Some years ago I found out that my
grandfather came from Croatia, former Yugoslavia.
I knew that some of his relatives lived there, but no address, no phone, and
no e-mail, just information that Komiza was the place where he was born and
lived when he was a young boy.
The main problem was the language, since I don’t speak Croatian I began to
look for help on the internet, and finally I found a forum with some great
ideas to find my relatives.
I left a note in this forum asking for help, expecting for someone to
answer. Also, I left some information about my last name and information
about my grandfather like date of birth and his parents’ names.
In a couple of hours I received an answer from someone living in Sarajev
written in formal English, this person gave me a list of people that lived
in this tiny island in Croatia with my last name.
Next morning I began to write to all those addresses with the same message,
and finally I received a letter from a relative, this lady was the spouse of
one cousin that I never met, or heard of.
My letter arrived in a mysterious way to this lady, because there are no
direct descendants from my grandfather in Croatia. It was the neighbor that
received the letter, he has my Last name but he had no relation to me.
My cousin’s wife answered my letter, the answer came back in Croatian but my
friend from Sarajev kindly translated for me.
It was great, I also had found people ready to help in my research.
After some information exchange I found that the only descendants with my
last name live in South America and not in Komiza-Croatia.
I found other last names to be added to my genealogy, I sent and received
more letters, cards, photographs and also more information to build the
family tree.
After this experience I decide to create a website with this purpose.
If you need help finding relatives in other countries, go to the
Multilanguage forum
About The Author:
Jorge M Leano
Visit : www.komiza.com
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