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CROATIAN HOMELAND TOWN???
« on: Wednesday 19 July 23 01:43 BST (UK) »
My grandfather came to America on a ship that passed through Ellis Island on June 10-11, 1910. The ship (Mauretania) sailed from Liverpool. The last three entries (one of which is my 18 year old grandfather) came from the same town in Croatia - possibly known as Hungary then. Anyone recognize the town? Beglina...Begliné??? Never heard of it myself.

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Re: CROATIAN HOMELAND TOWN???
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 19 July 23 01:54 BST (UK) »
Maybe Begluci??? There is small hamlet - mid to southern Croatia, on the border of Bosnia Herzegovina.

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Re: CROATIAN HOMELAND TOWN???
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 19 July 23 09:27 BST (UK) »
Maybe Begluci??? There is small hamlet - mid to southern Croatia, on the border of Bosnia Herzegovina.

That looks like a possibility. Don't forget the person writing the names would probably have been totally unfamiliar with these places in far-away countries.

The versions on the left side (where NON IMMIGRANT ALIEN can be seen) all look like Begliuci to me. The versions on the right, however (which are in the same hand), look more like Begliuic

After a bit of googling, Begluci seems like the closest possibility...
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Re: CROATIAN HOMELAND TOWN???
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 19 July 23 17:58 BST (UK) »
Thank you Karen. I think you and I may have stumbled onto the same Google conclusion. Appreciate your reply.