I am new at researching the Croatia side of my family and any help would be appreciated. I have the following information and would like to know how to access/locate church records. I do know that my great grandparents were Catholic. I am seaching for: Joseph Guntner b. April 28, 1878 in Sokolovac, Slovoninja I would like to know who his parents were and any brothers/sisters. I have heard that he had one brother Ivan (John) that supposedly died in a Russian Prison Camp. I have heard that Joseph served in the army before coming to USA. He supposedly owned a grist mill. He married: Juliana Hegyi b. June 9 1879 in Korenica, Slovoninja. I understand that she had numerous brothers and sister. One sister's name was given to me as Eva. They married on March 6, 1902 in Daruvar, Slovoninja. Their oldest child, Frank, was born November 20, 1902 in Korenica, Slovoninja. My grandfather, John, was born September 9, 1911 in Ulianik, Slovoninja. Any direction or help would be appreciated. Kindest regards, Denise Guntner Talbot

DGuntner@aol.com wrote: > > I am new at researching the Croatia side of my family and any help would be > appreciated. I have the following information and would like to know how to > access/locate church records. I do know that my great grandparents were > Catholic. I am seaching for: > > Joseph Guntner b. April 28, 1878 in Sokolovac, Slovoninja I would like to > know who his parents were and any brothers/sisters. I have heard that he had > one brother Ivan (John) that supposedly died in a Russian Prison Camp. I > have heard that Joseph served in the army before coming to USA. He > supposedly owned a grist mill. He married: > > Juliana Hegyi b. June 9 1879 in Korenica, Slovoninja. I understand that she > had numerous brothers and sister. One sister's name was given to me as Eva. > > They married on March 6, 1902 in Daruvar, Slovoninja. Their oldest child, > Frank, was born November 20, 1902 in Korenica, Slovoninja. My grandfather, > John, was born September 9, 1911 in Ulianik, Slovoninja. > > Any direction or help would be appreciated. > > Kindest regards, > > Denise Guntner Talbot Gunther is a German surname. Hegyi is a Hungarian surname. There is no Sokolpvac, Korenica, Uljanik located in Slovenija. There was no country called Slovenija until after WW I. Sokolovac (Sokolovac Daruvarski) is located 52 miles ESE of Zagreb and 10 miles west of Daruvar in Croatia. Uljanik is located 52 miles ESE of Zagreb in Croatia. Korenica (Titova Korenica) is located 74 miles SSW of Zagreb in Croatia and close to the current Bosnia & Herzegovina border. 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 much 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 (Slovenija), 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 and was renamed Yugoslavia on Oct. 4, 1929. Yugoslavia existed as a country from 1929 until 1941. Then came WW 2 and the Germans and Italians invaded Yugoslavia. It then existed as a Communist state (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. The LDS-Mormons have filmed the R.C. parish church records for Sokolovac, Belovár-Körös megye (county), Hungary; later Sokolovac, Croatia. Text in Croatian.

Hi You could try the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints family history centres which is where I have accessed Zrnovo, Korcula records on film and with the help of my cousin we have taken most of our lines back to app mid 1700's. You can email Sylvia who is the International person for geneology in the church to find out what records are available for the area you are searching for.... here is her email address. PysnakovaSx@ldschurch.org Hope this is helpful. Regards Tania ----- Original Message ----- From: <DGuntner@aol.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 5:36 PM Subject: [CROATIA-L] church records > I am new at researching the Croatia side of my family and any help would be > appreciated. I have the following information and would like to know how to > access/locate church records. I do know that my great grandparents were > Catholic. I am seaching for: > > Joseph Guntner b. April 28, 1878 in Sokolovac, Slovoninja I would like to > know who his parents were and any brothers/sisters. I have heard that he had > one brother Ivan (John) that supposedly died in a Russian Prison Camp. I > have heard that Joseph served in the army before coming to USA. He > supposedly owned a grist mill. He married: > > Juliana Hegyi b. June 9 1879 in Korenica, Slovoninja. I understand that she > had numerous brothers and sister. One sister's name was given to me as Eva. > > They married on March 6, 1902 in Daruvar, Slovoninja. Their oldest child, > Frank, was born November 20, 1902 in Korenica, Slovoninja. My grandfather, > John, was born September 9, 1911 in Ulianik, Slovoninja. > > Any direction or help would be appreciated. > > Kindest regards, > > Denise Guntner Talbot > >