Mary Hegarty wrote: > > on 3/17/02 7:37 AM, Frank Kurchina at frankur@worldnet.att.net wrote: > > > > > > > Mary Hegarty wrote: > >> > >> What a difference a letter makes. I started to search under Fanta instead of > >> Fonta and I found my grandmother's passenger record! Marie Fanta arrived > >> with two of the children on Mar. 3, 1909 from Virovitica. She was going to > >> join her husband Emil in White Plains, NY. On the map of Croatia I noticed > >> that Virovitica is close to Hungary and it looks like a relatively large > >> town or city. The one thing that's puzzling though is I still can't find > >> Emil's passenger record. > >> Mary Hegarty > > > > Yes. > > The ship manifest listed Last Residence as Virovitica, but more > > important it also listed her place of birth as Virovitica. > > > > > > The LDS-Mormons filmed the R.C. parish church records (1686-1900) > > for Veröcze (also known as Veroviditz, Verovicza, or Veroviticza), > > Slavonien, Austria; later Verocze, Verocze megye (county), Hungary; > > now Virovitica, Croatia. > > Text in Latin and Croatian. > > > > film # > > 1738864 > > 1738865 > > 1738866 > > 1738867 > > 1738878 > > 1738879 > > 1738880 > > 2120511 > > 2120512 > > > > > > These microfilm reels are available for rental and viewing > > at any Family History Center (FHC) worldwide. > > 90% of patrons are non-Mormons doing surname research. > > > > LDS - Mormon FHCs - LOCATIONS > > http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchfhc2.asp > > > > Virovitica > > http://www.ring.net/virovitica/eng/ > Yes, I'm going to get into those records asap. But what happened after 1900? > I also noticed that on the manifest her mother is listed as maybe Cath ? > looks like Pavkolovic. > Mary H 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. Most of these church records end before WW I. 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 State Archives, located at: Varaz^din, Zagreb, Bjelovar, Pazin, Rijeka, Karlovac, Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik, Sisak, Slavonski Brod, and Osijek. (most records end in the 1880s) For post-1900 surname records you will need to write the civil registry office serving Virovitica and in the Croatian language. They will reply to your inquiry in Croatian as well. address : Matic^ni ured, Z^upanija Virovitic^ko-Podra Trg Ljudevita Patac^ic'a 1 33000 Virovitica Hrvatska (Croatia) ------------------------------------------- Registry office for Virovitic^ko-Podra county address 1 L P Square PSC or ZIP code for Virovitica Croatia -------------------------------------------
on 3/17/02 9:13 AM, Frank Kurchina at frankur@worldnet.att.net wrote: > > > Mary Hegarty wrote: >> >> on 3/17/02 7:37 AM, Frank Kurchina at frankur@worldnet.att.net wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Mary Hegarty wrote: >>>> >>>> What a difference a letter makes. I started to search under Fanta instead >>>> of >>>> Fonta and I found my grandmother's passenger record! Marie Fanta arrived >>>> with two of the children on Mar. 3, 1909 from Virovitica. She was going to >>>> join her husband Emil in White Plains, NY. On the map of Croatia I noticed >>>> that Virovitica is close to Hungary and it looks like a relatively large >>>> town or city. The one thing that's puzzling though is I still can't find >>>> Emil's passenger record. >>>> Mary Hegarty >>> >>> Yes. >>> The ship manifest listed Last Residence as Virovitica, but more >>> important it also listed her place of birth as Virovitica. >>> >>> >>> The LDS-Mormons filmed the R.C. parish church records (1686-1900) >>> for Veröcze (also known as Veroviditz, Verovicza, or Veroviticza), >>> Slavonien, Austria; later Verocze, Verocze megye (county), Hungary; >>> now Virovitica, Croatia. >>> Text in Latin and Croatian. >>> >>> film # >>> 1738864 >>> 1738865 >>> 1738866 >>> 1738867 >>> 1738878 >>> 1738879 >>> 1738880 >>> 2120511 >>> 2120512 >>> >>> >>> These microfilm reels are available for rental and viewing >>> at any Family History Center (FHC) worldwide. >>> 90% of patrons are non-Mormons doing surname research. >>> >>> LDS - Mormon FHCs - LOCATIONS >>> http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchfhc2.asp >>> >>> Virovitica >>> http://www.ring.net/virovitica/eng/ >> Yes, I'm going to get into those records asap. But what happened after 1900? >> I also noticed that on the manifest her mother is listed as maybe Cath ? >> looks like Pavkolovic. >> Mary H > > 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. > Most of these church records end before WW I. > > 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 State Archives, located at: > Varaz^din, Zagreb, Bjelovar, Pazin, Rijeka, Karlovac, Zadar, Split, > Dubrovnik, Sisak, Slavonski Brod, and Osijek. > (most records end in the 1880s) > > > For post-1900 surname records you will need to write the civil > registry office serving Virovitica and in the Croatian language. > They will reply to your inquiry in Croatian as well. > > > address : > > Matic^ni ured, Z^upanija Virovitic^ko-Podra > Trg Ljudevita Patac^ic'a 1 > 33000 Virovitica > Hrvatska (Croatia) > > ------------------------------------------- > Registry office for Virovitic^ko-Podra county > address 1 L P Square > PSC or ZIP code for Virovitica > Croatia > ------------------------------------------- Frank, Thank you for the microfilm numbers. I was surprised there are two FHCs near me in the Florida panhandle. Now all I need is a course in Croatian! Mary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hegarty" <mhegarty@cybertron.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Virovitica on 3/17/02 9:13 AM, Frank Kurchina at frankur@worldnet.att.net wrote: > > > Mary Hegarty wrote: >> >> on 3/17/02 7:37 AM, Frank Kurchina at frankur@worldnet.att.net wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Mary Hegarty wrote: >>>> >>>> What a difference a letter makes. I started to search under Fanta instead >>>> of >>>> Fonta and I found my grandmother's passenger record! Marie Fanta arrived >>>> with two of the children on Mar. 3, 1909 from Virovitica. She was going to >>>> join her husband Emil in White Plains, NY. On the map of Croatia I noticed >>>> that Virovitica is close to Hungary and it looks like a relatively large >>>> town or city. The one thing that's puzzling though is I still can't find >>>> Emil's passenger record. >>>> Mary Hegarty >>> >>> Yes. >>> The ship manifest listed Last Residence as Virovitica, but more >>> important it also listed her place of birth as Virovitica. >>> >>> >>> The LDS-Mormons filmed the R.C. parish church records (1686-1900) >>> for Veröcze (also known as Veroviditz, Verovicza, or Veroviticza), >>> Slavonien, Austria; later Verocze, Verocze megye (county), Hungary; >>> now Virovitica, Croatia. >>> Text in Latin and Croatian. >>> >>> film # >>> 1738864 >>> 1738865 >>> 1738866 >>> 1738867 >>> 1738878 >>> 1738879 >>> 1738880 >>> 2120511 >>> 2120512 >>> >>> >>> These microfilm reels are available for rental and viewing >>> at any Family History Center (FHC) worldwide. >>> 90% of patrons are non-Mormons doing surname research. >>> >>> LDS - Mormon FHCs - LOCATIONS >>> http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchfhc2.asp >>> >>> Virovitica >>> http://www.ring.net/virovitica/eng/ >> Yes, I'm going to get into those records asap. But what happened after 1900? >> I also noticed that on the manifest her mother is listed as maybe Cath ? >> looks like Pavkolovic. >> Mary H > > 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. > Most of these church records end before WW I. > > 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 State Archives, located at: > Varaz^din, Zagreb, Bjelovar, Pazin, Rijeka, Karlovac, Zadar, Split, > Dubrovnik, Sisak, Slavonski Brod, and Osijek. > (most records end in the 1880s) > > > For post-1900 surname records you will need to write the civil > registry office serving Virovitica and in the Croatian language. > They will reply to your inquiry in Croatian as well. > > > address : > > Matic^ni ured, Z^upanija Virovitic^ko-Podra > Trg Ljudevita Patac^ic'a 1 > 33000 Virovitica > Hrvatska (Croatia) > > ------------------------------------------- > Registry office for Virovitic^ko-Podra county > address 1 L P Square > PSC or ZIP code for Virovitica > Croatia > ------------------------------------------- Frank, Thank you for the microfilm numbers. I was surprised there are two FHCs near me in the Florida panhandle. Now all I need is a course in Croatian! Mary Hello Mary, No need to speak Croatian. Just refer to Tom Ninkovich's tutorial on how to read those records. http://www.croatia-in-english.com/index.html Robert Jerin