Posted By:	Robert Jerin
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	Subject:	Re: Donovic - Serbia 1898
	Post Date:	March 23, 2009 at 02:36:19
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	Forum:	Serbia Genealogy Forum
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Lynn, Are you saying that the JA sound like the J as in joy? J in Serbian sounds like Y... as in yoke. Lynn said "It was probably spelled with the Y when he landed in New York." This never happened with any immigrant! The manifests were completed in Europe at the Port of Departure with info taken from the immigrants passport. The issue is that Serbian is written in Cyrillic (like Russian) and often times spellings will vary. The ship manifest I am speaking of can be found in the Ellis Island Data Base (no charge to look) and contains the following info Name: Yrakle Donovic Arrival Date: 4 Jan 1923 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897 Age: 26 Gender: Male Occupation Worker Former Residence Rescov Next of Kin Mother Ana DONOVIC Destination Rochester NY to brother DONOVIC at 117 Front St Birthplace Resen Serbia Port of Departure: Cherbourg Place of Origin: Yugoslavia Ship Name: Majestic The manifest shows he had been in the US prior to this trip at Rochester... this concurs with the census info which states he arrived in the US 1912 There is notation in the physical description section which states "some of rt. little finger ???" Over the occupation column the numbers 1-152298 2-18-34 1 is the INS District which was Boston and the date of the notation was Feb 18, 1934 The fact that his mother was listed as next of kin is a good indication that his father had passed away. Robert Jerin Croatian Heritage Museum Cleveland Ohio