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I am doing genealogy research for my brother in law on his Ljubibratic family. About 10 brothers and/or cousins from this family came to the U.S. between 1892 and 1912. The Ellis Island passenger manifests indicate that they came from Ljubovo and Trebinje, and settled in Oakland, California in the U.S. I am having a difficult time untangling the relationships of these Ljubibratic brothers/cousins, and wonder if it is possible to obtain information from the Ljubovo and Trebinje areas. As best I can figure, my families of interest are:
Jovo or Jovan Ljubibratic, probably married ___ Prujat, their sons were Vlastimir J., b. 1892, Trifko/Tripo/Trisa (records in all 3 names), b. 1891, born in Ljubovo. The sons came to the U.S., but I would like information on Jovo or Jovan and would like to find his wife's name.
Risto Ljubibratic, perhaps married ___ Knezevic, their sons were Elia, b.1885-1887, perhaps Savo (my brother in law's grandfather, I think), b. 1886, perhaps Luka, b.1884, perhaps Mirko or Miko, b. abt 1865, and perhaps others, probably a daughter who married Ilya Pravica, but may not have come to the U.S. Risto and his wife did not immigrate and Elia, Savo and Luka said they were from Trebinje.
Risto and Jovo/Jovan are probably brothers - they did not immigrate and were both living in 1908. There may have been additional brothers whose names I don't know, one of whom married Angja ___ and was dead by 1908.
Luka, Mirko and Elia were tea & coffee merchants in Oakland, California in 1921 and Elia made at least two trips home to Trebinje in 1912 and 1913. The name of the business of Ljubibratic Bros. Tea & Coffee, 815 Clay St., Oakland, California.
Any help locating information about the Ljubibratic families in Ljubovo and Trebinje would be most gratefully appreciated.
Carol Brown
Posted : 18/03/2005 2:12 am
Hello Carol,
I dont know if you are looking for living relatives or those who have past away. For the latter you would need to contact the archives in Trebinje by snail mail. For the living you can try the online phonebook of Bosnia--> Republika Srpska and see if there are still any living there.
Regards,
Regards,
Sergej
Posted : 18/03/2005 5:47 pm
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Thank you for the reply, Sergej. I know that at least as late as 1992 there were relatives still living there somewhere - a Tomo Ljubibratic, who I think was formerly connected with the Yugoslav military. He was a 'cousin' but I don't know how or where to contact him now. I'll try the phonebook as you suggest.
However, I am more interested in finding information on the ancestors of those who immigrated in the early 20th century. Can you tell me how to contact the Trebinje archives, what sort of information they might have and whether it would be proper to contact them in English? Are there people who would be willing to do a search of the records there for a reasonable fee if the archives staff cannot?
I am trying to educate myself about the Balkan region so I can do this project intelligently, and ask intelligent questions, but I don't know where to look for reference materials. So far about all I've learned is that Trebinje is the southernmost city in Bosnia & Herzegovina, and it looks like Ljubovo is located now in Kosovo. I found at least one passenger manifest that listed the place of origin as Ljubovo Trebinje, which seems odd as the towns appear on the map to be some distance from each other.
I would also like to find an english language reference on the history of the Balkan region, particularly about the Serbian populations. Would you have any suggestions in this regard? I am interested in why they immigrated and what was happening in the region during this period that may have led them to immigrate. I have many other questions, but I'll save them for another post.
Thank you again for your help.
Carol
Posted : 18/03/2005 7:10 pm
For the archives try:
Arhiv Hercegovine
TRG 1. MAJA 17
Mostar
Most likely you will have to write them in Serbo-Croatian. I can't garantuee you they will react though.
Ljubovo is a small village close to Trebinje about 10 km's drive. You can see it on more detailed maps. There are several towns in the former Yugoslavia region that have the same names.
I dont know what questions you have about Serbian populations and their migrations. You can ask any question on our forum and we will reply.
They most likely migrated to the US in those day's like many others did. THe promised land. Also the Balkans were undergoing troublesome times. Serbia was kicked out the Ottomans and WWI was around the corner.
If you plan a lot of research I'd advice membership to with the SGS.
Hope this all helps.
Regards,
Regards,
Sergej
Posted : 18/03/2005 7:31 pm
Neznam tako dobro engleski da bih ovaj Vas tekst mogao da procitam. A jako me interesuje. Dali ovo prezime ima veze sa prezimenom Ljubobratovic.
Pozdrav!
Posted : 18/07/2007 9:38 am