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 ...