My grandfather came to the US in 1928 and all we know about him is what he listed on the ship log. His name was Vidosav Stanojevic born in Urosevac in 1896. For some reason we were told we were Croatian our entire lives but it seems we may be Serbian. Any direction or information about how to find out more would be greatly appreciated. As a side note, he traveled with a man named Ivan D. Antic also born in Urosevac in 1896. Would this be a question for the Serbian Orthodox Church Archives?
Wed, 23/11/2011 - 17:45
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Any information on surname Stanojevic from Urosevac
The Urosevac archives can be found at Krusevac and Raska/Novi Pazar. You should check there and see what they have. Beware though that it will take a lot of time due to the 1999 conflict.
Sergej
Serbian Genealogical Society
Srpsko Rodoslovno Društvo
He is clearly identified as coming from UROŠEVAC (Kosovo, Serbia), being of Serbian ethnicity (race) and his travel documents were issued in Belgrade.
The only basis formaking a mistake in regard to his ethnicity, is if someone read the manifest you posted wrong and did not notice the correction made to the mother tongue column - it said *croatian , but was later corrected by hand to what it should have said - SERBO_CROATIAN. (how the language used in the Kingdom SHS was called at the time).
Sergej told you about civil vital records and their location, for original church vital records best if you contact SOC information service :
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Good luck with your research and thank you for taking the time to look for the heritage of your ancestors in Serbia!
Jugoslava
SGS web team