----- Original Message ----- From: <PUZEXPRESS@aol.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 9:53 AM Subject: [CROATIA-L] LDS Record Searches > Sarah, > > You probably know this but perhaps not. > > The Croatian records I have seen on LDS microfilm are really three separate > and different church records-baptisms, deaths and marriages (liber > baptizatorum, liber defunctorum and liber matrimoniorum). All the headings > are written in Latin as is much of the data. Both Croatian and a "kind of a > slang" German are thrown in for good measure. If you are not familiar with Not all regions of Croatia had "slang" German on those records. > these languages, don't be put off as the LDS Home Centers have > mini-dictionaries of various languages extracted for the words most used by > genealogists. These work great. There is also a help page available for working with those records. http://www.croatia-in-english.com/gen/index.html Robert Jerin

Robert and Dick, Thanks to both of you for the input. Sarah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Jerin" <rjerin@adelphia.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] LDS Record Searches > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <PUZEXPRESS@aol.com> > To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 9:53 AM > Subject: [CROATIA-L] LDS Record Searches > > > > Sarah, > > > > You probably know this but perhaps not. > > > > The Croatian records I have seen on LDS microfilm are really three > separate > > and different church records-baptisms, deaths and marriages (liber > > baptizatorum, liber defunctorum and liber matrimoniorum). All the headings > > are written in Latin as is much of the data. Both Croatian and a "kind of > a > > slang" German are thrown in for good measure. If you are not familiar > with > > Not all regions of Croatia had "slang" German on those records. > > > these languages, don't be put off as the LDS Home Centers have > > mini-dictionaries of various languages extracted for the words most used > by > > genealogists. These work great. > > There is also a help page available for working with those records. > > http://www.croatia-in-english.com/gen/index.html > > Robert Jerin > >