Pretty much means Mr - Gospodin and Mrs - Gospoja Regards John Stefanac Vice President Sales & Business Development FLEXTRONICS Network Services 2 Changi South Lane Singapore 486123 Tel : +65 6876 9803 Fax : +65 6543 1888 Mob : +65 9018 5886 john.stefanac@sg.flextronics.com -----Original Message----- From: =James Birkholz= [mailto:j.birchwood@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, 25 June 2002 11:24 AM To: CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CROATIA-L] gospodin/gopoja I've encountered a few birth records where "g." is placed before both parent's names, usually parents from a different town or with foreign-sounding names. I finally found an entry with what must be the whole words that are being abbreviated in the other entries. Can anyone tell me what "gospodin" (with the father's name) and "gopoja" (with the mother's name) mean? Further, in the non-abbreviated entry, "kralj S~umar" follows the father's name. What does this mean? TIA, James