Slavonia
Family Surname Research
Researched, compiled & contributed by
Joseph Esterreicher.
Sources: Primarily files available at the Family History
Library in Salt Lake City, UT.
Updated: February 11, 2009.
Former files at
home.earthlink.net/~jesterreicher, published by Carol
Esterreicher.
Reproduced by Darlene Dimitrie & Jody
McKim Pharr.
Published at DVHH.org 16 Oct 2019 by Jody McKim Pharr.
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Who am I?
Who
are my Ancestors?
Where did
my
ancestors
come from?
Those are questions
that all of
us ask
sometime
in our lifetime. |
I became interested in my
family ancestry after
receiving a family tree of
the Sekura Family of
Sokolovac, Croatia, my
birthplace. I remember
finding someone with our
last name in this family
tree. I asked my father if
we were related and his
answer was no. An unusual
last name in a small village
not being related seemed odd
to me. I set out to find the
answer in 2004 when I
started looking at
microfilms of church books
where births, marriages, and
deaths were recorded. These
microfilms can be found at
the LDS Family History
Library in Salt Lake City,
Utah, USA. I started out
recording information for my
family but soon switched to
recording all information
found for the village of
Sokolovac, Croatia. Later I
added research on about 20
villages in this area of
Croatia. The people that one
can find family history on
in this web site are
primarily ethnic Germans.
They came to this area of
Croatia, starting about
1860. Most of these people
came to Croatia from Hungary
or from an area in Europe
that is now in the Czech
Republic. The Hungarian
ethnic Germans can be traced
back to the mid 1700 in
various church books. No
filmed church records have
been found for the Czech
Republic.
Joseph Esterreicher,
2006
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These gratifying comments have been summarized
from numerous emails expressing
appreciation. Knowing that my work is
appreciated inspires me to continue with
this important and rewarding pursuit. I
greatly appreciate hearing from those
whose lives are being touched. ~
Joseph Esterreicher
The
members of ..these... families are going
to be floored when I send them a family
tree update that spans back to 1810!
...you must have touched so many
families in similar ways. It must
be satisfying to know how much this hard
work and research mean to others.
You have no idea how excited and surprised I
was when you ...provided me with the family
tree. I spent years researching and have
nothing like this to show for it!
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Villages
I invite you to visit
these
village pages where you will
find families who lived there.
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From the book:
Die Deutshen in Syrmien, Slavonien,
Kroatien und Bosnien
By Dr. Valentin Oberkersch
Translated by Henry A. Fischer with
Oberkersch family permission, published
at DVHH.org 2006 by Jody McKim Pharr.
Compared to the emerging settlements in
Syrmia, very little development took
place in Slavonia. Germans who came from
Tolna County Hungary settled
Johannesdorf (Jovanovac) in 1836. In
1843 Germans from Veszprem County in
Hungary settled Neu Zoljani.
To a large extent Slavonia remained a
wilderness. The Swabian villages of
Hungary and the Batschka were
overcrowded. The government in Vienna
Austria set the stage for a new
settlement movement.
The Regulation and Decree was issued by the
Emperor on December 31 1858 and was
addressed to Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, the
Serbian Vojvodina, the Banat, and
Transylvania with a renewed call for
agricultural settlement and development.
Some of the regulations included: homes for
50 families or more, all members of the
community must be of one nationality
regardless of origin, and of one religion.
The results of the new settlement decree was
not very successful in Croatia and Slavonia.
Only 10 German settlements were established
in response to it. Three were established in
1866. They were Blagorodovac, Eichendorf-Hrastovac,
and Antunovac. The settlers came from
Baranya, Tolna, and Somogy Counties in
Hungary. In the same year there were
settlements established in Sokolovac,
Miokovicevo, and Dobrovac. Filipovac was
settled in 1886. The village of Kerndia was
settled in 1880/1881. The last two
communities were Kapetanovo Polje in 1882
and Franjevac- Strizicevac in 1886. The land
involved was heavily forested wilderness and
the main task of the colonist was clearing
the land.
Recommended sources will direct you to
other sites:
Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints -
www.familysearch.org
Family History Library
35 North West Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah
801-240-2331
Memorials at www3.telus.net/public/kgorse/memory/rostereicher.html
NO LONGER
ACTIVE LINK. But here is the
archived version
Memorials.
Computer Maps -
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/
Austrian Military Maps -
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/3felmeres.htm
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