Did you try the phonebook?

The community in Mokrin is very well documented, there are several books about the history of village available, as well as association of people with Mokrin origin in Serbia.

I will look them up  and post you the titles of these books and contact details, but please be patient, we are entering our double- holidays season here in Vojvodina and things get back to normal in mid-January after the Serbian New Year.

Elissa, you need to contact the heritage museum in MOKRIN. The director there is the best person to provide you with plenty of information about your family and  relatives.

His name is prof. Dragoljub Badrljica, and the institution is called ZAVIČAJNI MUZEJ MOKRIN.

If you do not speak Serbian you may consider joining SGS as a member - we will assist you with translations  of the correspondence and contact him on your behalf, as well as other local archives.

Here is a link to the album of the photographs that are part of the museum collection :

https://plus.google.com/photos/105243020829190524154/albums/5266706838682501857?banner=pwa

https://plus.google.com/photos/105243020829190524154/albums/5266706838682501857/5268513568229794674?banner=pwa

-more albums about Mokrin and its people he posted:

https://picasaweb.google.com/105243020829190524154

- the surname of your ancestor will be spelled like this:

Cyrillic script:   Сувајџић

Latin script:      Suvajdžić

The original family surname may have been  SUVAJDŽIN, but that needs to be confirmed.

Photo: NIKA SUVAJDŽIN, 1890. Mokrin

I am trying to find information about my paternal grandparents from Mokrin. Grandfather was Omer Prekajski and Grandmother wa Amalia Juricin Prekajski. I know that there are some Prekajskis both in Beograd and Morkin. What I don't know is whether we are related somehow. The other thing I am trying to find is the origin of the name. A "ski" at the end of a Serbian name is really unusual - typically that's Polish.

Evonne Prekaiski Dalton

Elissa,your Great-Grandfather was Jovan called Dusan Suvajdich 1857 Mokrin-1920 Mokrin. He lived at house no.300. His children were: Bojana 1884, Radovan 1886, Stefan 1889, Zivojin 1892, Nikola 1895, Merima 1898, Dragoljub 1901. Zivojin-Zivojko was not his youngest son.
Best regards,
Rasa Soklovacki

Mr. Soklovacki,

You seem to have so much information about Mokrin, I am hoping you may be able to help me in my family search as I have reached a riadblock.. My paternal Grandfather was Omer Prekajski (b.1864/65). He was a blacksmith in Mokrin. My paternal grandmother was Amalija Juricin Prekajski (b. 1872). She was a seamstress. They came to the US, and my grandfather returned to Mokrin several times (as so many immigrants did) but died there. I don't know year of his death They had six children" Draginja (unknown birth date), Tinka (b. 1897) Olga (b. 1899) Smilja (b 1907) Dragoljub - my father (b. 1902) and Ozren (unknown birth date). They were all born in Mokrin.

Any information you could provide would be so appreciated as I have been trying for the pat few years and can't seem to find anything more. I have the records of arrivals in the US that I got from Ellis Island records, and that's about it.
Evonne Dalton (Prekajski)

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Omer Prekajski and Amalija had been in Mokrin about 1900. They didnt had own hous. Omer and Amalija had son Ozren. He was born in Karlovo and died in Mokrin 1912.
Familiy Jurisin is also from Karlovo. Prekajski lived in Karlovo and Mokrin. I think that Omer was born in Karlovo (Today Novo Milosevo), but i am not sure.
Prekajski is usual surname in Vojvodina, and means: man from Prekaj. Similar last names from Mokrin are: Soklovacki, Silaski, Rescanski, Bajsanski...
Rasa Soklovacki

Thank you so much for this information. Every little gem is another little piece of the puzzle. One thing though, family lore had it that Ozren died in Budapest at age 21.

The other "jewel" of information is the origin of the name ending in "ski." It has bothered me for many years. I got so tired of people asking me if I was Polish!!!!

May I ask where you obtained this information and if there is any other way I might get more? I somehow think that probably the only way to fill in the blanks is to take a trip to Karlovo or Mokrin and take my cousin along with me who is fluent in Serbian - my Serbian is what I call "kitchen" Serbian - full of grammatical errors.

Thank you once again for the information.

Evonne Dalton (Prekajski)

Elissa,your Great-Grandfather was Jovan called Dusan Suvajdich 1857 Mokrin-1920 Mokrin. He lived at house no.300. His children were: Bojana 1884, Radovan 1886, Stefan 1889, Zivojin 1892, Nikola 1895, Merima 1898, Dragoljub 1901. Zivojin-Zivojko was not his youngest son.
Best regards,
Rasa Soklovacki

At the Mokrins orthodox church home protokole for 1898-1914 years like inmate? (ukucanin) number 226 are:
Omer Prekajski, Amalija, daughter Smilja borned in Mokrin 17.7.1905. nb 185 and son Ozren borned in Karlovo and died 15.6.1912. nb 82. Omer, Amalija and Ozren dont have day of birth, probably because they didnt born in Mokrin.
If You wont I can sent photo of this protocol.Please sand my your mail on [email protected]
It would help if you know slava (home saint?) of your home. If it is Sv. Petka, Omer was from Karlovo, and if it is Sv. Mihail he was from Mokrin.

Radovane ako želite da objavite u formi istraživačkog članka prepis domovnog protokola Mokrina ili bliže podatke vezane za pravoslavne porodice iz Mokrina i njihovo poreklo i istoriju molim da se javite porukom, pošto je veliki broj ljudi iz Mokrina išao u Ameriku da radi a mnogi su tamo i ostali.