Pitomača family trees researched

Pitomača family trees researched

An interesting work about residents of Pitomača, a municipality situated half way between Đurđevac and Virovitica, had been published on the internet. According to the latest data, Pitomača today has little over 10 thousand inhabitants.

Author of the work, Branko Begović Bego, made a worthwhile effort in researching available genealogy records: Status Animarum books, birth, baptism, marriage and death records not just for Pitomača, but also adjacent settlements Otrovanec, Kladare and Velika Črešnjevica for which records were kept in one set of books up until 1858.

Many of the surnames that were found in the books were extracted and put on the web site for reference. Moreover, about two dozen family trees were also published, particularly for the following families: Badanjek, Bajsar, Barčan, Bedeković, Begović, Bokan, Brkić, Čerepinko, Dijaković, Drvenkar, Grgačić, Hegeduš, Horvatinović, Jakupec, Klinžić, Kos, Gračan, Majstor, Makvić, Međurečan, Palković, Predragović, Prepelec, Rakijašić, Rešetar, Šelimber, Široki, Tometić and Vedriš.

Many of the surnames that were found in the books were extracted and put on the web site for reference. Moreover, about two dozen family trees were also published, particularly for the following families: Badanjek, Bajsar, Barčan, Bedeković, Begović, Bokan, Brkić, Čerepinko, Dijaković, Drvenkar, Grgačić, Hegeduš, Horvatinović, Jakupec, Klinžić, Kos, Gračan, Majstor, Makvić, Međurečan, Palković, Predragović, Prepelec, Rakijašić, Rešetar, Šelimber, Široki, Tometić and Vedriš.

Catholic church of St. Vid in Pitomača

According to the author, the following books were available for the research:

Baptism and marriage records (Matične knjige krštenih i vjenčanih) from 1717 until 1732 (kept in Pitomača Catholic parish)
Death records of Pitomača Catholic parish (Matične knjige umrlih) 1912-1928 and 1929-1949 (kept in Pitomača registry)
Marriage records (Matične knjige vjenčanih) 1904-1922. and 1923-1949 (Pitomača registry)
Birth records (Matične knjige rođenih) 1893-1903, 1904-1910, 1910-1921, 1922-1928, 1929-1945 and 1945- 1949. (Pitomača registry)
Death records (Matične knjige umrlih) 1728-1785, 1740-1745, 1786-1832, 1832-1857 and 1858-1871 (Croatian State Archives in Zagreb)
Birth records (Matične knjige rođenih) 1732-1768, 1768-1810, 1810-1832 and 1832-1857 (Croatian State Archives in Zagreb)
Marriage records (Matične knjige vjenčanih) 1732-1832, 1832-1857 and 1857-1871 (Croatian State Archives in Zagreb)
Birth records (Matične knjige rođenih) 1858-1871 (State Archive in Bjelovar)
Marriage records (Matične knjige vjenčanih) 1871- 1892. and 1893-1903 (State Archive in Bjelovar)
Death records (Matične knjige umrlih) 1871-1892, 1893-1903 and 1904-1912 (State Archive in Bjelovar)

To find out more, you can visit the website http://pitomaca-rodoslovlja.blogspot.com/