records that would give me clues to dates, siblings, parents, etc? Thanks in advance! email: [email protected]