Useful links for Croatia genealogy

Here is a listing of useful links to help with genealogical research for Croatia.

GENEALOGY MESSAGE BOARDS/FORUMS

Croatia genforum message board:

http://genforum.genealogy.com/croatia/

Rootsweb genealogy message board:

http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Croatia/General

Croatia based HR message board

http://www.hr/webbbs/genealogy/

Family History message board of Ancestry.com

http://www.familyhistory.com/messages/Messages.asp?msgindex=...

MAPS, PLACENAME LOCATORS, ETC.

Place name locator for the world, inc. Croatia:

http://www.multimap.com/index/HR1.htm

Croatia and Bosnia maps:

http://www.kakarigi.net/maps/

Croatia town and city locator. Due to the lack of being able to view Croatian letters with diacritcal markings the names may appear a bit unusual but just use common sense and you will find the place you are seeking.

http://www.calle.com/world/croatia/index.html

1910 Hungarian County Maps, inc. areas of Croatia and Slavonia (site is in Hungarian but maps are useful)
Click on LINKS and then click on 1910 Hungarian County Maps, Croatian areas will be included in Lika-Kravaba, Modrus-Fiume, Zagrab, Varasd, Belovar, Baranya, Veroce, Szerem and Pozsega.

http://www.familytree.hu/

A very good place name locator for all Eastern Europe

http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm

SURNAME SEARCH

A general article about the history of surnames

http://www.rootscomputing.com/howto/names/names.htm

Ancestry com

http://www.ancestry.com/?sourceid=00325405801503816180

Here is a link to FREE downloadable family tree software from the LDS (Mormon) church, I know several people who use it and like it

http://www.familysearch.com/

CROATIAN GENEALOGICAL HELP

Appleby in Rijeka, Croatia has a good genealogy page:

http://www.appleby.net/genealogy.html

Links to organizations Associated with FEEFHS from 14 Countries, inc. Croatia:

http://feefhs.org/ethnic.html

Croatians Books, Croatian Immigration, Croatian Coats of Arms, Croatian Genealogy, Croatian Heraldry, Ragusan Press Books, CGHS- By Adam S. Eterovich. Croatian Genealogical and Heraldic Society, research available

http://www.croatians.com/index.html

A Croatia genealogy newsletter:

http://www.durham.net/facts/crogen/newsltr.html

A link to information about Germans, Donauschwabians, in Croatia (Slavonia):

http://www.genealogy.net/gene/reg/ESE/dsslawon.html

Proffessional Croatian genealogical services:

http://feefhs.org/cro/crs.html

Croatia History links, plus lots more

http://www.dalmatia.net/croatia/history/links.htm

The Province of Burgenland, Austria, was formed from parts of the Hungarian counties (Megye) of Vas, Sopron and Moson following WWI . While it is Austria's youngest province, it can claim to be one of the oldest. It has a fascinating history worthy of being studied in detail. The population comprises people of mainly Germanic, Croatian and Hungarian descent.

http://www.spacestar.com/users/hapander/burgen.html

History of the Arbanasi in Croatia

http://www.hwcn.org/~ae987/Curkovic/Arbanasi.html

ON LINE PHONE Books

Croatia on line phone books. NOTE: to use the on line phone books first select area code (zupanija which means county), then type in the name you are searching for next to Subscriber, then check the circle next to csz (this will allow use of English style keyboards), select 100 results and then click on query. You will see the list of names. The listings include phone number and mailing addresses and will also give you the correct Croatian spelling, with diacritical marks over csz. Be sure not to use the Anglicized or Americanized version I. E. ch or sh when searching. The page will also display as list of towns by county if you click on that bar. Information includes phone number, name, address and city.

http://imenik.hinet.hr/imenik-asp/index.asp?lang=us

ON LINE PHONE Books CONT.

An Internet index of online phone books, with over 400 links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from over 170 countries all around the world.

http://www.teldir.com/eng/

MISC.

Help with understanding the Croatian language

http://www.hr/hrvatska/language/CroLang.html

Jerin family page:

http://www.geocities.com/jerinfamily/index.html

Croatian Heritage Museum and Library, Cleveland, Ohio USA

http://www.croatian-heritage-museum.com/sys-tmpl/door/

A very good meta-search engine (IMHO one of the best):

http://www.dogpile.com/index.gsp

Istro-Romanians in Croatia

http://www.istroromanian.net/


Good Luck! Let me know how it goes or if you have any other questions.


Robert Jerin
Croatian Heritage Museum
Cleveland, Ohio, USA