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I am looking for the Andoff family of Macedonia. John Evancho Andoff was born about 1856 in Macedonia, married Sophia Konstantinova and together they had at least seven children that I can determine. Sophia emigrated to Canada about 1912 as well as some of her children. No mention of John emigrating. Does anyone have a suggestion as to how/where I can look for the birth,death, marriage and children of John b. 1856. And to add the icing on the cake would be to find the name of his parents! Thank you to all for your assistance. Very much appreciated! Susan from Canada
Posted : 21/02/2011 12:39 am
- I noticed for some people coming from that area surname and first name were switched by mistake. Try reversing them when you look through ship manifests.
- there are no publicly available period census records you could search to give you ideas. The testament to the price people of former Yugoslavia paid for their freedom from fascism is the fact that in genealogy of some ethnic groups, the Census of the Victims of War 1941-1945 can be used as general census resource, as virtually no family went unharmed. I would look through it for similar surnames in Macedonia to see what original surnames that correspond to the one you need in their original spelling existed based on birth year of the victims:
- to google results in native languages, set your preferences to include pages in local ones ( Macedonian, Serbian, Greek, Albanian, Bulgarian).
- search for surname and place of origin using the Cyrillic script that Macedonian language uses.
-consider also phonetic traits of the native language , and the fact that original surname may not be spelled at all like the one used after immigrating .
-also keep in mind the fact that every new occupation and liberation carried change in how the surnames were recorded: Ottomans would records the first name of the father as surname, sometimes the typical endings -SKI, -SKA were added or cut off , or replaced by - IĆ,
Surnames that existed/exist in Macedonia that are corresponding to the one you are researching:
ANDOV,
ANDON,
ANDONOV,
ANDOVSKI,
ANDONOVSKI,
In immigration databases you will find many variants in people coming from Macedonia:
Country of origin - Macedonia is listed as Macedonia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece... :
Hope this helps you find your ancestors and your heritage.
Posted : 02/06/2012 6:27 pm