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Zdravo Marko,

Možete probati i ovde:
IA Kruševac
Majke Jugovića 6, 37000, Kruševac

a ovo je takođe opcija:
https://vvv.rks-gov.net/SR/

Ako to ne uspe, zaista vam je potreban neko fizički da vam istraži.

Pozdrav,

Sergej

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Hi Danica,

You mean a translation of the picture attached or the website?

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A lot of families migrated from Montengro, Dalmacija and Kosov into Vojvodina during that era.
Do you know of a family saint? Icons with e.g. Saint Nikola on there?
If it is Saint Nikola then you should go indeed to Ivangrad which is part of Berane. There is a lake there called Lake Pešić.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pe%C5%A1i%C4%87a+Lake/@42.8541714,19.6797012,15.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x13529b0d450e2041:0xeceb3b19dab6b29!8m2!3d42.8554839!4d19.6888546

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Hi Melissa,

Yea, Serbian laws requires that. But, you could also write a letter and send it to the seven people listed in the phonebook. Serbia knows a lot of small communities and you might just find direct family. I dont have any experience with the agency you listed, but if you don’t feel anything for the option I mentioned you could hire them.

Do you speak the language?

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So, Dragica was 16 when she gave birth to Vesna? If its in 1969 you should contact the municipality in Pancevo.

The phonebook lists a lot with the same surname in that region: http://www.11811.rs/BeleStrane/Pretraga/sve/sve/%20%20Pan%C4%8Devo%20(sva%20mesta)/pe%C5%A1i%C4%87/sve/1/0NO2FFKN

And 7 in Kacarevo: http://www.11811.rs/BeleStrane/Pretraga/sve/sve/Ka%C4%8Darevo-(Pan%C4%8Devo)/pe%C5%A1i%C4%87/sve/1/POAPHDAAD

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Hi Melissa,

Go to : https://www.rodoslovlje.com/voyager/amember/member/
And then you can see it under Active Resources. It will download the Word file for you.

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Well, the archives in Serbia are in the process of being microfilmed. That is some of them, not all of them. It is a very chaotic process, nothing is really digital.. So if you are looking for genealogical data you would have to write to the archives using snail mail 😉

We have a letter template that you can use for approaching the archives in combination with the Archival Network to find the proper region. Needless to say that Serbia is seriously lagging in this field.

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Hi there,

Do you mean a family tree on paper or digital? We are wrapping up our digital version so this can be used anytime soon. Do you have any other info than the info you just posted?

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Hi Frederick,

Banatski Karlovac is a small town, I’ve been there often. Did you ever tried getting into contact with the Catholic Church there in the region? There is a still a Donauschwaben community in Serbia active that could also be approached.

[Sergej]

Glad to hear and thank you for the update!
Stay subscribed to the newsletter as we are working on DNA testing as well.

[Sergej]

Just checking to make sure. Do you know about this page and does any of the data ring a bell? I know its in German.
https://www.ancestry.de/search/collections/1030/?name=_Koneff

Also there is a link between Koneff and Kormushoff: http://www.pollitecon.com/html/ebooks/Macedonians-In-America.pdf page 204

In French: http://macedonia.kroraina.com/en/serafimovna/leregimeserbe.pdf page 19

In Greek, go figure: http://www.lithoksou.net/p/metanastes-ethnika-makedones-stis-ipa-stis-arxes-toy-20oy-aiona-1897-1924-2008

The name Koneff is also mentioned in the Slovanský Sborník, but doesn’t lead anywhere.

So upon some research. The era that your ancestors left was during great turmoil in the region. A lot of migrations during that time. But, besides the archives I think you should also try the municipality and see what they have: https://www.prilep.gov.mk/ Google Translate: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prilep.gov.mk%2F

I will continue to do some searching in phonebook records I have in the mean time.

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Yes, we had a fair amount of church burnings in the region over the past centuries. And the Balkans have always been a region of unrest.

Well if they used the surname Koneff it would’ve been spelled as “Konef”. With an -a suffix for a female member of the family ~ Konefa
I checked the phonebook from Prilep but couldn’t find any matches for you.
Do you have any documents from Macedonia that state the surname on it?

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Did you have contact with the historical archives in Bela Crkva (today’s Weisskirchen)

1. oktobra 40
26340 Bela Crkva

I would advice to write them first. Another one would be the phonebook in those places to see if there are surname matches. These are all small towns so the chance of finding relatives or people that know about them is substantial.

[Sergej]

Hi,

Do you have some more information? E.g. date of birth/death, places and other relevant info.

[Sergej]

Ok, as long as they are Serbian nationals that are allowed to enter the national archives you will be good. This is the website of the archives in Leskovac: https://www.istorijskiarhivleskovac.co.rs/ You can use Google Translate to check it out.

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