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From: Frank Kurchina <>
Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] GRISAN of Chersii
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 01:04:02 -0700
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"Griesan, Tom" wrote:
>
> Frank, Joe, and Elaine and others,
> Thanks for your replies!
>
> My husband's grandfather was Cosma Damian Grisan, born in 1868 in
> Chersii, Austria (Provincia: Litoralis Austriac
> Districtus Polit.: Lussinensi). He was the son of Andrea Grisan and
> Michaela (Negovetich) Grisan. The Grisan's were probably tenant farmers in
> Austria. Cosma was the youngest of 5 brothers. His other brothers were
> Joe, Andy, Nick, and Anthony. Cosma left Austria sometimes in the 1880s and
> sailed all over the world. He ended up in America in Pueblo, Colorado where
> he married and had a family. Can anyone connect with this family? What
> kinds of resources are available to do research in this area (now close to
> Cres or Losinj, Croatia)? Thanks for your time and patience!!!
>
> - Jean Griesan (Americanized from Grisan)


The Croatian telephone directory lists 1 surname Claudio Grisan under
the port city of Rijeka (C) Fiume (I) located on the Adriatic Sea on
coast NE of Cres.
Both names for this city mean 'river' in their respective languages.

The telephone directory for the Istrian penninsula lists a surname
Fernanda Grisan under the port city of Pula (C) Polo (I) which is
located
on the coast west of Cres.

The directory also lists 25 surname Negovetic' (Negovetich) under the
Rijeka region; 9 surnames are listed under Cres (town) on otok Cres,
some
are listed under Rijeka, and 1 is listed under otok Krk, which is
located
just east of otok Cres.

There are a few surname Grisan listed in Germany as well as some surname
bearers Grisani , which is an Italian surname.
Wonder if the surname Grisan could have an Italian conection ?
One surname Grisani in the German telephone directory also bears the
Italian
first name Claudio which translates to Claude (E)

The LDS-Mormons have filmed the parish records at the 12 regional
Croatian
State Archives.

These microfilm reels are available for rental and viewing at any
Family History Center (FHC) worldwide.
90% of patrons are non-Mormons doing surname research.


The records microfilmed have greater linguistic diversity than for most
other geographic regions.
Latin, Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, German, Hungarian, or Italian
are possible languages used.

LDS - Mormon FHCs - LOCATIONS

http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchfhc2.asp

The LDS-Mormons have filmed the R.C. parish church records (1571-1902)
for Cherso, Küstenland, Austria; now Cres, Croatia.
Text in Italian.
begins with film # 2084718
ends with film # 2084740

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