There's a Trnovo close to Jajce in Bosna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Kurchina" <frankur@worldnet.att.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Bukovic from an unknown town > > > "Margaret B. Erbes" wrote: > > > > My grandfather, Ivan Bukovic, arrived in the US May 6, 1911 according the > > Ellis Island records. The town listed as last residence is the same as the > > town listed for nearest relative from "whence alien came". Same town but > > one listed as Austria and the other Slavonia. I asked once before if anyone > > had heard of this town (even Frank came up cold!) so I was wondering if > > anyone would mind looking at the manifest for me (but don't mind the name of > > the town as listed off the manifest as it may pre-dispose your translation!) > > I am afraid that I've seen the name so can't look at the manifest with a > > fresh eye. > > > > I sure would appreciate it! > > > > Peg Erbes > > I don't remember the Last Residence as listed in the ship manifest. > > However, there are two place names called Trnovo located in Slovenia, > the republic next to Croatia. > > 1) Trnovo (Tarnova) located 38 miles west of Ljubljana, Slovenia. > 2) Trnovo located 49 miles WNW of Ljubljana, Slovenia. > > The Austria connection makes this the plausible town. > > 1 Trnovo is located near the port of Trieste (Trst), Italy (then > Austria) > 2 Trnovo is located further north of the port but still is applicable. > > Following the First World War, new borders for Austro-Hungarian Monarchy > were set by the Treaties of Saint Germain-en-Laye (September 10, 1919) > and Trianon (June 4, 1920). > > As a result, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was utterly transformed into > smaller territories and new countries. > > Hungary became an entirely separate nation, but lost large portions of > its territories as well, retaining only core Hungarian-speaking areas. > Retained were West and Central Hungary plus a small western portion of > the Banat, the northern portion of the Batschka, the Central > Hungarian Highlands, and the northern portion of Swabian Turkey. > > A new country of Yugoslavia was also formed including the former > Austro-Hungarian lands of the southern portion of the Banat, the > southern portion of the Batschka, Bosnia-Hercegovina, the southern > portion of the duchy of Carinthia (Slovenia), most of the of duchy > of Carniola, Croatia-Slavonia, the kingdom of Dalmatia, the southern > portion of Swabian Turkey, the southern portion of duchy of Styria, > and Syrmia. > > (The Kingdom of Serbs,Croats and Slovenes was established on > Dec. 1, 1918) renamed Yugoslavia on October 4, 1929. > It existed as such until WW 2 in 1941. > (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) from 1945 to 1991. > The six republics that formed the former Yugoslavia were : > Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, > and Serbia. > > Following WW 1, Italy took for itself the southwestern portion of > duchy of Carniola, the county of Gorizia-Gradisca, the margraviate of > Istria, the town of Trieste, the southern portion of the county of > Tyrol, city of Zadar (formerly part of the Kingdom of Dalmatia), and > the islands of Cherso/Ceres, Lusino/Los^inj, and Lagosta/Lastovo. > > The 1947 (WW 2) peace treaty recognized Yugoslavia's acquisition of > the former Italian territory. > This included Dalmatian city of Zadar/Zara and the islands of > Cres/Cherso, Los^inj/Lusino, and Lastovo/Lagosta, as well as former city > of Rijeka/Fiume and, farther north, western Slovenia and part of Istria. > > 1867-1918 Istria was part of of Austria under the dual Austro-Hungarian > Monarchy. > > 1918-1947 Istria was part of Italy, not Croatia or Yugoslavia. > > Today, Trieste is not part of Istria nor of Croatia, but of Italy. > > In 1947, the Free Territory of Trieste was created . > Zone A (city of Trieste) was administered by Anglo-American forces > and Zone B by the Yugoslavs. > > In 1954, the Free Territory of Trieste was abolished. > Zone B was given to former Yugoslavia and Zone A was given to Italy. >