Fucich Ditch

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="03cc8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>It is always appreciated when I hear back from queries made, even when I am no able to help resolve the quest.  </B></div> <div> <B>If anyone has any more information about the Fucich  family, please contact Dan Ellis.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:dan@passchristian.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:dan@passchristian.net"><B> </B></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Bay St. Louis</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bay St. Louis">home</A></div> <div> <A HREF="digitized_history___why.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Digitized History">Digitized History</A>   |   <A HREF="bay_st_louis_old_town.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Olde Town History A Place Apart">Olde Town -- History -- A  Place Apart</A>   |   <A HREF="bay_st_louis.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bay St. Louis, Mississippi History">Bay St. Louis, Mississippi -- History</A>   |   <A HREF="bay_st_louis_conflagrations.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History of Bay St Louis Past">History of Bay St Louis -- Past</A>   |   <A HREF="sanborn_maps.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sanborn Maps">Sanborn Maps</A>   |   <A HREF="scenic_sights.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scenic Sights">Scenic Sights</A>   |   <A HREF="places.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Places to Go">Places to Go</A>   |   <A HREF="places_past.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Places Past">Places Past</A>   |   <B>Fucich Ditch</B>   |   <A HREF="kenmurphy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="KenMurphy">KenMurphy</A>   |   <A HREF="katrina.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="KATRINA">KATRINA</A></div> <div> Fucich Ditch</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>A Lesson in RESEARCH</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Dan,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Georgia" ><I><B>A short time ago I contacted you to see if you had any knowledge of my Great grandfather Simeone M. Fucich, Sr., who had a summer home located in Lakeshore at the turn of the century.</B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Since I was last in touch with you, I was able to pin point the location of his summer home on what was called, at the time, Fucich Ridge.  A canal or ditch was dug so that he had access to the Bay, it was called Fucich Ditch. Cousins of mine, who still live in the area were able to give me the location.  Attached is a map showing the location. </B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="11f21f30.jpg" border=0 width="545" height="499" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>From what I have been able to figure out, next to my great grandfather was the Jefferson Yarborough Family, one daughter Jessie, who married Vladimir Fucich, Sr. --- and they lived in the Waveland area.</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>The whole area where my great grandfather's land was located is now clear cut and does not look the same as my cousins remember.</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Just thought that you would like to know since you are into the history of Hancock County.</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Sincerely,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Don Fucich</B></I></div> <div> From: "Don" <mudbug@nu-z.net></div> <div> To: "Dan Ellis"   -- DanEllis@DanEllis.Net</div> <div> Cc: "Vegi & Duffy Stanley" <duffy1223@aol.com>,</div> <div>       "Peggy Rooney" <rooneytoon29@earthlink.net></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="kenmurphy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="KenMurphy">Next</A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>