In a message dated 4/2/97 5:13:09 AM, you wrote: <<In article <E7rE00.n4r@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com>, <Unknown> says... > >Does anyone have any ideas for researching families from Pozega >and Belovar, Croatia? >How did records survive the war? Which war are you talking about? World War II or the recent Yugoslav war? Records probably survived WW II quite well, and Pozega (or Slavonska Pozega) was not affect much by the 1991 war, so records there should be OK. However, Belovar might be a different story. LDS has filmed extensively during the last few years, but for the most part these films are not yet available for loan. Furthermore, if you need 20th century records, it is quite likely that these were not microfilmed. It's my understanding that a roughly 100-year limit was placed on records for microfilming. There are several possibilities of how to proceed. If you already have contacts in Croatia, arrange for them either to go to these places themselves or find locals to do research for you. If you know the parish were your ancestors lived, write to the parish priest and ask for his help. If you ask for "obiteljska knjiga", or "family book", you may get a lot of information from parish records. If these approaches fail, and you know the family name, you might simply write to the family name in that town and see what happens. Finally, and off the subject, please include your email address in postings. Gordon McDaniel mcdaniel@hoover.stanford.edu >> Or, if everything else fails, you may want to consider hiring a professional researcher to do the work for you. My sister is a professional genealogist in Zagreb, Croatia. She currently has 2 clients who come from the Bjelovar region. Please send me your e-mail address if you would like to find out more details. Fritz Frigan frigan@aol.com