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From: "Branko Colavizza" <>
Subject: RE: [CROATIA-L] Domitrovic
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 01:31:50 +1000
In-Reply-To: <3CC07183.896B9F1@worldnet.att.net>


Zdravo Frank,

but I can also eat and drink in Italian.

Your news will save ordering the films.

Looks like the long way is the only way. Other than writing letters of which
there are numerous samples, what's the go re payment and how much say for a
Parish or the archive office. I would expect that cash in the envelope is
not the way.

My father in 1942 went to the "zastavnicka skola" in Zagreb and than served
with the NDH army and he went under the name Kolovica. As you probably
gather the roots go into Italy, Udine which is even more interesting in
trying to find some info as Italian I don't speak. But that's another
challenge. One day at a time.


Regards,
Branko Colavizza

http://www.geocities.com/bcolaau/

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Kurchina [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, 20 April 2002 5:36 AM
To: Branko Colavizza
Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Domitrovic


> Hi Frank,

> Again, thanks. I'll order the films you nominated and see what is
unearthed,
> beyond that I imagine it's every man for himself.

> What about military records, I know my father served during WWII.

> Regards,
> Branko Colavizza


Zdravo (although some prefer Italian Ciao)

So your mother's b.c. stated :

Z^upni ured-Lukovdol
Prebivalis^te i nadlez^nost - Osojnik
Kotar - Karlovac


parish church office - Lukovdol
residence and jurisdiction
district- Karlovac


So LDS filmed the church records for the other Osojnik located in
the Dubrovnik (Ragusa) region.

In 1945, all birth, marriage, and death records held by
churches in Croatia were turned over to the civil authorities
and were deposited with the 'opc'ina' (community city office).
For small villages or places that did not have a city office -
the opc'ina would then be in the next largest village or town.

There are 416 municipalities (opc'ine sg. opc'ina) under the
20 z^upanija (county) in Croatia.
Croatia has 6694 settlements, consisting of 205 cities and
6489 villages.


Churches were allowed to keep only baptismal records and Status
Animarun (i.e. Stanju Dusa (Status of Souls) - the so-called
"Knjiga Dusa" - "A Book of Souls".
This is a census-like document listing family memebers; i.e. a
genealogical record of any one generation and lists the man and
woman upon marriage and each child as born ; commented if emigrated or
had died.

Any birth and death records older than 1860 were turned over
to the Croatian historical archives.
My understanding is that all religious records had been collected
in 12 regional State Archives, located at: Varaz^din, Zagreb, Bjelovar,
Pazin,
Rijeka, Karlovac, Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik, Sisak, Slavonski Brod, and
Osijek.

* The Croatian National Archives (Hrvatski Drz^avni Arhiv) located in
Zagreb is main depository of old church records for many parts of
the country.

* address :

Hrvatski drz^avni arhiv
Marulicev trg 21
10000 Zagreb
Hrvatska

email :

address :

Drz^avni arhiv Karlovac
Lj. S^estica 5
47000 Karlovac
Hrvatska


As for military records from WW 2 era.
Your father served during WW II.
In what country and for which group ?

The Germans and Italians invaded Yugoslavia in 1941.
Some Croatians and Slovenes were pro-German and fought against the
Communists.
The Communist Yugoslavs killed their POWs after the war had ended in
1945.

I fought against the German Army in France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia.
1950-1952 I fought against the Communist NKs and later the Chinese in
Korea.

v
Frank Kurcina


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