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Town of Klis – Old Ćurković Nesting Grounds?

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Bitelić, Candian War, Klis, Migrations, Sinj, Split, Suhač, Uskoks, Viennese War, Ćurković | No Comments »

Many historians generally believe that the many Ćurković families in the outlying areas of Sinj today as the descendants of those families that arrived from the southwestern regions of Bosnia-Hercegovina during the Viennese War of 1683-99. I agreed with this statement ...

Analysing the Manifests at Ellis Island

Saturday, March 21st, 2009 Posted in Arbanasi, Aržano, Buško Blato, Cikojević/Cikoja, Ellis Island, Kazaginac, Krušvar, Kupres, Kurtovina, Migrations, Sinj, Vinica, Zadar, Zemunik, Ćurković, Škojo | 3 Comments »

The picture of Ellis Island you see before you was taken by me during a fall trip to New York in 2005. This image was quite possibly among the first images immigrants saw upon their arrival to America between the ...

Trials and Tribulations of a Serial Genealogist

Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Bisko, Church Records, Family History, Genealogy, Krušvar, Legends, Migrations, Viennese War, Ćurković, Ćurkušić | 3 Comments »

Many of you may have noticed that I have devoted much time over the last few weeks discussing my research findings based on what I have seen and read in the old church registers belonging to the parish of Sinj ...

Descendants of the Viennese War (1683-1699)

Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in Church Records, Hrvace, Migrations, Sinj, Surnames, Viennese War | 2 Comments »

The Viennese or Morean War of 1683-1699 was a bloody war that is often known for the population exchanges that occurred between those sections of present-day Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina. After 150 years of waiting, Austria-Hungary successfully recaptured Slavonia while the ...