In a message dated 6/24/2002 10:24:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, frankur@worldnet.att.net writes: > http://www.ludbreg.hr/ardf/vartoplice/vartoplice.htm > Thanks Frank I had bookmarked the web site you gave me but did not understand it was the village. My in-laws insist their father came from St. Martin's Village, Croatia and he listed St. Martin Parish on his naturalization. Is St.Martin's Church in "Toplice"? Joan

JPIPICH@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 6/24/2002 10:24:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > frankur@worldnet.att.net writes: > > > http://www.ludbreg.hr/ardf/vartoplice/vartoplice.htm > > > > Thanks Frank > > I had bookmarked the web site you gave me but did not understand it was the > village. My in-laws insist their father came from St. Martin's Village, > Croatia and he listed St. Martin Parish on his naturalization. Is St.Martin's > Church in "Toplice"? > > Joan I don't know. Sv = sveti = saint Term Sv Martin Parish, Hrvati is pretty generic. For example, The Church of St Martin at Lepuri http://www.mhas-split.hr/eng/frames/tekstovi/istrazivanja/istrazivanja_1.htm And there are 7 place names Sveti Martin located in Croatia. (Kerestinac is located 10 miles WSW of Zagreb) A Sveti Martin pod Okicem is located 12 miles WSW of Zagreb. The LDS filmed its R.C. parish church records (1670-1900) Now called Martin pod Okicem. Text in Latin and Croatian. There may be a connection between your two surnames ? v Frank Kurcina