[Sergej]

Hello Nick,

I will respond in detail later this week, the holiday season is kinda busy. Either way, happy holidays!

[Sergej]

Hello,

Could you please read the FAQ. From where is the birth certificate, what information do you have now about the families you are looking for, where do you live?

[Sergej]

Hello Mary,

It is possible to go in person but you should get permission first. I would recommend having a local do the research for you as they can enter without problem. Also, things in Serbia have a different pace then for us in the west. It can take a lot of time to do research, not everything is digital and everything is in Serbian. Its not something you can do on a one week holiday when you are there.

[Sergej]

Yes, you can use the letter template and see if they react. A word of caution, they may not always reply.

[Sergej]

Hello Mary,

The correct spelling in Latin should be:
Čendeš
Gašpar
Gašparović

You should use the above spelling in your research as the diacritical signs are very important, they could change the meaning of a word or name.

Now Kosta Čendeš is a rather famous publisher and editor in Serbia Nis in 1883. With him publishing the Niš Herald back in 1884. Now, Kamenica is literally located next to Niš.
So I would direct your efforts to the archives of Požarevac and Niš.

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sr&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fsr.wikipedia.org%2Fsr-el%2F%25D0%259D%25D0%25B8%25D1%2588%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8_%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B5%25D1%2581%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BA&edit-text=

[Sergej]

Nick,

Let me know if you read the post. There is still a German community in Belgrade or Novi Sad that might be able to assist.

[Sergej]

Hi,

Could you please start a new post and upload any documents and info you have such as birth of date etc?.

[Sergej]

Hello Mary,

I will check it out asap, but in Serbian you should always use the spelling as listed not the Anglicized version people use once they immigrated.
Do you still have access to the original documents?

[Sergej]

Good, I see you found out about Google Translate.
The names you mentioned are still used today in Vojvodina .
Do you have contact with the aforementioned Serbian Orthodox Church?

[Sergej]

Oh before I forget, if you have any documents do you see the variant in spelling as : Ajhner ?

[Sergej]

Hi Nick,

You said he changed his name. What was it before? Do you have any immigration documents?

[Sergej]

Just checking if the email thingy is working.

[Sergej]

Yes that is the monastery in question.
The family saint is most likely the same as listed on our page, one of the reasons is that a lot of people had a similar surname but wouldn’t necessarily be related. So the family saint gives an extra distinction method to solve that problem. Most people were baptized but not really practicing besides Slava’s and holidays.

[Sergej]

Image 2 and 3 together:

Balingen 8-4-1949

Dear Sirs,

I'm tracing the data/information that's in my power.

1. On behalf of Mother Pfundstein, Evica nee Viljanovic
The name of the grandmother mother's side: Viljanovic Milica nee Markic.
The name of the grandmother father's side: Pfundstein Maria nee Kamenovic.

2. My mother tongue is Serbian-Croatian,  letters I do not have
since my mother died in 1943 and my brother which I had
was shot by the Communists in 1945
September.
And so I have no one to correspond with.

3. I studied elementary school and religious in Serbian-Croatian
language in Cerevica (Srem).
I do not have the documents but I wrote to my school colleague
Dusan Jeremic from Cerevic to send me a changed
document if it is not possible. (I attach a copy of the letter).

4. In the party I was not at all.
I note that in Yugoslavia I do not have anyone for my father
I do not know anything, since he and my mother are separated
from him since I was 6 years old.

With respect
Pfundstein Jakov

I hope this helps a bit. It is a classical example of the consequences of the Socialist regime that came into power after WWII and the consequences. So from the letters I can make up that he was the last of his family to leave. Chances are there might still be cousins in the Srem that stayed behind. You could check the phone records.

[Sergej]

You should be able to login again 🙂 I can.

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