Diego Vukovich wrote: > > I'm Interested in the DUGI family of Varazdin, Croatia from 1800 to the present. I'm specifically looking for parentage and birth information of the following persons: > > Blaz DUGI (1878-1960) Married with Marija Vesely (1882-1962) > > Marija's father was the mayor of Brno or Bratislava. > > Stjepan DUGI (Brother of Blaz) > > Mirko DUGI (Brother of Blaz) > > Andrija DUGI (Brother of Blaz) > > Related surnames : ZNIDAR, FEKEZA, VESELY, HERCIGONJA. > > Related cities: Kapla, Tabor, Slovenia; Zagreb, Croatia; Varazdin, Croatia. > > I'll be happy to share information with other researches interested on any of this families. Am not researching your surnames. Your surname information does present some speculation. Hungarians had a surname ending -ics which was not native to Hungarian but a phonetic adaptation i.e. written -ics pron. ick. This was akin to South Slavic surname affix -ic'/-vic', -ovic' pron. ovich, meaning 'son of'. Pronounced the same as and means the same thing as 'son of' (clan name) in Croatian. Vuk = wolf (C) So you would be Diego (James) Vukovic' (Vukovich) The Croatian telephone directory lists 13 surnames Dugi under Varaz^din z^upanija (county), including 1 surname listed under Varaz^din (town) Croatian Vlaho (male) Blaz, Blase after St. Blaise Andrija (male) Andrew Marija (female) Mary, Maria Mirko (male) Diminutive for Miroslav/Milan ? Stjepan (male) Stephen Vesely looks like a Czech surname rather than a Croatian surname. Vesely' = merry (Cz) The ancestors of Moravian Croats arrived during 16th century (fleeing before Turks) in Austria, Hungary, and Slovakia. Czech-Bohemia (including Moravia 1849-1918) was a kingdom (10th century-1918) and part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. It was an Austrian Kronland (province) Both German and Czech languages were used. Mähren => Maehren => Marin => Moravia. Mähren was an Austrian Crownland located East of Böhmen (Bohemia). Its capital was Brünn (Brno) which is now located in the Czech Republic. There are 2 place names Tabor located in Slovenia. Kapla may be Kapele, Slovenia. The six republics that formed the former Yugoslavia were : Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Serbia. The Croats of Slovakia arrived in Bratislava in mid 16th century. Before WW I, Slovakia was part of Upper Hungary (Felvidék) and part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918) and earlier a part of Hungary under the Austrian Empire. Hungarian names were used for towns and counties. Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia was known as Pozsony (H) Pressburg (G) There was no country called Czechoslovakia until WW I peace treaty (1920) The LDS-Mormons filmed the Roman Catholic parish church records (1707-1920) for Varasdin, Kroatien, Austria; later Varasd, Varasd megye (county), Hungary; now Varaz^din, Croatia. Text in Latin, Croatian and Hungarian. film # 1739462-1739467 1739499-1739506 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 v Frank Kurcina

Hi Frank: First of all thank you for the info..then I wish to make a correction because it is posible that I express my querry in a wrong way.. " I'm Interested in the DUGI family of Varazdin, Croatia from 1800 to the present. I'm specifically looking for parentage and birth information of the following persons:...." "....Am not researching your surnames. Your surname information does present some speculation. Hungarians had a surname ending -ics which was not native to Hungarian but a phonetic adaptation i.e. written -ics pron. ick. This was akin to South Slavic surname affix -ic'/-vic', -ovic' pron. ovich, meaning 'son of'. Pronounced the same as and means the same thing as 'son of' (clan name) in Croatian. "... I didn't mean to say that Dugi family were originated in Croatia, I'm sure that my Great grandfather was from Varazdin, so I'm trying to start from there.. Another item that may be a little confusing is that my surname is Vukovich, but may grandfather was Dugi, that is because he have to change his to came to Argentina.. Anyway the rest of the info you gave me was very helpful, thank you again.. Best regards, Diego ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Kurchina" <frankur@worldnet.att.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 2:07 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Dugi Family Diego Vukovich wrote: > > I'm Interested in the DUGI family of Varazdin, Croatia from 1800 to the present. I'm specifically looking for parentage and birth information of the following persons: > > Blaz DUGI (1878-1960) Married with Marija Vesely (1882-1962) > > Marija's father was the mayor of Brno or Bratislava. > > Stjepan DUGI (Brother of Blaz) > > Mirko DUGI (Brother of Blaz) > > Andrija DUGI (Brother of Blaz) > > Related surnames : ZNIDAR, FEKEZA, VESELY, HERCIGONJA. > > Related cities: Kapla, Tabor, Slovenia; Zagreb, Croatia; Varazdin, Croatia. > > I'll be happy to share information with other researches interested on any of this families. Am not researching your surnames. Your surname information does present some speculation. Hungarians had a surname ending -ics which was not native to Hungarian but a phonetic adaptation i.e. written -ics pron. ick. This was akin to South Slavic surname affix -ic'/-vic', -ovic' pron. ovich, meaning 'son of'. Pronounced the same as and means the same thing as 'son of' (clan name) in Croatian. Vuk = wolf (C) So you would be Diego (James) Vukovic' (Vukovich) The Croatian telephone directory lists 13 surnames Dugi under Varaz^din z^upanija (county), including 1 surname listed under Varaz^din (town) Croatian Vlaho (male) Blaz, Blase after St. Blaise Andrija (male) Andrew Marija (female) Mary, Maria Mirko (male) Diminutive for Miroslav/Milan ? Stjepan (male) Stephen Vesely looks like a Czech surname rather than a Croatian surname. Vesely' = merry (Cz) The ancestors of Moravian Croats arrived during 16th century (fleeing before Turks) in Austria, Hungary, and Slovakia. Czech-Bohemia (including Moravia 1849-1918) was a kingdom (10th century-1918) and part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. It was an Austrian Kronland (province) Both German and Czech languages were used. Mähren => Maehren => Marin => Moravia. Mähren was an Austrian Crownland located East of Böhmen (Bohemia). Its capital was Brünn (Brno) which is now located in the Czech Republic. There are 2 place names Tabor located in Slovenia. Kapla may be Kapele, Slovenia. The six republics that formed the former Yugoslavia were : Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Serbia. The Croats of Slovakia arrived in Bratislava in mid 16th century. Before WW I, Slovakia was part of Upper Hungary (Felvidék) and part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918) and earlier a part of Hungary under the Austrian Empire. Hungarian names were used for towns and counties. Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia was known as Pozsony (H) Pressburg (G) There was no country called Czechoslovakia until WW I peace treaty (1920) The LDS-Mormons filmed the Roman Catholic parish church records (1707-1920) for Varasdin, Kroatien, Austria; later Varasd, Varasd megye (county), Hungary; now Varaz^din, Croatia. Text in Latin, Croatian and Hungarian. film # 1739462-1739467 1739499-1739506 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 v Frank Kurcina