I have been trying to find my grandparents arrival to US from Croatia,there's no info on ellis island site!

If they arrived in the 1880s it would have been Castle Garden they arrived at in NY. But there were several ports including Boston and Detroit.

I'd recommend going to the library and using Ancestry to look for your relatives in their immigration database. First I'd suggest getting their marriage cert & church info, and seeing if he naturalized, and if her father did. That would be easier to find near where they settled, and would point to the port they arrived at.

Get a copy of one of the newer Chicago Ancestor books from your library or local bookstore - it will help focus you on some of the great sources of info there (Newberry Library & National Archives Branch).

Also keep in mind stories can just be stories. My family had a story that my grandma's maternal grandparents married in Ireland and then hopped on the next ship to America. It was totally false - her and his families came over right after the civil war here and married in the same church my grandma married my grandpa at!

Check out the Illinois Online Databases it can help you narrow down when he died (getting his death cert & obit is also a must).

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/arch...

I found them listed on the ONE WORLD TREE.

Alexander "Alec" Bogovich born 1875 in Austria and died in Chicago, IL. no date given.

Louise Zorich was born 9/02/1886 in Austria and died 06/15/1986 in Chicago, IL. She was daughter of unknown.

There is listed children and birth dates.

A descendant listed for further information is

KenPujdakCPA@home.com

This person listed will have additional information for you and probably is related to you.

I hope you find all you are looking for. Good luck !

I believe I found your Alexander Bogovich.

I found the following:

Alexander Bozovic - it's Bozovic in the index but when you look at the actual document it is clearly Bogovic.

He immigrated to the U.S. 3/3/1903 thru Rainy River, Ontario, Canada

His age was 37

He was single

His occupation is listed as laborer

Nationality is Austria

Race: Slovenian

I found this on Ancestry.com.

www.rootsweb.com

Alexander "Alec" BOGOVICH

Birth: 1875 in Austria

Death: in Chicago, IL

(NOTE: Alexander is Croatian descent and according to the 1920 census he was a laborer and rented a home at 2819 E. 95th Street, Chicago, IL. The family is listed in the 1920 census under Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, ED#517 page 4 of 5. Alec says that he came to the USA in 1900 and could read and write English. )

Marriage Louise ZORICH b: 08/02/1886 in Austria

Children:

Anna Marie BOGOVICH-- b: 04/19/1917 in Chicago, IL

John BOGOVICH-- b: 1909 in Chicago, IL

James BOGOVICH-- b: 1911 in Chicago, IL

Alexander "Alec" BOGOVICH, JR.-- b: 1915 in Chicago, IL

Paulina "Marie" BOGOVICH --b: 02/10/1919 in Chicago, IL

Louise ZORICH

Birth: 08/02/1886 in Austria

Death: 06/15/1968 in Chicago, IL

(NOTE-- The 1920 census indicates that Loiuse went by Eliza, was 31 years old--which means she was born in 1889 not 1886 accourding to the social security administration--and entered the USA in 1906. She could read and write English. Louise is also of Croatian descent.)

www.ancestry.com--1920 Federal Census:

Name: Alee Bozovich

[Alee Bogovich]

Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 8, Cook (Chicago), Illinois

Age: 48 years

Estimated birth year: abt 1872

Birthplace: Austria

Relation to Head of House: Head

Spouse's name: Eliza

Father's Birth Place: Austria

Mother's Birth Place: Austria

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Sex: Male

Home owned: Rent

Year of Immigration: 1900

Able to read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Image: 17

Household Members: Name-- Age (Misspellings due to transcriber perhaps??)

Alee Bozovich --48

Eliza Bozovich --31

John Bozovich-- 11

James Bozovich-- 9

Alee Bozovich-- 5

Annie Bozovich-- 2

Paulina Bozovich --10/12 (10 months old, maybe??)

www.ancestry.com

Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948 had this listing:

EPSLEIN ZORICH, b. 1897 (age 9)--male

Left: Bremen, Germany

Arrived: Baltimore, Maryland on JULY 20, 1906

Could he be the brother you mentioned??

www.ancestry.com--Canada Border Crossing mentioned by user above:

Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956

Name: Alexander Bozovic

Arrival Date: May 1906

Age: 37

Birth Date: abt 1869

Gender: Male

Port of Arrival: Rainy River, Ontario, Canada

(NOTE: on original view, at 75%, it said he could NOT read or write English; and that his last residence had been in WINNEPEG, MANITOBA)