Some
years ago I found out that my grandfather
came from Croatia, former Yugoslavia.
I knew that some of his relatives lived
there, but no address, no phone, and no
e-mail, just information that Komiza was the
place where he was born and lived when he was
a young boy.
The main problem was the language, since I
don’t speak Croatian I began to look for help
on the internet, and finally I found a forum
with some great ideas to find my
relatives.
I left a note in this forum asking for help,
expecting for someone to answer. Also, I left
some information about my last name and
information about my grandfather like date of
birth and his parents’ names.
In a couple of hours I received an answer
from someone living in Sarajev written in
formal English, this person gave me a list of
people that lived in this tiny island in
Croatia with my last name.
Next morning I began to write to all those
addresses with the same message, and finally
I received a letter from a relative, this
lady was the spouse of one cousin that I
never met, or heard of.
My letter arrived in a mysterious way to this
lady, because there are no direct descendants
from my grandfather in Croatia. It was the
neighbor that received the letter, he has my
Last name but he had no relation to me.
My cousin’s wife answered my letter, the
answer came back in Croatian but my friend
from Sarajev kindly translated for me.
It was great, I also had found people ready
to help in my research.
After some information exchange I found that
the only descendants with my last name live
in South America and not in
Komiza-Croatia.
I found other last names to be added to my
genealogy, I sent and received more letters,
cards, photographs and also more information
to build the family tree.
After this experience I decide to create a
website with this purpose.
If you need help finding relatives in other
countries, go to the Multilanguage forum
About The Author:
Jorge M Leano
Visit :
www.komiza.com
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