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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Myth or Reality: Ćurković Family Origins Lie in Glamoč?
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in Bitelić, Duvno, Glamoč, Perušić-Benkovački, Sinj, Songs, Traditions, Uskoks, Viennese War, Zemunik, Ćurković | No Comments »...A znate li, Turci janjičari, otkolen sam, od koje li strane? Ta ja jesam od Glamoča grada, evo ima čet’ri godinice, da ja jesam u Kunar-planini, po planini ja ga čuvam blaga Ma Alije, Kopčića Alije, ...But do you know, Turks and janissaries, where I am from, from ...
Back to the Genealogical Future
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Posted in Anniversaries, Bitelić, Sinj, Viennese War, Ćurković | No Comments »One of my favourite movies of all time is Back to the Future, the 1985 comedy starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. Michael J. Fox plays Marty McFly, a teenager who, through circumstances beyond his control, goes back to ...
Šilobadović’s Chronicles
Saturday, January 5th, 2008 Posted in Books, Buško Blato, Candian War, Duvno, Pave Šilobadović, Viennese War | 2 Comments »One of the more interesting books I have recently found online is a collection of works from 1888 entitled Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Knjiga XX (Yugoslavian Academy of Science and Arts, Volume 20). Personally, I found it somewhat strange ...