Restaurant Dinara in Santiago, Chile
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 Posted in Bitelić, Chile, Video Recordings, Ćurković | 1 Comment »This blog post features a short 2-minute clip from the Croatian travel show, Idemo na put. The show is an episode from 2008 when the host, Goran Milić, went and did a feature on Santiago, Chile. There he found Restaurant ...
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 ...
Ćurković Toponyms
Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in Arbanasi, Banja Luka, Bitelić, Glamoč, Hrvace, Ivanjska, Kazaginac, Krušvar, Toponyms, Vinica, Ćurković | 2 Comments »I have always had a fascination with maps but I started to show more interest when I began to see places dotted with my surname on it. The names on maps are often referred to as toponyms - or the ...
Young Chilean Reconnects with Ćurković Relatives
Sunday, February 8th, 2009 Posted in Argentina, Articles, Bitelić, Chile, Povlja, Ćurković | 3 Comments »Contrary to what most people might expect, most Ćurković families colonized South America before they ever settled across North America. The countries of Chile and Argentina are both home to a number of Ćurković families who originally migrated here from ...
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 ...
Ćurkovići, Ćurkovići Everywhere
Sunday, November 4th, 2007 Posted in Arbanasi, Bitelić, Buško Blato, Duvno, Krušvar, Nuglašica, Perušić-Benkovački, Sinj, Ćurković | 2 Comments »It's amazing to see the number of Ćurković families today living in the diaspora, far away from the so-called "motherland". Countries such as Canada, the United States, Argentina, Chile, Germany, France, the UK and Japan are just a few of ...