Handbook "Searching for Your Croatian Roots" This handbook, now in its 4th edition, was originally designed for my seminars but people who couldn't make the seminars began to ask for it. The book is designed to help with understanding Croatia from a historical perspective to aid our search, how and where to find info plus lots of other useful information. The handbook has evolved into a very tutorial format, with lots of graphic examples to go along with the text. Here are content and ordering details: Contents overview a.. History of Croatia, origin of Croatians b.. How our ancestors lived in the "old country" c.. Croatian immigration to America, the four waves d.. The immigrant journey to America e.. How they lived in America f.. Getting Started with your family tree g.. Dos and don'ts h.. Locating records (in the US and in Europe) a.. Immigrant ship manifests b.. Records in Croatia c.. Birth records d.. Marriage records e.. Death records f.. US census records i.. Finding records in Croatia j.. A sample letter for writing to churches to ask for family records k.. A sample letter for writing for birth, marriage and other info from Municipal offices (Opcine Ured) l.. Translating Croatian records m.. List of key words (more key words added) including occupations used on church and civil records including English, Croatian and Latin translation. n.. NEW! List of places in Croatia where microfilm records are available in the US. o.. NEW ! Floppy disc with Croatian Fonts for Windows p.. NEW! Floppy disc with all Croatian city/town/village names and their Postal (ZIP) Codes q.. Translation of given names (inc Croatian, English, Latin and Italian) r.. Meaning of surnames and categories of surnames s.. Figuring Family relationships If you are interested please contact me at: rjerin26@yahoo.com Robert Jerin Croatian Heritage Museum Cleveland Ohio