The Croatian Telephone Directory lists 6 Guntner's http://imenik.tel.hr/?lang=1 Ancestry.com have 81 records of family trees on http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?ti=0&surname=guntner&given= search through this you may find some links to your family name. Write or email to Archives of the names and areas you are interested in perhaps they can tell you where the records are held The one in Zagreb understands English. Drzavni arhiv Zagreb Opaticka 29 10 000 Zagreb tel. 01/ 4551-375; fax. 01/ 4851-374 e-mail: povijesni-arhiv-zg@zg.tel.hr or Drzavni arhiv Slavonski Brod A. Cesarca 1 35 000 Slavonski Brod tel. i fax. 035/ 446-573 e-mail: drzavni-arhiv-sb@sb.tel.hr The LDS have scan records for these areas you are looking for. See listed below film that you can hire for a small fee. Too see where the closest LDS Centre is in your area go to: http://familysearch.org/ and search Find a family Histrory centre near you to access library material. Sokolovac Roman Catholic parish registers (births, marriages, deaths) for Sokolovac, Belovár-Körös, Hungary; later Sokolovac, Croatia. Text in Serbo-Croatian. Maticna knjiga, 1845-1902 Authors Pravoslavna crkva. Zupa Sokolovac (Main Author) Note Location Film Rodeni 1845-1875 -- Vjencani 1878-1902 VAULT INTL Film 2118923 Items 1 - 2 Daruvar Metrical books (births, marriages, deaths) for the Roman Catholic congregation at Daruvár, Pozsega, Hungary; now Daruvar, Croatia. Text in Latin and Serbo-Croatian Title Maticna knjiga, 1791-1921 Authors Rimokatolicka crkva. Zupa Daruvar (Main Author) Note Location Film Rodeni 1791-1807 FHL INTL Film 1419050 Item 4 Rodeni 1807-1857 -- Vjencani 1794-1857 -- Umrli 1791-1857 VAULT INTL Film 1419051 Items 1 - 5 Rodeni 1828-1849 -- Vjencani 1828-1849 -- Umrli 1828-1841 VAULT INTL Film 1921762 Item 3 Umrli 1841-1848 VAULT INTL Film 1921763 Item 1 Rodeni 1858-1878 FHL INTL Film 2061737 Items 1-2 Rodeni 1878-1890 VAULT INTL Film 2061738 Items 1-2 Rodeni 1890-1900 VAULT INTL Film 2061739 Items 1-2 Rodeni 1900-1902 FHL INTL Film 2061740 Item 1 Rodeni kazalo 1793-1900 FHL INTL Film 2061740 Item 2 Vjencani 1858-1890 FHL INTL Film 2061740 Items 3-4 Vjencani 1890-1921 FHL INTL Film 2061741 Items 1-3 Umrli kazalo 1791-1849, 1850-1857, 1858-1872 1873-1877, 1878-1889 VAULT INTL Film 2061742 Item 1 Umrli 1858-1882 VAULT INTL Film 2061742 Items 2-4 Umrli 1882-1904 VAULT INTL Film 2061743 Items 1-2 Umrli 1904-1917, 1900-1912 FHL INTL Film 2062904 Items 1-2 Umrli (ratu pali) 1914-1918 (nekron.) VAULT INTL Film 2062905 Item 1 Title Maticna knjiga, 1792-1924 Authors Pravoslavna crkva. Zupa Daruvar (Main Author) Metrical books (births, marriages, deaths) for the Orthodox congregation at Daruvar, Slavonia, Austria; later Daruvar, Pozsega, Hungary; now Daruvar, Croatia. Text in Serbo-Croatian. Note Location Film Rodeni 1792-1821 VAULT INTL Film 1691344 Items 3-4 Rodeni 1821-1860 -- Vjencani 1819-1865 VAULT INTL Film 1691345 Vjencani 1865-1880 -- Umrli 1817-1860 VAULT INTL Film 1691346 Items 1 - 5 Rodeni, vjencani 1828-1849 -- Umrli 1828-1839 VAULT INTL Film 1921793 Item 2 Umrli 1839 (nastavak)-1849 VAULT INTL Film 1921794 Item 1 Rodeni 1860-1897 FHL INTL Film 2062910 Items 1-4 Rodeni 1897-1910 VAULT INTL Film 2062911 Items 1-2 Vjencani 1880-1924 VAULT INTL Film 2062911 Item 3 Umrli 1860-1875 VAULT INTL Film 2062911 Item 4 Umrli 1875-1884, 1893-1917 FHL INTL Film 2062912 Items 1-4 Uljanik Evanlgelical Reformed parish registers (births) for Ulinyak, Slavonia, Austria; later Uljanik, Pozsega, Hungary; now Uljanik, Croatia. Text in Serbo-Croatian. Maticna knjiga, 1893-1900 Authors Evangelicka crkva. Zupa Uljanik (Main Author) Note Location Film Rodeni, vjencani, umrli 1893-1900 VAULT INTL Film 2120464 Items 2 - 4 Orthodox parish registers (births, marriages, deaths) for Ullinyak, Slavonia, Austria; later Uljanik, Pozsega, Hungary; now Uljanik, Croatia. Text in Serbian. Rodeni, vjencani, umrli 1829-1848 VAULT INTL Film 1921779 Item 2 ----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Kurchina <frankur@worldnet.att.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] church records > > > 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. >