Croatian Genealogy Newsletter1.The History of the Gambiroža Surname
2. History of the families of Ugljan
5. Hardomije, Herzegovina Clans
6. Vučetić Nobility from Brinje and Senj
Locations mentioned in this issue
The pertinent question is why all this? In fact, I repeatedly wanted to give up and be satisfied with the knowledge so far, but I had shortcomings that I could not fill. As a researcher, I could not come to terms with the fact that my ancestor Andrija, who came from Prevjes as a colony to the village of Potkonje, could not reveal his father's name and that the facts of his death were not recorded anywhere, even though it was the middle of the 19th century. exhaustively guided, and in duplicate.
I have mentioned several times that I will not publish any book on Gambiroze for several reasons. I have never been close to the social sciences, let alone written anything on the subject because I am a technician by profession. Who will read such reading? Nobody will be interested in that, not even Gambiroz. However, the material has accumulated so much over time that it has become a necessity to unite, to be able to follow at all and not to be in vain so much effort. Ultimately the result is visible. This is the work of a pure amateur, who will therefore be able to deal with all criticism.
The reviewers of this book are Dr. sc. Lovorka Čoralić from the Institute of Croatian History and Ph.D. Marko Rimac. The foreword was written by our famous scientist and genealogist, Dr. sc. Marko Rimac, and here I bring excerpts from his preface. The manuscript of the book entitled "History of Gambiroža" which includes a total of 400 pages of text is a work that appropriately combines a monographic presentation of a genus of the Knin region and a collection of sources collected on the subject. The author decided to adopt original documents important for the history of the genus, transcribed in the original language style, and with shorter descriptions or translations of the content.
From all the above, it is clear that this book significantly contributes to the knowledge of hitherto unknown aspects of the history of the town of Knin and its surroundings. We believe that the publication of this collection of historical sources will stimulate the interest of professional historians dealing with modern Croatian history.
Using archival material from the State Archives in Zadar and Šibenik, the episcopal archives in Zadar and Šibenik, the registry office and the parish office in Knin, etc., a transcript of all possible available documents on Catholics and Orthodox was given. In one chapter, I dealt with the surname Gambiraža from Debeljak, where there is also a translation of the Glagolitic matrix. In the sixth chapter, there are genealogical trees of all Gambiroža by genera and branches, thanks to the collaborators.
Thanks to this book, anyone who bears or has carried this surname will easily find themselves and their origins and over ten generations back. The book grew into a monograph thanks to prof. Roland Gambierros.
Translated from Croatian. Source Rodoslovije.hr
Note: Another version of the Gambiroža surname is that with the spelling 'Gambiraža' of which there are 24 families in Debeljak (Sukošan) and 13 families in Zadar according to Hrvatski Prezimenik: Pučanstvo Republike Hrvatske na Početku 21. Stoljeća.
Gordan Gledec has been researching genealogy since 1999. He mainly researches the surnames of his ancestors: Pogledc (Poljanica Bistrička, Zagreb) and Hitrec (Martinci, Zlatar, Zlatar-Bistrica). He has over 2400 individuals in his family tree. He is a professor in the Department of Applied Computing at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb.
Author: Mladen Gambiroža
Title: Povijest Gambiroža
Published in Knin, 2019
Family charts are displayed for ancestors of Tomislav Ivanov "Spičin", of Poljana, for Frane Jerolimov of Overko, Vesna Ivanov "Marinkina", Roko Šarin Mihatov, Nikola Valčić "Antićev", and Slavko Gregov to name a few.
Ivanov Family Chart
Particular focus is placed on the family trees for several Sutomišćica families:
Antišin family
Blasić family
Pavin Tamvurin (Kasić) family
Šimićev family
Source Facebook
Count Josip Jelačić of Buzim (also spelled Jelacic, Jelachich), born in 1801, was a famous Croatian politician and military leader. He is regarded as one of the key figures in Croatian history, who gained his prominence as defender of the Habsburg crown during the turbulent revolutionary years 1848-49. By helping Habsburgs to remain in power, he also helped Croatia to become more recognized political factor within Austro-Hungarian empire.
Interesting new discoveries
Jelacic Family Genealogy BookThe author of the book offers a detailed history of Jelačić family, together with biographies and genealogical information about nearly 750 members of the Jelačić clan. Some interesting new discoveries are presented in the book, including historical data on the roots of Jelačić family.
The author carefully numbers all branches of the clan, including the main Prigorje branch with Laduč and Hrastina offshots, Pušča branch, Buzin branch with Gubaševo, Gornje Zagorje, Ratkovec and Breznički Hum offshots, Krapina branch as well as Tuhelj and Bišević branches.
The book has more than thousand pages, and is published in hard cover.
Author: Pavao Maček
Title: Plemeniti rodovi Jelačića : Rod Jelačića od Prigorja, Pušče, Buzina i Pretkovca (Krapine) II. Rod Jelačića od Biševića
The most probable theory on the meaning of the Janeš family name is that it is derived from the Slovenian-Croatian word for anise, a flowering plant (Pimpinella anisum) known for it’s distinguished flavor.
Slovenian origin
It is a surname of a Slovenian origin that became a part of Croatian anthroponymic corpus. However, Janeš family name is still fairly common in Slovenia, although, in the Janež variant. There are several variants of Janeš surname found in various written records: Janos, Janes, Janesh, Jannesh, Janess and Janness.
The greatest number of persons bearing that surname in Croatia can be found in Gorski kotar region, and specifically in the town of Gerovo near Delnice. The oldest written record about a member of Janeš family dates from 1672. In a Catholic census from that year it had been recorded that a certain Michael Janesch settled in Čabar parish, after moving from Slovenian town of Idrija. Some historians claim that the formation of Čabar settlement occured due to the discovery of iron ore and it’s exploitation in a nearby mine.
Records show that the Janeš family hadn’t stayed very long in Čabar area. Towards the end of the 18th century they moved to Sisak, where a modern iron factory had been opened.
Note: According to Hrvatski Prezimenik: Pučanstvo Republike Hrvatske na Početku 21. Stoljeća 23 families in Gerovo have the Janeš surname, while 63 families are listed as Janeš in Zagreb, while the Janež surname that is common in Slovenia is found in Croatia only in Parg (Čabar) and Vukanovec.
Source: Croatian-genealogy.com Sven / April 5, 2010
Vlado Pavičić, a researcher who looked into many historical documents, published the results of his research in the book “Hardomilje – history, peoples and customs” (“Hardomilje, prošlost, ljudi i običaji”).
Sources for the research
In his work, the author enumerates sources from which he drew data about the history of Hardomlje and it’s families and clans. One of the most important sources for genealogical research of the area are the records from the Catholic parish of Veljaci of which Hardomilje was a part during the 18th and early 19th century. The earliest available baptismal records for the Veljaci parish are from the year 1786, and marriage & death records from 1809. In 1855 the parish was divided and a new Humac parish was formed to which Hardomilje was joined. Records from then newly formed parish are also available today.
Another interesting sources of genealogical data not just for Hardomilje but for the whole Bosnia-Herzegovina are famous censuses of Catholics from the area between Sava and Neretva rivers performed by Franciscan friars Pavo Dragičević in 1741 to 1743 and Marijan Bogdanović in 1763.
Censuses during Ottoman rule
Sources also mentioned by Vlado Pavičić, but rarely used in the genealogical research of the Herzegovian area are the records of the administration of Ottoman Empire that ruled over the area for many centuries. The records are available in Porte archives in Istanbul, Turkey. Unfortunatelly, barely any of those documents are available in Croatian language, let alone any major world languages like English, French or German. Censuses in Bosnia-Herzegovina were performed by Ottoman rulers several times between 1468 and 1585.
Today, virtually all inhabitants of Hardomilje area consider themselves of Croatian nationality. The most prominent clans and family names are Bandur, Boras, Bubalo, Ćuže, Gadže, Grbavac, Ilić, Jelinić, Kravić, Mandić, Miloš, Rupčić and Vukšić.
Source: Croatian-genealogy.com Sven / March 20, 2010
According to the research published by Enver Ljubović, the first written mention of that surname is found in the last will of a certain bosnian nobleman Pribislav Vuchetich from 1475.
Head of Bosnian army
It is believed that Pribislav was the head of mediaeval Bosnian army that fought many wars against Ottoman army. After Ottoman army conquered great portions of today’s Bosnia, Vuchetich nobility moved towards the West and settled in the Brinje-Senj area.
There are currently more than one branch of Vučetić family in existence. Not all of them were part of a noble “de Brin” and “de Cseney” extension. Other branches can be found on Croatian islands Hvar and Vir. They are all Roman Catholics. However, Vučetić branch in Kordun area are of Orthodox faith, and it’s origin can be traced back to Montenegro. There is reportedly written account about Montenegrin Vučetić family in Morača monastery near Podgorica.
Migrations to Romania and overseas
At the begining of 19th century, several members of noble Vučetić clan migrated to Romania, and settled west of the city of Temišvar. They are known as Hungarian nobility Vučetić “de Brin & de Cseney”.
In the family report written by Šandor Vučetić in 1873, it can be found an interesting piece of information about further migrations of Vučetić family members. The record tells that six persons from that family emigrated to Detroit, USA, and three persons to Chicago. Total number of emigrants to overseas countries were 29. Today, members of Vučetić family live in the US, Germany, Australia, Argentina and Canada.
Note: According to Hrvatski Prezimenik: Pučanstvo Republike Hrvatske na Početku 21. Stoljeća the Vučetić surname appears with the following number of families per community:
Brinje, 15 families
Hvar, 31 families
Peroj (Vodnijan), 6 families
Rijeka, 38 families
Split, 22 families
Vir, 50 families
Zagreb, 67 families
Source: Croatian-genealogy.com Sven / March 14, 2010 and Enver Ljubović, Brinjska i senjska plemenita obitelj Vučetić-Vuchetich, Senjski zbornik, 32, pp. 77-94, 2005
Author of the work, Branko Begović Bego, made a worthwhile effort in researching available genealogy records: Status Animarum books, birth, baptism, marriage and death records not just for Pitomača, but also adjacent settlements Otrovanec, Kladare and Velika Črešnjevica for which records were kept in one set of books up until 1858.
Many of the surnames that were found in the books were extracted and put on the web site for reference. Moreover, about two dozen family trees were also published, particularly for the following families: Badanjek, Bajsar, Barčan, Bedeković, Begović, Bokan, Brkić, Čerepinko, Dijaković, Drvenkar, Grgačić, Hegeduš, Horvatinović, Jakupec, Klinžić, Kos, Gračan, Majstor, Makvić, Međurečan, Palković, Predragović, Prepelec, Rakijašić, Rešetar, Šelimber, Široki, Tometić and Vedriš.
According to the author, the following books were available for the research:
Source: Croatian-genealogy.com Sven / February 26, 2010