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Links for Croatian genealogy, including Bosnia, Lika, etc.
These links are meant to help those researching their family genealogy in Croatia and Bosnia regardless of ethnicity. NEW links include: MAPS: 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary CROATIAN REGIONS: Island of Krk; Benkovac; Gorski Kotar; Imotski; Sotin; LOCATING RECORDS: Hamburg Germany Port Departure records; compiled records for Veli Losinj; 1920 census Gilbert, Minnesota; Illinois State Birth and Death records; New York City Death Index; Ohio Death Index: Arizona Birth/Death records; Minnesota Death Index; US Genweb; Australian Immigration Records; Austrian War Archives; Social Securty Death Index; Saint Louis, Missouri Naturalization Index; OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS: Ruthenians; FAMILY PAGES: BABICH, BELULOVICH, BLASKOVICH, BRANCELLA, CARLOVICH, SGAGLIARDICH, SMOKOVICH; CIBILICH, PETROVICH, TOMASOVICH, MURINA, JURISICH, BILICH, SLABICH and ZEGURA; KAUZLARICH, PADAVICH, POLICH, RASKIE,TOMICH; FRIGAN, FUNELIC', ZENKO, MESEC, ZIMSEK, CEPIN, RUKAVINA, LISEK; MIKAC"EVIC': MIS"KIC'; MIKULICH; S"POLJAREVIC'; STUPARICH; SUHOR; OUTSIDE CROATIA: South Africa. These links are part of Croatia-in-English.com; to visit the home page, click on the "home" link at the top of this page. If you know of a link which should be added please contact me.
Robert Jerin
rjerin26@yahoo.com
Croatian history, tourism, cooking, news, etc.
Link to history, culture, science, etc
http://www.hr/darko/etf/etfss.html
Want to visit your ancestral homeland? Discover why Croatia has been one of the top tourist destinations in Europe from these pages
http://www.croatia.hr/Default.aspx
http://www.visit-croatia.co.uk
http://www.kollander-travel.com/
http://www.globecharter.com/
Croatia has many wonderful museums.
http://www.mdc.hr/www-MDC-eng/eng-home.html [BROKEN LINK]
Vecernji List, Croatian newspaper on line in English
http://www.hic.hr/english/index.htm
The Tambura is considered the National Instrument of Croatia. Many immigrants to America formed Tamburica groups, this tradition is carried on by many of their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
http://www.tamburaland.com/
Are you aware that Croatia has a bagpipe? The origins of the bagpipe is not Scotland, as many believe. It is from the middle east. Many of you may have heard the Croatian national instrument, the tamburica, but there are many other musical forms and instruments found in Croatia. In ancient times it made its way to Croatia. At this link just click on the photo of the Croatian instrument; then click on MP3 and you will hear a sample of what it sounds like.
http://scena.hgu.hr/stjepan-veckovic/english.html
And for the Dalmatians amongst us there is nothing sweeter than the harmonizing sound of Klapa.
http://pubwww.srce.hr/dalmatia/songlist.html
Often times we envision Croatia as our ancestors left it. However today people dress, live and work much as we do in the US! However the Croatian folkdress, or nos"nja as the Croatians call it, is a historic part of village life. Each village had its own unique styles. This colorful clothing would be worn for weddings, baptisms, festivals, religious days, while for everyday wear a much plainer clothing was the norm. This link shows only a small fraction of the hundreds of folkdresses. Click on a town and you will see the nos"nja for that town.
http://www.geocities.com/nkunstek/nosnje/
Crown Croatian World network by Nenad Bach, a website that will connect second and third generations of Croatians around the world. Articles about Croatians throughout the world.
http://www.croatianworld.net/
Language help
Need help with Croatian? This web page has info about the alphabet, pronunciation, phrases, etc.. Click on the speaker on some words and you will hear how they sound.
http://www.hr/hrvatska/language/index.en.htm
Now download Croatian for Travelers as an Adobe Acrobat pdf file! Two versions are available
http://www.visit-croatia.co.uk/croatianfortravellers/
Croatian<->English<->Croatian Dictionary
http://www.tkuzmic.com/dictionary/index.php
Croatian fonts for MS can be added to you keyboard. This web site offers a FREE download of those fonts, with installation instructions.
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/croatian.html
Fonts for Macintosh (password is cls).
http://www.crolang.com/
Need to employ a translator? Here is a link to a service which translates from English to Croatian and Croatian to English.
http://www.crolang.com/
Often times when viewing old documents the handwriting can be hard to read. Some letters such as L and S are often mistaken for one another this can be a problem and cause us to bypass potential ancestors found in handwritten documents. Here is a link to some info and examples of how strange some handwriting can be
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Emahudson/ole-hw.htm
General genealogy pages
Appleby in Rijeka, Croatia contains a genealogy section
http://www.appleby.net/genealogy.html
Croatian genealogy newsletter, with many how-to tips
http://www.durham.net/facts/crogen/newsltr.html
Croatian Settlements Outside Croatia
Burgenland, Austria was formed from parts of Hungarian counties of Vas, Sopron and Moson following WWI. Croatians have lived in this region for several centuries
http://www.spacestar.com/users/hapander/burgen.html [BROKEN LINK]
Argentina was a popular place for Croatians in the early 1900s and later after WWII. In 1906 my Great Uncle Josip PLASAJ went to Argentina and became Jose PLASAJ! This web page gives a listing of Croatian names found in Argentina.
http://www.studiacroatica.com/ape/ape.htm
Canada saw Croatian settlement beginning in the 1900s. Here are some web pages to help you search for Croatians in Canada.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02011802_e.html
http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/europesouth.html
White Croatia which is now a part of southern Poland existed from the 1st to the 10th century. In ancient times white indicated north while red indicated south. This is preserved in the red and white checkered Croatian Coat of Arms.
http://www.hr/darko/etf/et01.html#slav
Croatians have lived in the region of present-day Slovak Republic since the mid-sixteenth century:
http://www.hr/darko/etf/croslov.html
When Croatians fled the Ottoman Turkish invasions in the 16th century some settled in Moravia which today is in the Czech Republic
http://www.hr/darko/etf/cromor.html
Australian Croatian Genealogical and Historical Society
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/6442/
South Africa - There is evidence to suggest that the first Croats to arrive on southern African shores were Dalmatian and Dubrovnik sailors in the early part of the sixteenth century.
http://www.geocities.com/ivol2001/cs_refer.htm [BROKEN LINK]
Croatian Regions
I placed this at the beginning of this section for those who have never been to our ancestral homeland, Croatia. This link has over 1000 photos of that beautiful country and is organized by area. Hopefully this will encourage you to make a trip to Croatia! Enjoy!
http://www.photocroatia.com/
How large was the place my ancestors came from in Croatia? This link takes you to the 2001 census of Croatia. To find your ancestral place click on Tables, then scroll down to BY SETTLEMENTS then click on 1. POPULATION BY SEX AND AGE, BY SETTLEMENTS then click on the county where the place is located; this will take you to a list of each place and the population of that place. The list that you will see will be for Towns and Municipalities, which have jurisdiction over smaller villages. If you know the main town or municipality click that place and you will see a list of all the smaller villages associated with the larger town or municipality.
http://www.dzs.hr/Eng/Census/census2001.htm [BROKEN LINK]
A large part of Northwest Croatia is known as Gorski Kotar, a mountainous region which saw a large emigration to America.
http://kulturna-dobra-pgz.posluh.hr/eindex.htm
Imotsko, located in the Dalmatian region, dates back to 845 AD, and has played an important part in Croatian history. This web page also features a census of the town from 1774.
http://www.modrojezero.org/index-c.html
Zagrebac"ka County (which surrounds the capital City of Zagreb) contains many towns and villages. While not many of our ancestors came from the City of Zagreb many did come from those villages and towns in Zagreb County.
http://www.tzzz.hr/engleski/Edobrodosli.htm
The island of Krk is situated in the Bay of Kvarner. Krk is the biggest island in the Adriatic.
http://www.krkinfo.com/general.htm
Many people who settled in Johnstown Pennsylvania (where my family settled) came from Karlovac County; many from the area around Ozalj.
http://www.hr/hrvatska/HRgradovi/Karlovac/uvod-en.htm
To the north of Karlovac, between the Kupa River and Z"umberak, lies the region of Vivodina.
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/dbrklje/
While the Slavonia region was traditionally a wealthy farming region, some people emigrated. One county there is Brod-Posavina County.
http://www.sbonline.net/en/vodic/
Another Slavonia region link to Virovitca-Podravina County.
http://www.viroviticko-podravska-zupanija.hr/English/Index1.htm [BROKEN LINK]
Z"umberak, a mountainous and rural region in Croatia, today has been declared a natural treasure. This region contains many Byzantine Rite Catholics.
http://public.srce.hr/zagzup-tz/turisticke_zajednice/jas/zumberak_e.htm [BROKEN LINK]
To the west of Karlovac in a region called Gorski Kotar lies the municipality of Ravna Gora. Many Croatians came to America from this beautiful region in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
http://www.tz-ravnagora.hr/ravnagora-eng.htm
Near Z"umberak, near the Kupa River and the Croatia-Slovenia border, lies the region of Vivodina. This link includes tourism info, history and maps of the area.
http://home.att.net/~brklje/
To the west of the City of Karlovac is the town of Bosiljevo. This web page offers historical info, surname lists, maps and genealogy research contacts for the area.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bosiljevo/
Ogulin is in Karlovac County on the edge of a region called Gorski Kotar.
http://www.ogulin.hr/home/index_eng.htm
Vrbovsko is located in the eastern part of Gorski Kotar region.
http://www.gorskikotar.hr/www.tz-vrbovsko.hr/frameset02.htm
Located near Vukovar, in the Slavonia region, Sotin was home to many Danube-Schwabian Germans.
http://www.dvhh.org/sotting/index.htm
The mountainous area known as Lika saw many people leave. Stajnica is a village in that region. Although this page is in Croatian it does have many photos and also some villagers singing.
http://www.stajnica.com/
Benkovac area located between S"ibenik and Zadar. This web page is in Croatian.
http://www.benkovac.org.yu/index.htm
Island of Silba is situated between the islands of Olib on the east and Premuda on the west. The closest mainland city is Zadar. This site's goal is to help people trace their family origins.
http://www.silba.com/
Sitno is located at the eastern part of the Split area. This is an area of ancient Poljica, where the Poljica Principality lasted for centuries. This web page includes a list of surnames found in Sitno.
http://www.sitno.4mg.com/english/geography.htm
Hrastovac is a small town in Croatia, southwest of Daruvar (Slavonia). This is the web page for a small group of Donauschwaben researchers whose family lines have a connection to Hrastovac sometime during the years 1865-1945 which marked the period of settlement by Donauschwaben Germans who were forced to flee at the end of WWII.
http://www.hrastovac.com/
Genealogy Message Forums
Genforum link to Croatia message board. You will find surname message boards here also.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/croatia/
Ancestry.com genealogy message board for Croatia. In addition you will find a board for "Yugoslavia" where some will post messages about Croatian ancestors.
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.eeurope.croatia
Usenet Slavic genealogy newsgroup (your email must be set up to receive newsgroups).
soc.genealogy.slavic
Croatian Genealogical, based in Australia, is a place to discuss Croatian genealogy online.
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/croatiangenealogical
Maps & place name locators. Before you can begin your search it is neccesary to know the exact town or village where your ancestors originated.
Croatia and Bosnia maps.
http://www.kakarigi.net/maps/ [BROKEN LINK]
This is perhaps the best, detailed modern map of placenames on the net! However you will need to know the approximate location of your ancestral village. To find a place move your cursor to the area you are searching; a + will appear in place of your cursor; hold the left mouse button down and "draw" a square in the area you want to see enlarged. http://navigator.vip.hr/webmga/
1910 Hungarian County Maps of Croatia. Lots of topographic detail!
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/vmlista.htm
As for old maps, the 1910 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary is very good, showing many small villages, some of which no longer exist.
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/3felmeres.htm
Here is a link to a map for Zagreb County showing many towns and small villages.
http://www.tzzz.hr/engleski/Ekarta.htm
ShtelSeeker place name locator for all Eastern Europe. Uses soundex or exact spelling for search.
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm
Having trouble finding a place? Perhaps it is due to a change in the name of the town or village. This link gives you alternate and old spellings.
http://feefhs.org/ah/at/alkrl/towns1.html [BROKEN LINK]
Austria Hungary Monarchy (also known as the Habsburg Empire) and provinces in relationship to modern Croatia.
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm
Map showing distribution of ethnic groups in the old Habsburg Empire.
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=185
Surname Research
Search for surnames at Ancestry.Com. Some info is free and some only for those who subscribe to this service.
http://www.ancestry.com/?sourceid=00325405801503816180
The LDS Church (Mormon) Family History Library has a surname search feature which will lead to an IGI data base of names as well as a US Social Security Death Index listing. Just a note of caution, if you come across a surname for which someone has compiled a family tree, be aware that it may NOT be the person or persons you are looking for. Also never take someone else's work as accurate; you need to verify and confirm any such information you may receive. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Was the family name changed at Ellis Island? This did not happen! Most immigrant ship manifests contain the original spelling, thus name changes occurred afterwards.
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/articles/names.htm
Locating records
The USGenWeb Project is a good place for US research. US GenWeb is a group of volunteers working to provide websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States.
http://usgenweb.org/index.shtml
Without a doubt the online Ellis Island records have been a real boon to our family history search. And the best web page for your Ellis Island search is a web page developed by Stephen P. Morse, which offers a variety of ways to search: by date, by ship, by just the first few letters of the last name.
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html
From 1892 on Ellis Island (New York) was the main entry port for our ancestors. However a small portion did arrive at other ports, such as Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans and Galveston, Texas. The Imigrant Ship Transcribers Guild has an ongoing project to transcribe ship manifest records. While their web page does not allow the viewing of original ship manifest images, you will at least be able to search for the name, and if listed you can the find date of arrival and ship's name.
http://www.immigrantships.net/
The Texas Seaport Museum also has an immigrant ship arrival database for the port of Galveston, TX which you can access at no charge.
http://www.tsm-elissa.org/immigration-login.htm [BROKEN LINK]
Ports of Departure kept records of emigrants leaving for America. The Hamburg Germany records can be searched online.
http://www.ltyr.hamburg.de/index/1,2709,JGdlbz0zJG9rPTE5MTA1JHVrPSQ_,00.html [BROKEN LINK]
Locating US vital records (birth, death, marriage & divorce) by state, territory and county.
http://www.vitalrec.com/
Arizona Genealogy birth (1887-1928) and death certificates (1878-1953), searchable onliine.
http://genealogy.az.gov/index.asp
The Minnesota Historical Society hosts this online index of death records.
http://people.mnhs.org/dci/
New York City Death Index, 1891-1919.
http://www.italiangen.org/NYCDeathSearch.stm [BROKEN LINK]
Ohio State Death Index, 1913-1937.
http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/
Croatian men were required to serve in the armed forces. Many records of Croatians who served under the Habsburgs (Austria-Hungary) up until 1918 may be found at the War Archives in Austria.
http://www.oesta.gv.at/ebestand/ekv/efr2_kv.htm
Australian Immgration records, searchable online.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~tpsoft/
Social Security records hold valuable information for your genealogy research, including birthplace of the applicant and names of the applicant's parents. The application may be purchased from the US Government.
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
Saint Louis Naturalization Index.
http://www.slcl.org/slcl/sc/nat/nat-project.htm#before [BROKEN LINK]
Many Croatians settled in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Various data bases of records for those Croatians can be found online including Naturalization records and Marriage records.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/toc.html
Cleveland Public Library Obituary files.
http://dxsrv4.cpl.org/WebZ/Authorize?sessionid=0&next=/html/obit_start.html&dbchoice=1:dbname=necr&bad=html/authofail.html&style=noframe
SW Pennsylvania had a huge influx of Croatian immigrants at the turn of the 20th century. These people settled in many mining and mill towns in that area. One such area was Cambria County, about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh. This excellent web page gives you access to the Cambria County Courthouse records, Cemetery transcriptions and obits.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacambri/
The LDS Family Search gives you access to over 2,000 microfilm parish records from Croatia. To determine if they have records for your ancestral village or town you can search at this site. These records can be ordered and rented through a FHC near you!
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
To locate a Family History Center near you search at this link. Oh, and by the way, most folks using the FHC are non-Mormons. What a great service!
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp
US Immigration and Naturalization Service Index of Library Collections and Services.
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/library.htm
Looking for your ancestors' "Citizenship Papers" (also known as Naturalization Records and Declarations of Intent)? This link has information on where to find those papers for each US state.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/oc/usa/naturl.html
This link gives you "how to" information for locating family records in Croatia.
http://www.croatians.com/CROATIAN%20GEN.htm
Need to find a name, address or phone number? Or do you need to correspond with a church? If they have a phone you will most likely find them in the online Croatia phone book.
http://www.tportal.hr/imenik/default.asp?lang=1
This link to the Roman Catholic Church in Bosnia is in the Croatian languge. However there is address and phone info for those churches at this web page. It is relatively easy to use; on the right side of the page you will find the three Dioceses in Bosnia: VRHBOSANSKA (central Bosnia), MOSTARSKA (Hercegovina) and BANJALUC"KA (NW Bosnia). If you click on them you will be taken to a listing of parish addresses in various villages and towns.
http://www.bkbih.org/kta/
Veli Los"inj - STEPPING BACK: a compilation of Indexes of Vital Records from Veli Losinj (Lussingrande) 1774-1918 by Barbara J. Starkey.
http://www.durham.net/facts/crogen/newsltr10.html
Other ethnic groups in Croatia
Jews first came to Croatia from Spain seeking protection from the Inquisition. You can link to your Croatian-Jewish Genealogy at this web page.
http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/Croatia.htm
Germans have lived in Croatia for several hundred years and are known as Donauschwabians.
http://www.genealogy.net/gene/reg/ESE/dsslawon.html
http://www.genealogy.net/gene/reg/ESE/dshist.txt
Croatia had a union with Hungary which lasted over 800 years. Many ethnic Hungarians, known as Magyars, live in Croatia.
http://public.srce.hr/maho/mesz.html
Ruthenians (aka Rusyn, Carpatho-Rusyn) have lived in Croatia since 1740.
http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/vojv/
Many groups of people have settled in Croatia assimilating with the local population. The Morlachs, Vlachs or Vlaci is one such group. Some Croatian surnames belie a Vlaci heritage.
http://www.farsarotul.org/nl16_1.htm
On the beautiful Istrian peninsula there is a group known as Istro-Romanians. They are listed as a group which is threatened by extinction.
http://www.vlachophiles.net/istria.htm
The invasion of Croatia and neighboring lands by the Ottoman Turks created mass migrations of people. One such group is the Arbanasi, who fled from the area of Albania. They settled mainly in the Adriatic port city of Zadar, where their descendents live today.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icurkovic/Arbanasi.html
Phone Directories on-line
Croatia on-line phone directory. Just enter the surname regardless of keyboard style and you can search for the surname by zupanija (county) or for "The Entire Croatia".
http://www.tportal.hr/imenik/default.asp?lang=1
Worldwide Phone Directory; index of phone books for 170 countries.
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/
Bosnia phone directory. Many of our Croatian ancestors immigrated to the US from Bosnia.
http://www.imenik.telecom.ba/
Postal Code Directory
Croatia has codes much like our US Zip Codes. These must be included in any mailing address. A file of Postal Codes for Croatian towns and cities can be found at this web page.
http://www.posta.hr/usluge_e.asp?grupa=5 [BROKEN LINK]
Religions in Croatia
Catholic Churches in Croatia.
http://www.hbk.hr/eng
Jewish communities in Croatia.
http://www.kosherdelight.com/Croatia.htm
Evangelical (Lutheran) Churches in Croatia.
http://lkg.jalb.de:8080/lkg/jsp/church.jsp?church_id=57&lang=en&side_id=7
This link has a listing of Orthodox Churches in Croatia.
http://www.suc.org/yugoslavia/html/churches.html?Suc_Session=4df94c774a68e82a319fe75d7cbb60ef
Many Hungarians belong to the Protestant Hungarian Reformed Church in Croatia.
http://www.reformed-croatia.info/english.html
Croatians in America
Croatians in the Midwest: Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc. began arriving in 1890s, with the height of that immigration in the early 1900s. Croatians arrived to earn a living in the steel mills and machine shops. This web page has histories of many of those communities. Activities and contacts in those communities can also he found.
http://www.midwest-croatians.org/ [BROKEN LINK]
The only Croatian Byzantine Rite Catholic Church, St. Nicholas, in N. America is located in Cleveland, Ohio. Z"umberc"ani settled in Cleveland beginning in the 1870s.
http://www.midwest-croatians.org/archives/stnicholas.html [BROKEN LINK]
Croatian Roman Catholic Parishes in the US and Canada.
http://www.stjeromecroatian.org/eng/usacanada.html
St. Nicholas in Pittsburgh, PA, was the first Croatian catholic church in US. This church is now in danger of demolition to make way for highway expansion.
http://users.telerama.com/~emq/index.html
Cemetery inscriptions from the St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cemetery in Pittsburgh, PA.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/21stnick.htm
Tombstone transcriptions for Mononghela Cemetery in Braddock, PA.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Etandnmca/monongahela/moncem.html
St. Bonafice in Pittsburgh, PA, inscriptions can be found here, including many Croatian names.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/boniface2002.htm
Croatians settled in many Iron Range towns in Minnesota; one such town was Gilbert. You will find links to the Iron Range Research Center, which has genealogical records and also the 1920 census, which lists 22 Croatians.
http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/gilbert/
Illinois Statewide Vital Records Databases: Death Index pre 1916-1950 and Marriage Index, 1763–1900.
http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html
Many Croatians settled in central Iowa where they were employed as coal miners. Many surnames from Gorski Kotar are found among the tombstones at St. Mary Cemetery in Albia, iowa. To find those tombstones click on Census near the bottom of the page.
http://www.iamonroe.org/cemetery/stmalbia.html [BROKEN LINK]
Tombstone inscriptions for Loretta/St. Peter Cemetery (part of Prince of Peace Parish) Devlin St., Arlington Heights, St. Clair Twp., Pittsburgh, PA.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/03loretta-stpeter.htm
In the days before insurance and social security immigrants sought ways to ensure that they would not burden their families in case of death. Fraternal societies performed this function along with being a way to maintain their culture and some contact with the old homeland. The Croatian Fraternal Union of America was one such organization. It has grown to become the largest Croatian organization in the world. They can also be a resource for records of your ancestors.
http://www.croatianfraternalunion.org/
Another fraternal benefit society is the Croatian Catholic Union of United States and Canada.
http://www.ccu-usa-can.org/ [BROKEN LINK]
Louisiana was one of the first states settled by Croatians, where they are credited with the establishment of the oyster industry. Today in New Orleans, and down river in the Mississippi delta region, their descendants can still be found.
http://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/main_misc_croatians_s_la.html
The Northwest US, Washington State and Oregon, saw an influx of Croatian immigrants.
http://www.arts.wa.gov/progFA/balkandance/fabalkandance3.html
Professional genealogical research services for Croatia (please note! When employing any genealogical service you should ask for references.)
Fritz Frigan
http://www.croatianroots.com
Adam Eterovich
http://www.croatians.com/
Dubrovnik, Konavle, Peljes"ac, Koloc"ep, Lopud, S"ipan and Lastovo (not Mljet or Korc"ula).
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5878/services.html
Niko Kapetanic'. Niko, a native of Konavle, has been researching Konavle genealogy for over 20 years.
http://www.croatia-in-english.com/kapetanic/index.html
Grant Karcich. Grant specializes in Istria (largest city: Rijeka) and the islands south of there.
http://www.durham.net/facts/crogen/
Tom Ninkovich. Tom lives near Dubrovnik for half the year and the other half roaming around the Western U.S. gathering information on Konavlian emigrants.
http://www.croatia-in-english.com/tom/index.html
Family Pages
BABICH, BELULOVICH, BLASKOVICH, BRANCELLA, CARLOVICH, SGAGLIARDICH, SMOKOVICH, from Istria.
http://beckysworld.info/History_Room.htm
CIBILICH, PETROVICH, TOMASOVICH, MURINA, JURISICH, BILICH, SLABICH and ZEGURA from village of DUBA NEAR TRPANJ on the PELJESAC PENINSULA in Croatia.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7584/page2.html
C"URKOVIC', CIKOJEVIC', S"KOJO, and LJUBIC"IC' Family web page
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icurkovic/
BAICH/DRUHAR Family from Aljmas".
http://users.rttinc.com/~baich/ [BROKEN LINK]
GREGORICH Family
http://www.gregorich.net/
FRIGAN, FUNELIC', ZENKO, MESEC, ZIMSEK, CEPIN, RUKAVINA, LISEK.
http://croatianroots.com/frigan/index.htm [BROKEN LINK]
KAUZLARICH, PADAVICH, POLICH, RASKIE,TOMICH.
http://www.fredandlinda.com/
MIKULICH
http://www.mikulich.com/
MIKAS"EVIC from Kapela, Bejlovar.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mikacevich/
MIS"KIC' from Drenova, Brcko, Bosnia,
http://free-du.htnet.hr/Anto_Miskic/english.htm
S"EGULJA Family from Novi Vinodolski
http://www.segulja.net/
S"POLJAREVIC' from Kosturica.
http://home.iprimus.com.au/spoljarevic/genealogy/main_Eng.htm
STUPARICH from Losinj.
http://205.150.196.189/~stupar/newsgrc/
S"UBAT from Zlobin
http://www.csd.net/~liz/genctr/croatia.htm [BROKEN LINK]
SUHOR from Dalmatia.
http://www.suhorfamily.com/index.html
ROZIC' family of Vrbanska Draga (near Karlovac)
http://www.maro.net/gen.htm [BROKEN LINK]
DOMINIKOVICH
from Momici in Dalmatia
http://www.angelfire.com/nd/domneal/dom.html/
PEROVIC'
http://users.bigpond.net.au/perovicgenealogy/home.html
SMILJANIC'
http://www.sandsmachine.com/doljani.htm
MAZ"URANIC' family originates from Croatia (Dalmatian coastal region). Many have been traced to the village of Novi Vinodolski
http://www.rootsweb.com/~autwgw/gen/maz/index.htm
RADISICH, PECARICH, RULJANOVICH, MARDESICH, KOVACEVICH, ZUANICH, and STANOVICH (focus on Croatian settlement in Whatcom County, Washington State)
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/l/e/Margaret-A-Sleasman/?Welcome=1011145060
DEVC"IC', DOS"EN, PAVIC"IC' and TOMLJENOVIC' from Lukovo Sugarje, Croatia
http://www.geocities.com/mary_lawrie/frontpage.html
FUMICH
http://www.fumich.com/
KRAMARSIC'
http://www.inet.hr/~ikramars/
MILOSLAVIC'
http://www.miloslavic.com/
ORLOVAC Family from Bukovica (Banja Luka), Bosnia-Hercegovina
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/o/r/l/Marinko-Orlovac/index.html?Welcome=1050856570
Miscellaneous
There are numerous software programs available for constructing your family tree. This link will take you to the LDS web page, where you can download a FREE family tree program known as PAF.
http://www.familysearch.com/
Another very good family tree program is Legacy. There is a FREE version at the link below.
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/
If you are looking for Croatian specialities you may want to check out "Heart of Croatia".
http://croatiagifts.safeshopper.com/
Is anyone looking for the same surname? Does anyone have information on your surname? A good way to find out is using Google.com search. Simply go to this link, type in the surname you are interested in followed by the word genealogy. You may find others looking for the surname!
http://www.google.com/
Robert Jerin
Croatian Heritage Museum
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
E-mail: rjerin26@yahoo.com
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