[Sergej]

Glad to say that we are going to get a new download section. It will be database driven like the rest of the site and it will be an integrated part as well.

I hope this get a green light on it this week and then we can add some more downloads to it for you all.

[Sergej]

Yes thats correct we have members and contacts. Otherwise you will have access to the SGS forums where you can post more detailed information that is more confidential. Also you can use templates we publish that people can send to the archives etc. The SGS forums also allow you to upload images to the forums so we can take a peek at them etc. More goodies we ad in time so for 25 bucks per year I think its not a bad deal at all

[Sergej]

Serbo-Croatian is a must. You must obtain permission from the archives themselves. How depends on the local bureacracy, you know its still Serbia……

I think some people will speak broken English, dont count on Hungarian.

Good luck

[Sergej]

Ok you need to look at 2 places. Both the central index in Belgrade and the local one in Zemun. According to law all the areas that fall under Belgrade should have deposited their archives at the main archives in Belgrade. But as you can guess not all of them did……

So you need to look with the archives in Karnegija street and the ones in Zemun.

[Sergej]

Yes the name originates from Montenegro/Kosovo. What you need to do now is contact the Croatian archives in Dalmatinska Kosovo and see what information they hold. You can also contact the Serbian Orthrodox Churches to see if they have anything but I wouldnt could on it.

All of Croatias archives are microfilmed.

[Sergej]

It helps a lot. In case you meet another Jankovic. Jankovic is a comon surname, so if the person has the same family saint then there is a big chance you are related. If not then you can rule relation out in most cases. So it gives you an extra check.

[Sergej]

The spelling of the name is slightly different. It wouldnt be impossible for a Pole to move to Serbia with the name of Jankowicz and that through living there for a while got it changed into Jankovic. Things like that happen all the time.

[Sergej]

It is also a patronym in Poland and there are some Polish families in Vojvodina with that surname. With genealogy you need to base your findings on facts, it is never a given why someone has the surname they have today.

[Sergej]

Well, were your father and grandfather born in Belgrade or that region? If so then you first need to backstep the line. So basically you start with you and then it goes something like this:

You
в”‚
в”‚
Father
в”‚
в”‚
Grandfather
в”‚
в”‚
Great Grandfather etc

In each case you see where he was born. This is very important because the Serbian archives are divided into districts. So in case your father and grandfather you can get their info from the Municipality –Opstina.
So for your grandfather and his father you would have to go to Uzice and do some old fashioned research in the books there.

[Sergej]

Hi,

Yes they are from the Herzegovina region. My question to you is if you are living in the region (Serbia-Montenegro) or if you live abroad?

[Sergej]

Goran, PAF 5 allows you to put in the data of your family tree starting with you. Basically it works like this if you have the tree in front of you. The tops side is for your fathers line, the down side is for your mothers side. You can additional info when you double click on a name etc. Just play with it a bit and let me know if you run into troulbe. Let me know about that book.

[Sergej]

Well Jankovic isnt from Janko but is a form of Ivan. What you need to do is first create a pedigree. Use PAF for it at http://www.familysearch.org

Let me know if you need help with that. As for Coat of Arms etc, 9-10 families in Serbia don’t have a Coat of Arms and they are not attached to surnames. Also keep in mind that Jankovic is a comon name.

[Sergej]

Hi Goran,

Jankovic is a Serbian name. There are also Polish versions of it. Its also a surname and brotherhood name. To find out for sure you need to know from where you grandfather came? Is is Novi Sad?

[Sergej]

Well there are 2 of them, actually 3. A Meljani in SLADOJEVCI and a Gornji Meljani & Donji Meljani ( http://www.fallingrain.com/world/HR/0/Gornji_Meljani.html )

Now the good thing is that they are all in the same area so you just need to contact 1 archive with a little bit of luck. These places today are in Croatia. As you stated correctly they used to be part of Hungary.

The archive you will need to contact is:

Državni arhiv Osijek
Kamila Firingera 1 31 000 Osijek
Croatia
e-mail: [email protected]

I will check out Slatina to see if there is anything there. I hope this at first helps a bit.

[Sergej]

Petrinovic is also known as Petranovic and comes from Montenegro. With some more info I can help you.

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