The Luka Jerkovich Family Tree Home PageUpdated May 13, 2010 | |
| NO PART OF THIS MAY BE COPIED, REPRODUCED OR PLACED ON THE INTERNET WITHOUT EXPRESS APPROVAL OF THE PREPARER OF THIS FAMILY HOME PAGE. THERE IS ONE EXCEPTION. A DESCENDENT MAY USE THE INFORMATION FROM HIS DIRECT LINEAGE PROVIDING CREDIT IS GIVEN TO THE AUTHOR. I have been researching the Jerkovich Family Tree since the early 1990s. My aunt Lucille Dulcich started gathering information on our family when she visited Zastrazisce, Island of Hvar, Yugoslavia, (Now Croatia) in 1978. I was remise in not starting then to do research on our tree as there were many relatives with whom I could have spoken to at that time. Now the "changing of the guard" has occurred and those of us born in the 1930s are the oldest generation alive, with the exception of one individual. With the help of fellow genealogist, Saso Barbaric, a third cousin who lives in Split, Croatia, my brother Mike, and other relatives. I have gathered information and hope to complete our story so that I may publish our family story, "The Face of Change - Stories of the Jerkovich and other related families." In honor of our ancestors, I will send two copies each of the book to the public libraries in the following communities: Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington; Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California; Fresno, Fresno County, California; and San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California. I must get approval from Yale University Press for further distribution to the public library in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and Ellis Island. I must to this because I will be using copyrighted material (already approved) from the book, "Croatia, A Nation Forged in War," by Marcus Tanner. I had omitted these two establishments in my original request. The book by Marcus Tanner is being called one of the best ever written about the history of Croatia. Other books that I am using in my research on Croatia include: "Now Respected, Once Depised - Yugoslavs in New Zealand," by Andrew D. Trlin; "Balkan Ghosts - A Journey Through History," by Robert D. Kaplan; "Moj Hvar - Kratka Kulturna Povijest, My Hvar - A Short Cultural History," by George C. Jerkovich; and the Harper Collins Atlas of World History. The first chapter in my book will by titled "What is a Croatian." It will dwell on the history of Croatia. I will also be using the results from my DNA test to determine what tribe the Jerkovich Family evolved from. The second chapter will explain the evolution of the Croatian language. A good source, as I found out, to research this is on Wikipedia.com. The book will also contain old photographs of our ancestors and relatives, ship manifests, photographs of the ships our families coming to America; historical family documents, newspaper clippings of individuals when appropriate, etc. The research is incomplete, but with the help of relatives, the story can come to fruition. The home page is a work in progress and will be updated continuously until the final product is achieved. I have developed a family questionnaire that has been sent to relatives with the hope of gathering more information on our families. Questionnaires are trickling in and other relatives have stated that they will participate in this project. "The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend to remember. Harold Pinter" |
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Robert Vincent Jerkovich 155 Exeter Dr Fairfield Glade, TN 38558-8685 United States 931-484-1553 rj.genealogy@gmail.com
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