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South American Svalina

South American Svalina

Posted: 1 Jul 2001 11:44PM GMT
Surnames: Svalina
Hello Svalina folks. Very surprised to see there are more Svalina's than I supposed. I am 42, born in Buenos Aires,Argentina. My father Milivoj Svalina came from Croatia
in 1949 before the creation of what will then became Jugoslavia. I was in Chicago some 10 years ago and found a
Mr Mike Svalina listed in the telephone directory. This Mike
was in his seventies then. We had a nice coffee together, just because I called and he invited me over to his place.
My email is maersk18@sinectis.com.ar
Posted: 29 Dec 2008 12:47AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: SVALINA
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.
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