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CROATIAN GENEALOGY COLUMN EXTRA

Lidija Sambunjak, a professional genealogist

Experienced professional genealogist share her secrets

Quality time
with an expert

From January 15th, 2010, Lidija Sambunjak is joining the Croatian Genealogy & Family History team as a columnist

Probably the best way how to learn to do our own genealogy is to watch other, more experienced genealogists doing the job, and then emulate them.

If we follow their example, we can be enriched with invaluable gems of information and wisdom which will help us in our endeavors to find out more about our ancestry.

Lidija Sambunjak, a prominent genealogist specialized for areas of Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina & Serbia, joins our team at the Croatian Genealogy & Family History web site. She will be regularly posting a column (or, better said, a blog, since we are on the internet) about her day-to-day research activities.

Efficient building of the family tree

In her entries, you will find out where and how she searches for genealogical data, what problems she faces and how she solves them. As she does the research for her customers, she will be able to give advices to visitors of our web site on how to be most efficient in building your family tree, particularly if your ancestors come from areas of former Yugoslavia.

We are excited to have Mrs. Sambunjak on board, and we hope you will enjoy her wisdom, benefit from her experience, and learn from her wealth of knowledge she gained over many years working as a professional genealogist.

Recent columns by Lidija Sambunjak

New! By their noses shall they be recognized People who want their family trees to be researched come from all around the world and it's no wonder every one of them is different. But as special as family Sadar was, none were before them.(11 Oct 2010)

A joy of finding destroyed records Wars produce negative consequences on today's genealogical research, because, during wars, vital records are in a threat of destruction. (28 Feb 2010)

A postcard that revealed a family secret Old pictures and old letters can sometimes be a very good source for researching our family history. But they can also be a source of surprising revelations. (8 Dec 2010)

Pictures engraved in the stone For a family picture to be preserved for a century or longer takes a small miracle. How many of us have a picture of an ancestor born in the 19th century? Not many, I presume. (4 Sep 2010)

A unique wedding present One of my best friends got married this month. I wondered what could I possibly give her as a wedding present which would be of any real worth to her? (2 Aug 2010)

Why do grandma and grandpa have the same surname? There are parishes where you can find people with the exact same surname that are not directly related. But sometimes they are. (21 May 2010)

Death records are not easy to read, but it's not about handwriting I think we need to be grateful for our ancestors whose challenges we can hardly imagine. (15 Apr 2010)

Building family history on a firm evidence A true genealogist should base his or her research on written records, and not on questionable tales. (27 Mar 2010)

What a joy it is to connect lost relatives! It is very rewarding and often quite emotional for a researcher to witness how profound impact he or she can have on the people (6 Mar 2010)

Help saving vital records from the worms! One thing every genealogist is concerned about is the condition of the books he or she uses in the research. (21 Feb 2010)

Where did the children hide? As I was trying to find siblings of a grandfather of a family, I looked back and forth in records of many years, but with no success. (06 Feb 2010)

Be careful not to miss a widower The case was clear: the man had been married more than once, but the question was - how many times? (22 Jan 2010)

Bingo! Elderly superladies! As I exhausted all the ideas on how to continue with a paricular case, a simple phonecall saved my day. (15 Jan 2010)

Quality time with an expert Probably the best way how to learn to do our own genealogy is to watch other, more experienced genealogists doing the job, and then emulate them. (29 Dec 2009)


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