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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: mckha489 on Sunday 23 November 25 07:17 GMT (UK)

Title: Where in Austria? Completed
Post by: mckha489 on Sunday 23 November 25 07:17 GMT (UK)

Where do you think this place - that looks like TELSA is?

link to full page here (file 7)

https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE37967446

Title: Re: Where in Austria?
Post by: tonepad on Sunday 23 November 25 08:09 GMT (UK)

Possibly Jelsa in modern day Croatia. In 1905 part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.


Tony

Title: Re: Where in Austria?
Post by: Isabel H on Sunday 23 November 25 08:14 GMT (UK)

I was about to say the same thing. The tail on the first letter definitely looks more like J than T.

Title: Re: Where in Austria?
Post by: mckha489 on Sunday 23 November 25 08:28 GMT (UK)

Thank you! That fits subsequent reports of him being from Yugoslavia.

Title: Re: Where in Austria?
Post by: AlanBoyd on Sunday 23 November 25 09:13 GMT (UK)

I asked an AI about possible origins of his name 'Anich'. One suggestion was:

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A Latin-alphabet form of the South Slavic surname Anić, derived from the female given name Ana and associated with Croats and Serbs, and more broadly occurring in Slovenia and neighbouring regions within the Austro‑Hungarian Empire.

Title: Re: Where in Austria? Completed.
Post by: mckha489 on Sunday 23 November 25 09:45 GMT (UK)

Thank you.