Hello and welcome,

I would advice you at first to read through the FAQ and Learning Center articles. Also check out the other posts. Bosnia has been war torn and still lags behind. Research is slow and will take time, so if you have that mindset you wont be disappointed.

When did the family come to the US? Did you already check with Ellis Island?

Yes, I've checked Ellis Island records and Tomo came through that port (New York). All passenger records are held by the National Archives which I have found copies of the two trips he made to the U.S. The 1920 record is the last record I've found for him in which he came back to the U.S. after the first World War.

I am very interested in finding out more about his family in Bosnia but have almost no information about his parents and siblings. I have only possible names of his parents. Family sources say he had a lot of brothers and sisters, possibly as many as 10-14, but no names were given to me. The same sources say that Tomo and some of his brothers came to the U.S. together, originally, but I have found no evidence of this story.

I hope someone in the family is still living in Bosnia but have been told the family may have been victims of actions taken during World War II occupations of the area in which they lived.

I realize the area is recovering from the war and things are probably still quite slow (and maybe records have been destroyed as a result?). It is very difficult to research family history when I only have very little information to provide to those who might assist me. It is even more difficult to search for family information in foreign locations.

I appreciate your help, Sergej, very much. I cannot thank you enough.

I will contact the parish priest next week and have him ask for help and information. From when we corresponded ( on ancestry I think) I messaged a few local people and there is one Dragić family that they know who lived in Vođenica but have relocated due to most recent wars.

Your best hope is that we reconnect you with descendants of the same family, because no records are available anywhere except in Bosnia with Serbian Orthodox Church.

Yes, Ancestry was where we corresponded before. My youngest daughter has urged me to continue seeking out more information about the Dragić family in Bosnia. She is very interested in finding out more about her ancestry but also whether there might be family members still living.

Since I live in the U.S., I'm at a disadvantage in finding records in Bosnia. You mentioned before that the family may have been victims of World War II, but I've been unable to identify repositories that might hold records about this. I have a language barrier as well.

Thank you so very much for your assistance. I greatly appreciate it as do my children.

We have full Victims of War census 1941-1945 and I already checked it but I am still reluctant to share the information with you - I need to confirm the exact household and prefer to have at least two independent sources before sharing such information with descendants.

I advice this thread to be kept in the SGS Member forum for privacy purposes. In Serbia there are strict privacy laws, so before we share info we need to verify some data. Can you update your name and address info in your member account?

My name and address information is correct in my member account. My surname was Drogich (Dragic) until I remarried after a divorce..

Hello,

Thank you very much for your response. Please let me know what type of documentation you require to confirm the correct household. I have only the information from ship's passenger records, and a U.S. marriage record, which mangled the Dragic surname to Drch. I have U.S. census records for Tomo and his family after his U.S. marriage but am not sure those records would be very helpful.

Just following up to see if everything worked out after our last post?

Hello,

My name and address is up to date and hasn't changed. I've not found any records relating to identifying Tomo and his family beyond what I've provided already. My family wants to know what happened to the family that remained in the the homeland after the first world war. We know Tomo had a wife and, probably at least, one child when he was in his home area last, about 1920, as well as his parents and several siblings. We also know he returned and couldn't find any family at some point. We just want to know what happened to his home area and his family.

I will wait for Yugaya to respond as she is the one with the best access to the lists. Did you send her a private message recently?
We had email notifications disabled on the website due to technical difficulties, so you should follow up with her.

Emails are working for a week now. If anyone has any problems please let us know via the contact form or the forum post.

Hello,

I'm still seeking answers to what happened to the family in Vođenica, the village where Tomo or Toma Dragić was born. The birth date we have for him is 8 November 1891. His father was Nikola and mother, Mary. Mary's maiden name was either Sekulitch or Dukavac. Dukavac may have been Mary's mother's maiden name. Nikola's father was, possibly, Peter Dragić.

Although I cannot provide a lot of documentation, as far as paper records, for the information of our family in Bosnia, I would still like assistance in finding out what happened to the family after 1920. We expect to learn that most family members, if not all, were sent to concentration camps during World War II.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Hello,

I'm just wanting to check in and let members on the forum know I'm still seeking information about the Dragić family in Vođenica a village in the municipality of Bosanski Petrovac, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This information was given about Tomo or Toma Dragić's birthplace and residence on the U.S. naturalization papers he filed in the 1940s. He served in the military during WWI for the Servian (Serbian in English?) Army.

Our family would like to know if there are any family members still living in the area and, if so, be able to connect with them. We would also like to find out about past generations of the family and who they were and what happened to them.

Thank you very much for your time and attention, again.