Regards Franc Dolsak

November 02, 2003
Name: KNELL, Dora
Email: pugnpokadota@webtv.net

I am seeking help in my search for historical roots of the family Bressan. I have received information there was a settlement of 100 known as C. Bressan which was situated in an area known as Gorizia-Gorica in what I believe to be on the coast of Slovenia. The small southern alpine village my grandmother was born in had a population with only two surnames, Bressan and Faes, at the time I visited there as a child in 1936. I am interested in finding out if there are Slovenian roots to this family of Bressans. My grandmother's name was Teodora Bressan and her brother Emilio Bressan, along with other brothers and sisters, remained
in the family home and lands in the village of Fraveggio, now in the province of Trentino, Italy. It was formerly under the Austrian flag, and Trent, but was ceded to Italy after WWI. The village is not far from the city of Trento some many miles below the Brenner Pass leading into modern Austria. My grandfather, who took
his bride Teodora to America in 1900, was from the same region, and he had served under Emperor Franz Josef of Austria. This region and Slovenia were at one time part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Slovenians did emigrate to the Tyrol, I am told. Any helpful reply would be appreciated.

October 2004
Name: FARWELL, Jerry
Email: jerhar@locallink.net

Jerry Farwell’s ancestors are Miheliic and Marencic/Marentic of Gradec. Other families he is interested in are Maleric and Klobucor of Crnomelj. Contact him at jerhar@locallink.net or 50170 Adams Drive, Dowagiac, MI 49047-9225.

October 2004
Name: GABRIAN, Janice
Email: jrmoore@rccray.com

My name is Janice Gabrian from Red Lodge, Montana and my grandparents came from Slovenia to the U.S. around 1918. My Grandfather, Frank Gabrian was born August 22, 1884. I have his home place and Grandmother’s home place and would appreciate any help from SGSI members on how to locate the townships.

July 2004
Name: GATES, Martha
Email: bridger-gates@earthlink.net

Member, Martha Gates is requesting help in searching for information on Justina Rutar. Her obituary in Ely, MN in 1937 says she was born in Whitney, PA and taken back to the homeland of Slovenia as an infant. She returned to the US in 1921 and lived with her Uncle Frank Friep/Fister in Ely, MN. She married Anton Struna in Ely, MN. I’d like to know who her parent are and why they went back to Slovenia. I believe her family were miners. They came from a mining area , Kempolge in the Ljubljana region, and went to mining areas in PA and MN.

October 2004
Name: KAMNIKAR, Ed
Email: ejkamnikar@mindspring.com

Ed Kamnikar is researching the names Lozar, Gale, and Kamnikar and would appreciate being contacted by others interested in these names. Contact him at ejkamnikar@mindspring.com, or 9506 Bent Brook Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117.

July 2004
Name: MOCKFORD, Jim
Email: mockford@teleport.com

Fellow Slovenian researcher, Jim Mockford, is searching for information on his maternal grandparents. Mr. Mockford would like to hear from any member who may have information relating to the Edward Dolgan (spelled Dougan in Slovenia) family. Edward Dolgan married Rose Chikado in Trinidad, Colorado where he settled in 1921. Edward was the son of Lourenc Dougan b. Aug. 11, 1840 and mother Mary Torusie b. Jan. 29, 1850. Mr. Mockford would also like to know if the Dougan’s may be related to Anton Dougan mentioned in connection with the Prekjama Castle.

January 2004
Name: POJE, John
Email: john@altius.org.uk

I'd be very grateful if you could include an entry in your newsletter at the next opportunity. I'm trying to track information on my father's family Joseph Poje (b. 23 Feb 1903) at Preza 8 or Prose (then Austrian, now Slovenia), the son of Anton & Maria Poje, married July 22, 1894. He had two brothers (Johan, 1901 and Anton, 1899) and five sisters (Magdalena 1896, Maria, 1904, Rozalia 1906, Maria 1809 and Anna, 1909. He is believed to have served in the Jugoslav Cavalry and may have been a civil servant or government official and may have been a widower. He was a registered citizen of the National Committee of the Kingdom of Jugoslavia (12408 / 45). He entered England in 1948. He married Florence Evelyn Hudson (b Stapleford Notts, 12 Dec 1911) in 1949 and had two children, John and Christine. He became a British Citizen in February 1967 and died shortly after retiring, in Creswell, Derbyshire in September 1975. I would be grateful for any further information that anyone may have.