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j Croeff Viilege, Mieh? Ueo. 20, 196b
]}e*r Kinshasa,	j
Mother and x are in Cross Village new, ?ft$r & trip th&t took us to Scotland, &sd ?ttgo&l?vi** ?^e ro*t?e$ fe*? & month through th# ho??l&nd of Mother?s C^^heXl-.&neestor? *n? went on to visit th* village of OsojfiftHi, ne&r ?1.4 Fiu<&?# now ftij^ca, in Yugoslav!?-, on the original family fftrm'V;]Pr?ajo Gsojn**. &nd hlf? f?*Uy r?e?ived ug most gr*,?l?ujily# &r?d got. ,?at ail the old ffcsiily letters ;>n$
?the? < documents in hop<*? of finding: so a? tra?? of ?ur sneeato-r,
Mfitoa, who aigr&ted to ^assrle?. ground a hundred ye^-rs ??{??. It turned out the woods v?r* full of .Antons in fch?*?	&nu th?y all
wr?t? letters ho?? ?x?ept from th# United $t&t<ss. The fssiily told m?4 however, th&t oil people who share this n&?e &ev<* ancestry in the village, Geojnaki," *n.& ultimately th?y sspran.f froa ft ?osimon family.
Until world a ?r I, the"Fium? xrm w*? held ?ey the Austrian empire. This seems to	he	why the family	in this aowntry hss
thought of its?lf feeing jfettutrian, but	everything- *?? c??15	find
indlc&t?s th&t tho n*ua? is 31?vi? in origin, th? vard woso4,M saining thl<jic?t* 3om? ter???h?s of t&? fai&ily. *a?v?d to Xt&ly and , #g?li their n&is?r oe?olnaok?,??(. (8.$?*1X th*t in our ?tm -fatally tradition then&tse w?? ?s$??lli# with the double ?.) V? did not
4_ 6?nt*ftt th.990 grojape, tent on*-?*?, AivArl*. o#s?>?n&ck, oorr*9p? vifchay rather 8???,thirty y ****$> ?go, & one time m&m'&er of the HQAs?r&*s	fee	told B*a th?fc.feis? fe-nslly htffl. eoae	fro?
the n?ae ?lil&$et?feieh	ha	spelled *? the	.present Yii$o^l*v family
do?s.	r
In the Croatian la.n^u&g?,- the 4 is pr?nouftee>d like y or I in sn.y.1 ij?,h. Hene? the n*m* is pronoun?ed txgs&tly &a ours ?oul? be if ?v?ff?y letter ?er? spoken, -The eh on the er?e of our name remains unexplained. Hot? we- got it I do not know, but it Kill fee noted that pronoun?? it lice k. r -
ours h#s fesen ? rather mmeratas family, ?specially in the-Jfcecs vicinity of Sij ek#, and th$ b^tttifui re.-fort town of Op?ti^-? wh^r^
?w? mi*&$ he^^-uftrtera. one of tfugosl&vi&fg known fooi^Rl.i pl$.y&r0 &n& oofcehfra tv>om Ki^oic-a i?i 0toj?h0 toronmmosfi fitoyfen, Qsojn&K, wh?a? brother. .cset tin ttpati^A.
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I hop9 y?u found this &ri$f 3r?p?rt int^rtating. llkfS end admired, the ^^rssth, cour#-|?# ?-nS ?nthusie.sm ?f the people in ?ur f^ally?s h0??l?nd? ftnd g*th?riftg this information uTas ?$ztS?*Mly vmat?ding,	v	. .
With ftll be?t ftfisteftsj	/
MiSRiR 151051 jCXBILAW OSOIHJA6W	( 0?o,1nfck )


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