This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Mohnbauer Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.eeurope.slovenia.general/6631.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: http://maps.google.at/maps?hl=de&q=Plavje&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1676l2166l0l2601l2l2l0l0l0l0l114l222l0.2l2&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1024&bih=544&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl Plavje belonges to the Koper-diocese. you find it in the pdf-file for the Koper Diocese list of churches". the church is "Sveti Janez Krstnik": http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf for ancestors-research write to the diocesan-archive Koper. you can ask in english if they can find him in their files: http://kp.rkc.si/arhiv/s_arhiv_koper.htm the lastname sounds to have croatian orgin! (ending -ic) maybe anywhere a misspelling as not to find at www.ellisisland.org. the ending -ch is not possible in the home-area in Europe (not slavic) and will be americanized. 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.