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| Zlatica,
I've run against a big stumbling block on that side of my family. Lot's of family history...After WWII, contact was cut off around 1950 from the former Yugoslavia. Lot's of politics, for them having cousins in America was a public liability, for my family here have cousins in a communist country could cost them thier jobs..(Some of those communist and others where also my family)..Most here worked in the US in defense related jobs..I just re-establish contact in the last few years. Amazingly, many remember private talk about cousins in the US and recieving letters and packages. Unfortunately, it appears that everyone on the "Mudri" side of the family passed away without children. There is a local Rusyn historian who is also a Mudri, but he is gravely ill, and can not speak. So all I have is photos of graves that cousins on other sides sent me..(Some complete with bullet holes from WWII)...I have been told by oral tradition, that there are at least three seperate Mudri familys in the region. I have written and have friends who have checked with the parish preist, all the old records were taken by the government. Also nothing is available from the Hungarian archives. Anyone's best guess is that the records are in the archives at Sremska M. I have written with no reply back. It is hard to get copies of what records are in the town hall. Friends have to "persuade" officials to get what records they can. My best hope is that as relations improve, that the mormons will be allowed to microfilm the archives. I hope the records are there, as most of the records from just 5 miles away on the Croatian side of the border survived the Nazi's..... And yes, I find the modern phone book quite helpful..specially as they do not move as much as we do...so Presov is a likely area. How is the weather on the west side of Cleveland? Paul | ||
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