[Sergej]

Hello,

I am merging this post with the other one. Did you ever have contact with: http://www.arhivzrenjanin.org.rs/ ?

The archives in Serbia are not availible digitally. So you should most likely contact them the old fashioned way by snail mail.

I know of a Meszecsov family in Kovin, the Banat. Have you tried reaching out via people currently living in that area? The name is specific and I saw that they left from Bremen, some of them didn’t leave.

[Sergej]

Hello Agata,

The best way for you to get this information is to write to the archives in Zajecar as Knjazevac falls unders their jurisdiction:

Historical Archive of Timok Region Zajecar
19000 Zajecar, Nikola Pasic 160
tel / fax: (+381 19) 425-490; 420-285,
e-mail: [email protected]

Please be aware that you need to write them in Serbian. We have a letter template that you can download. Let me know if you can find it.

[Sergej]

Hello,

I know Mačkat, I was there 3 weeks ago 😉
Vojislav Bumbaširević was a colonel in the Serbian army and quite famous.
Mačkat is in Čajetina municipality.
What is this article you are referring to?
The archives are not available online, you could contact them via email/mail or have someone go there and check things out for you.
http://www.cajetina.org.rs/sr is only availible in Serbian.

How did you obtain the names thus far, via immigration records? I am asking because of the spelling of Cevata.

[Sergej]

Hello and welcome.

Do you speak English as we don’t speak French 😉

[Sergej]

Well, I was in Vrsac last week.

http://www.vrsac.com/default.aspx?Lang=srb
Is their website.

At https://www.euprava.gov.rs/eusluge/institucija?service=servicesForInstitution&institutionId=81 you can order documents online such as excerpts from their records. You will need to create an account.

The archives of Vrsac fall under Bela Crkva, you mail them at [email protected]

And the graveyard s, https://www.planplus.rs/adresar/vrsac/groblja

[Sergej]

Let me check that out for you and get back with a detailed post. When exactly will you leave in October?

[Sergej]

Thank you 🙂
Oh thats good to know, we are still tweaking things. I’ll have it checked out.

[Sergej]

Can you check with Ellis Island? They usually have the immigration docs online.

[Sergej]

Hi Joanne,

Welcome and thnx for your post. You can just post in English if you want to 😉

There are several places with the name Itabej: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srpski_Itebej
It could be this one, but in order to make sure can you get a scan of the immigration document itself?

[Sergej]

Hmm, yea I was afraid of that as the site wasn’t too popular so they didn’t archive it well.

I guess you can contacting them the old fashioned way via snail mail:

SANU
Knez Mihailova 35
11000 Belgrade
Serbia

[Sergej]

Hello Davina,

You can check the Croatian records online as Vinkovci falls under the Vukovar municipality.

The same applies tp Trstenik, you can write them as well and ask for information.

Does any of you speak the language?

[Sergej]

I’ve done some digging and this might be a lead when it comes to locating Kamenica

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamenica,_Ni%C5%A1

I would try writing the SOC and the NIs archives first. Hiring a researcher can be costly and we don’t recommend researchers.

[Sergej]

Seems it went down recently.
I don’t know of another source
Try this: http://web.archive.org/web/20180308080802/http://vojvodinakom1941.org.rs/

[Sergej]

If you cant find it let me know.

[Sergej]

Hi Mary,

Yes, but they also mention that they do not have the church records. You will need to contact the Serbian Orthodox and Catholic Church for those. And I would recommend also trying that on top of what you are doing now. And yes I think the process of elimination is the way to go.

But, I am glad to see that they responded. Things weren’t always that way, so there is improvement 🙂

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