Hi,

Welcome to the forums. I will go check out some things for you. Do you have the immigration records from Ellis Island? Kulik is a name that can be found in Vojvodina. Dobanovce is located in the Surčin part of Belgrade these days.

Yes and Kiszacs belongs to the suburbs of Novi Sad these days. The surname Kulik is Slovak of origin. Vojvodina has an historic Slovak minority so they could have been indeed Protestant. Would like to see if you have something from Ellis Island? I'll go check around as well.

The passenger ID for Anka Kulik on the Ellis website is #101278050503 and listed as Anca Kulika.

When they arrived in NY in 1910, the Kuliks lived along side of their in-laws, Andras RUMPF and wife, who arrived the year before. I believe the Rumpf family was from near Vrbas (Overbasr). My grandmother spoke German and Serbian.

I don't know where it was located, but her father was a merchant with a small shop.

Hope this helps. Thank you in advance for your assistance!

This is where Vrbas is today: https://goo.gl/maps/SXvd46BKVHE2
Its above Novi Sad and holds a Hungarian/German population still. Do you happen to know the name of the shop?

The area heavily suffered during WWI and WWII, there is a list of casualties here : http://www.vojvodinakom1941.org.rs/lt/okrug/06/80462.html see #449

I am still checking some more things and will get back to you.

OK, after some researching I dug up the following. Now I don't know if you already have this info or not, let me know please.

http://vojvodinakom1941.org.rs/lt/okrug/06/80284/70696.htm Has some Kulik's listed that were casualties during WWII. You can use the search for more results.

Miroslav Niškanović wrote a paper about the Slovenian minorities in Vojvodina: http://isn.zrc-sazu.si/files/file/Traditiones/Traditiones_39_1_separati/273_pdfsam_Traditiones_39-1_web.pdf

Although the paper is in Serbian the Kulik surname is listed on page 278.

There are still Kulik's in Vojvodina today, not that many. Considering the frequency of the surname most likely they would be related. Did you ever consider using the phonebook and contacting some of them? If you didn't we can help with that.

Also, for members we have a letter template that one can send to the archives in Novi Sad and Belgrade. Have you contacted them? Also a letter to the Protestant church will most likely yield info as these are small and tight knit communities.

Please let me know what you tried and with what you need help with!

Thank you for the links and the information. I did not know that Kulik was not a Serbian name. I was told that Bosilka was a Serbian name and assumed Kulik was too.

I will use google translate to read the article you suggested. As I am just learning that there is very little online regarding Serbian archives, I will try letter writing as I do not speak Serbian and a phone call is too intimidating.

Could you suggest where I could write for the Protestant church?

You should see a link on the left hand side that says Letter to the Arhives.
Let me get some addresses for you and get back to you.
Yes, Serbia is lagging behind when it comes to the archives (among things).

Just following up, how do you know they were 7th day Adventists? Just checking if you had it written somewhere on their documents. This will help me narrow some addresses for you.

I don't have any documentation about their religion but I think it was my father who mentioned it years ago.

Ok, you can give this a try:
PROTESTANTSKA EVANDEOSKA CRKVA
SIMINA 8, BELGRADE

Let me know if you can find the letter template on the left menu and if you run into anything.

Thanks again for the information. I will update you if I am successful with my letters.