Slovenian Roots? Finding Records & Relatives
Find their home town; Learn about the Church Records & Finding them; Find & Contact living relatives; Find even more cousins with DNA.
Outline: Finding the Home Town – A Quick Review of their records as well as those of their
Relatives & Friends
Passenger Lists, Immigration Records, Ellis Island, Chain Migration
Naturalization Records, Home Sources, Census Records
Names – Americanized spelling?
Church Records
Parish Registers of Baptisms, Weddings, & Death
Status Animarum – (Basically a Family Group Sheet by house)
Language
Other Records
Burial Records
Online Records
Matricula
FamilySearch
Alenjes.com – Stari-trg ob Kolpi Records
Facebook – finding & communicating with living cousins
Travel photographs can be incorporated into breaks or lunch
Prior Presentation
12 October 2019 - UWM Slovenian Arts Council - 2.5 hrs
[UWM - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee]
Greenfield Public Library 5310 W. Layton Ave. Greenfield, WI 53220
Introduction to Slovenian Genealogy
Genealogy Intro & Where Did They Come From?
Parish Records & Availability, DNA Testing, & Making Contact with Cousins