(18 August 2009) A new book on Croatian genealogy, “Facing the riddle of family tree – a handbook for exploration of family genealogy” authored by Mladen Paver and Gordan Gledec, Ph. D., is scheduled to be published late September of this year in Croatian language.

The publisher of this unique, first of it’s kind book on Croatian market has announced that the book will have an interesting approach to the subject of genealogy and family history research, written from personal experience of the authors.

Within it’s two hundred pages, a reader will find chapters like “The secret of grandma’s cist”, “Why are you interested in this”, “How to begin” and “Sources are in boxes” where some key concepts of genealogy work in Croatia are explained. The second part of the book is devoted to explanation on how computers are used in recording and sharing family history data.

The book “Facing the riddle of family tree – a handbook for exploration of family genealogy” will be published in Croatian language only, by the publishing company Matis from Pregrada. The publisher is now receiving preorders at discount price of 100,00 kn. Regular price, after the book hits bookshelves, will be 120,00 kn. More information about the preorder of the book can be found here (only in Croatian).

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