there is a cemetery in the smaller village of POPOVIĆI ( Biskupijs, Knin) which is the actual place of origin of that family there - in documents often the larger village or parish center was indicated as previous residence because smaller villages (zaselak) were administratively kept in records as part of the larger ones.

You cannot obtain any records for Serbian- Orthodox cemeteries in Croatia except for Zagreb and a few coastal towns for the cemeteries which are inside the temple fence, but I posted on the excellent service for hire that is provided by Serbian Orthodox Church monks  where they are taking care of graves and are willing to go and photograph all headstones in a particular cemetary per request:

http://www.rodoslovlje.com/forum/croatia/locating-and-photographing-headstones-and-cemeteries

This is something you should consider after you establish the exact village of origin of your ancestor though, as there are no guarantees that a particular headstone still exists or that the inscriptions are readable.

-photo of the Serbian Orthodox cemetery in Popovići village, Biskupija, Knin. It seems to be in great condition.

Thank you Yugaya,

I am searching for a cemetery because I was contacted by someone back in March stating they think their Vaso is the same Vaso I am looking for.  They have a lot of information on him like - date of birth is January 4, 1896, place of birth is Biskupija, he was Serbian Orthodox and the Patron Saint is St. Nicholas.  He came to the U.S. with his brother, father and it looks like an Uncle or family friend.  Vaso returned home and lived with a sister as he had some sort of argument with the rest of the family.  Apparently no one liked him.  He was rumored to have a hot temper and a penchant for the good life but didn't want to work to get there.  I have confirmed all of this information with the other family.  They suspect this is the correct cemetery based on the location and religion.

I just want to figure out whether he is the same person even though the birth date I have is off by about three years.  Do you know how much the charge would be to have a photograph taken, if found, and sent to me?

Melanie

as the other family is certain that is their ancestor or relative if they want confirmation via tombstone of the data that is the bleakest way - there are death records that are available in Croatia in municipal office, if they have his date of birth finding his record of death is easy.

Also a cheaper avenue ought to be pursued first, an attempt to locate living descendants of the same family who will take the pics for you for free of the headstones. Someone we assisted recently had that , his grandfather was the one who emigrated and his cousins sent him the great-grandfathers headstone pictures.

Biskupija does not fit with who you are looking for as I have browsed the records that are available on familysearch.org and no ethnic Germans or record of marriage that would indicate a marriage between Serbian Orthodox man Popović and a woman of a different confession - Biskupija records are excellent and entire family history for XIX century can be reconstructed from them.