HI MY NAME IS DAVID SVALINA.
I AM FROM CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE. MY FATHER'S NAME IS WAYNE AND HIS FATHER'S NAME WAS PAUL. MY GRANDFATHER(PAUL) HAD TWO BROTHERS, NICHOLAS, AND JOSEPH SVALINA. THEIR GRANDMOTHER'S NAME WAS PAULINA SVALINA AND MY GREAT GRANDFATHER'S NAME I CAN'T RECALL. THEY CAME FROM CROATIA (AUSTRIA-HUNGARY) AROUND THE EARLY 1900'S FROM THE ISLAND OF LISSA (NOW KNOWN AS VIS). MY GRANDFATHER ALSO HAD A COUSIN NAMED NICHOLAS SVALINA WHO RESIDED IN WISCONSIN AFTER MOVING FROM CHICAGO'S EAST SIDE. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE BEEN RATHER LIMITED IN MY INFORMATION REGARDING MY FAMILY TREE. MY FATHER, WAYNE (MARTIN), ATTENDED ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH AND ALSO ATTENDED SACRED HEART CROATIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. IF ANYONE HAS ANY FURTHER INFORMATION FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP A FAMILY TREE. I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR SOME FAMILY HISTORY SUCH AS ORGINS, MEANING OF OUR LAST NAME (IF THERE IS ANY), AND ANY HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS WE HAVE MADE IN OUR NAME. YOU GET THE PICTURE. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT
PULLMAN@WOWWAY.COM. I AM SORRY, BUT I DO NOT SPEAK CROAT ONLY ENGLISH BUT I AM EAGER TO LEARN SOMETHING OF MY FAMILY HISTORY.