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From: Frank Kurchina <>
Subject: [CROATIA-L] Karlovac micro film
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 13:12:42 -0600


There are two Mrzlo Polje located in Croatia.
One is located 52 miles SSW of Zagreb near Slunj.

A Mrzlo Polje Zumberac^ko is located 25 miles
west of Zagreb and 20 miles from Karlovac.

You seem to be looking for modern records which
presents a problem.

Post 1900 records would be at the opc'ina (city community
office) serving the selo rather than at the church.
You need to contact opc'ina Z^umberak, 3 miles SW of
Mrzlo Polje Zumberac^ko.

In 1945, all birth, marriage, and death records held by
churches in Croatia were turned over to the civil authorities
and were deposited with the 'opc'ina' (community city office).
For small villages or places that did not have a city office -
the opc'ina would then be in the next largest village or town.

There are 450 municipalities (opc'ine sg. opc'ina) under the
21 z^upanija (county) in Croatia.

Churches were allowed to keep only baptismal records and Status
Animarun (i.e. Stanju Dusa (Status of Souls) - the so-called
"Knjiga Dusa" - "A Book of Souls".
This is a genealogical record of any one generation and
lists the man and woman upon marriage and each child as born ;
commented if emigrated or had died.

Any birth and death records older than 1860 were turned over
to the Croatian historical archives.
My understanding is that all religious records had been collected
in State Archives, located at: Varaz^din, Zagreb, Bjelovar, Pazin,
Rijeka, Karlovac, Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik, Sisak, Slavonski Brod,
and Osijek.

The LDS-Mormons have filmed the parish records at the Croatian
State Archives.

Many placenames are known to have microfilm records at the Family
History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, UT.

These microfilm reels are available for rental and viewing
at any Family History Center (FHC).
90% of patrons are non-Mormons doing surname research.

These records generally cover 1800 (and earlier) to 1914.
The records microfilmed have greater linguistic diversity
than for most other geographic regions.
Latin, Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, German, Hungarian, or
Italian are possible languages used.

LDS - Mormon FHCs - LOCATIONS

http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchfhc2.asp

http://www.lds.org/en/2_How_Do_I_Begin/4_Where_is.html

The LDS-Mormons filmed the R.C. parish church registers
(1858-1912) for Z^umberak, Zágráb, Hungary; later Z^umberak,
Croatia.
Don't know whether these would include your records ?
There have been many territorial changes since before WW I.

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