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Arhivska Mreža
Arhivska mreža je interaktivni sistem koji korisnicima omogućava da dobiju vizuelnu predstavu o lokaciji arhiva tako što mogu da kliknu na obeleživače…
Archival Network
The Archival Network is a interactive system that allows users to visualize where the archives are, by clicking on the markers a…
2004 Edition My Heritage
AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPEROR IN MÉXICO THE STORY OF A DREAM By Dr. Sergio Antonio Corona Páez Jean-Adolphe Beaucé. Equestrial portrait of Emperor…
2002 Edition My Heritage
Welcome to the fist edition of Rodoslovlje, the member magazine of the Serbian Genealogy Society. This is the first genealogy magazine ever…
2003 Edition My Heritage
SGS NEWS
A few new points have been proposed out to improve the site’s services for members. These are:
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SGS Members
This section is for members only. Most content here is premium content that is not accessible for the public. In most cases…
How to start
How to start your genealogical research When you decided to start with your genealogical research the challenge begins. The genealogical world is…
The origin of surnames
Just as in the vast majority of other European countries the majority of Serbian surnames are patronymic. This means that the surname Jovanovic would be derived from one of the ancestors with the name of Jovan. In some very rare cases you can see the metronymic naming, but this is very rare.
The way surnames originated can be diplayed on the following way:
Patronymic; naming after one of the ancestors,
Occupational; naming after ones profession e.g. Strugar,
Geographical; being named after a geographic location,
Descriptive; being named after a special physical feature inside ones family,
Anecdotal; being named after a particular event in ones live,
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Glossary of Turkish word used during the Ottoman period
Ağa Chief; master; head servant of a household Akritai Byzantine frontier troops Acâriz extra-ordinary taxes levied on the reâyâ in times of…
The house of Vlastimorić; Early Serbian family history 6th-10th centuries
The house of Vlastimorić
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