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Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Cospolich genealogy

Some relatives on my father's side (who have some free time) finally found a key missing link about 4 generations back. Long story short, the Cospoliches of the greater New Orleans/Gulf Coast area are definitely linked back to a Cuspilich (Kuspilic) family from the beautiful Croatian island of Korcula. More specifically, Peter Cospolich, my great-great grandfather, was born in Korcula in 1807. He married a woman from the Kalogjera family in Korcula. The Kalogjera family is said to be originally from the Island of Crete, they have a Greek origin. I think Peter Cospolich emigrated from Korcula via Italy sometime in the 1850s or so? (corrections please!)

See pic below. Why couldn't I have grown up there? Look how beautiful and exotic looking. Mountains, rocks, water. What more does one want? hehe