Family History Research Made Easier Through Google Books
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 Posted in Books, Family History, Research Tips, Websites | No Comments »Researching and gathering material to document your Croatian family history can be a difficult task. For those who live outside of Croatia's borders, this is especially true. Let's face it, for many of us in North America the cost of ...
Prezime Ćurković – Vlado Pavičić
Monday, November 9th, 2009 Posted in Articles, Family History, Ćurković | 4 Comments »I. UVOD U životu svakoga čovjeka postoje tri pitanja kojima ne može nikako izbjeći, ma koliko bi to inače htio. Jedino što je možda različito od jednog do drugog jest jačina prisutnosti, odnosno potisnutosti potrebe suočavanja s njima, te pokušaja davanja ...
Small But Significant Places in Family History
Thursday, October 15th, 2009 Posted in Bjelovar, Catholic Church, Family History, Feast Days, Memories, Weddings | 5 Comments »[caption id="attachment_597" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="Sv. Terezija Avilska"][/caption] Today marks the feast of St. Teresa of Avila. About a hour's drive from the Hungarian border in the north-central Croatian town of Bjelovar, lies a church named in her honour (Sv. Terezija Avilska). ...
Starting Your Croatian Genealogy Research
Sunday, November 16th, 2008 Posted in Family History, Genealogy, Research Tips | 3 Comments »I occasionally get messages from people who are often impressed with the amount of work I have put into researching my family history and genealogy. Seeing the results of my labour, Lisa from 100 Years in America recently challenged me ...
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 ...
First Appearances of the Ćurković Family in the Sinj Area
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in Church Records, Family History, Hrvace, Livno, Sinj, Suhač, Viennese War | No Comments »Prior to the start of the Viennese War (1683-1699), much of what would be become known as the Dalmatian Zagora (Highlands) was under the control of the Ottoman Empire. However, by the year 1686, the Venetians, with the help of their ...
Holy Branches in the Family Tree?
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Books, Buško Blato, Catholic Church, Family History, Kurtovina, Livno, Ćurković | 1 Comment »Back in the summer of 2005, the Ćurković family and the entire village of Kurtovina celebrated as Drago Ćurković officially entered the priesthood, serving his first full mass at the local parish church in Rašeljke. The Ćurković family had never really ...
Croatian Heritage Portal to Cease Operations
Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Family History, Websites | 2 Comments »Today it was sadly announced that the Croatian web portal Moja Baština (My Heritage) is shutting down operations effective January 31, 2008 due to a lack of interest in it's commercial services. The news comes a little more than a ...
Luca Ćurković r. Škojo (1920-2007)
Friday, December 14th, 2007 Posted in Family History, Video Recordings, Ćurković, Škojo | 1 Comment »This past year has seen our family lose a couple of it's members, with the most recent one being the matriarch of our family. My baba (grandmother) died this past Tuesday morning in Bjelovar, Croatia at the age of 87.