This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Tina_PS Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.eeurope.slovenia.general/6599.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm Slovene, and I never heard of the last name Ihweiss. It doesn't even sound like today's Slovene last name. Ihweiss could roughly be transcribed into the German "ich weiss", meaning "I know", though the Slovene translation "jaz vem" again doesn't sound like a last name. Zitta is a German name, while Franciska is Slovene. So I would think that it's Zitta's married name, as the Slovene version of the name Zitta would be Cita - probably Felicita in the "original". Maybe Cecilija, but probably not. I just went through the phonebook for Trzin. It's a long shot, but baybe the last names of Hvasti and Ipavec could be behind Ihweiss... Ipavec is a quite common last name in Slovenia, so I'm leaning towards that one. And never trust Ellis island records - not even typed, it could be a transcription of some sort. I live quite near Trzin, I could go check the graveyard for you when the weather normalizes - rain, cold and baby buggies do not go together well. I'm guessing Zitta could have been born around the year 1900? T I N A Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.