Cathryn,

Welcome to Rodoslovlje

We will need to see any and all original documents you have to establish the place of origin of the family. Only after that you can research further - we will then be able to provide you based on that with info what vital and other records exist, where they are and how you can research them.

Unless there is a confirmed presence of ethnic Serbian family ĐORĐEVIĆ in Izmir, Turkey abt 1850., or you have the residence of the husband or his family confirmed to be that city around the time that they were married,  you may have been thrown off the right track by misinterpreting the information on the place of origin  from after immigrating. A lot of advice, direction and info posted on Serbian ancestry on world genealogy forums in English language is incorrect, irrelevant and useless:

http://www.rodoslovlje.com/en/forum/general-forum/expert-advice

Here is an example of how the place of origin of a Serbian ancestor born in *Turkey* was correctly established for our member Cherie who is going to visit her accurately established ancetral home  in Kosovo in a couple of days:

http://www.rodoslovlje.com/en/forum/serbia/velkovic-milovan

We review and correct all such mistakes based on facts and resources available in local languages for all our members.

If you do not want to post the documents here, send them to my email

[email protected]

Hi Jugoslava

Thank you so much for such a comprehensive answer. I'm going to gather up all of the paperwork I have so far and send it through to you via email. This might take me a few weeks but you have given me a direction to work in which is very exciting!!!! Look forward to writing to you soon,

Warmest wishes, Cathryn

I have not heard from you and would really love to be able to help you more as a member, when you have time please send the info and documents you have.

Hi Jugoslava,

Thank you for following up. Unfortunately at this stage I don't have any further information beyond my first message. I am, however, chasing up some documentation which should - fingers crossed! - give me some more to work with.

I'll be in touch as soon as I know more.

Best wishes Georgevich

Just bumping this out of curiousity

nope, never received any folow up info, but I did dig up a number of resoures on the Serbs in Izmir in XIX century.
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