Professional research in Serbia
We offer professional family history research services across the former Yugoslavia, including of course Serbian genealogical research.
In Serbia itself, we can provide assistance:
- in Vojvodina, including Banat, formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As well as ethnic Serbian research, we can help investigate ancestry for those with roots among, for example, the ethnic German Donauschwaben and Hungarians of this region.
- south of the Danube, in continental Serbia, formerly under Ottoman Turkish rule. As well as those with Serbian roots, we can also help those with Jewish connections to Belgrade and other towns.
- in Kosovo, researching Serbian roots, subject to local conditions.
- researching the family histories of the many White Russian émigrés who settled in Yugoslavia after the 1917 Revolution and the defeat of the White Army in Russia.
For Serbian ancestral research beyond the borders of modern Serbia, the types of records available and the prospects for success vary with the territory. It is important to understand that few regions have an unbroken documentary record and, therefore, to manage your own expectations as to what is achievable. However, we can assist with research into the family trees of ethnic Serbs whose ancestors came from:
- today’s Republika Srpska and elsewhere within Bosnia-Hercegovina.
- Croatia, including the Krajina around the town of Knin.
- Macedonia.
- Montenegro, such as the Bokelji from Boka Kotorska who were prominent among the earlier waves of emigrants to North America.
In these places, vital records created by church and state have been lost or destroyed at various times, including as recently the 1990s. However, even where records are incomplete, it is usually possible to recreate a family history using alternative sources, so please contact us for a free opinion and an assessment as to the prospects for research.
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I am looking for my ancestors in Serbia.
My grandfather was Vasilii Vucashinovici born in Taganrog, Russia, 1891 June 21, as son of Andrei and Sofia. He and family (including my mother) became french citizens – Voucachinovitch in 1931; they moved to Romania in 1925. His father Andrei Vucashinovici was probably born in Taganrog, roughly around 1865. He is of Serbian origin. Andrei, when old, around 1913, entered a Mount Athos Monastery (Helandriou ?, Rossikon ?). The Vucasinovici probably emigrated from Serbia to Taganrog during or after the russo-turk war of 1768-1774.
Is it possible to find documents of them from the: 1. Taganrog Archives (birth, marriage certificates, etc.), 2. Any Serbian documents ? I will pay, of course, for the research. If the research is possible I will provide more information.
dr. ing. Dan Vasilache, Bucuresti, Romania