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    1. [CROATIA-L] LDS Record Searches
    2. 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 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. When starting, I have found that the marriage records are the most useful as these provide (usually) the parents names and the witness names. Many times the latter are one or more grandparents. Although relatively brief as noted above this is the only "roadmap" type of record I have discovered. From it, plus diligent searching and much eye strain, you can go back in time. Of course if you have exact dates, use those in the search. Dick Puz

    03/05/2002 02:53:16