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Post by Anja on Jun 22, 2005 9:36:23 GMT -5
Cn LA Croatian culture: www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/main_misc_croatians_s_la.htmlFrom 64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:s-icO-sJtXUJ:www.salisburypost.com/columns/moments031599.htm+austrians+plaquemines&hl=en(cache and original link do not work) ‘‘Those of the Plaquemines swamp, further south, where the Paul Jones was lost, are ‘Austrians,’ that is Slavs, from the Dalmatian coast of Austria, speaking Italian lingua France, the pidgin English of the Levant or some Slavonic dialect. They visit the coast in luggers of Levantine build and shape, with sails stained red and brown, and are as piratical looking as they well can be, but they are quiet, peaceful fishermen, seldom getting into trouble I've been doing genealogical research in Plaquemines Parish, LA, and I'm begining to wonder if most "Austrians" living there during the 1800s were actually Croats. (Austria-Hungary contained the Dalmatian coast among numerous other lands) Does anyone know anything about this, or is anyone able to find more info?
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