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Subject: Re: [CROATIA] BIANCHI/BJELE/BIELE/BEAL FROM CAVTAT, CROATIA
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:13:06 EDT
Robert and List,
I attempted to review the parish records some time back but even though I
had received tips from this list, I admit the task was not one I was up to.
It was pretty frustrating for me. I hope to now go straight to the source,
the Cavtat Roman Catholic Church, with the help of my relatives I have
located in Cavat. (with the generous help of this list I might add!)
I wish you the best Robert on your trip! Thank you. Regards, Denise
In a message dated 8/22/2006 6:33:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
writes:
Denise,
His ability to speak Italian should be no surprise, have you not reviewed
the parish records which are available from the LDS Family History Center near
you? Those church records are in Italian, Latin and Croatian for the Cavtat
Roman Catholic Church.
The old Italian name for Cavtat was Ragusavecchia, which appears on the 1910
Austrian miltary maps which are found online (also the Croatian name Cavtat
appears next to the Italian name.
Robert
wrote:
The more I am interviewing family here in California about my great
grandfather from Cavtat, Croatia, the more I am hearing about him speaking
fluent
Italian. He was born in Cavtat October 5, 1875 and came to America at about
age
16. His original Croatian name was Bjele, later changed to the
Italalianicized Bianchi while still living in Croatia. When he came to the
US, he
changed it to Biele and later his Portuguese wife from the Azores
Americanized it
to Beal! Can someone please comment on the fact that he spoke fluent
Italian?
Thank you, Denise Jackson
(off to visit my roots for the month of September in Cavtat!)
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