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A place to discuss news, politics and anything else related to the Balkans.

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Family History in former Yugoslavia - location help!

Hello!

I am in the US and have been doing a deep dive into my ancestry as it has been a long-told tale that our family immigrated from Italy generations ago. Come to find out, a distant relative immigrated from Yugoslavia (he wrote that, Croatia, and Serbia on different government documents way back in the day). This is particularly funny bc I have an uncle who has fully embraced his "Italian heritage"

Anyway, I've found more documents supporting his birthplace being Petrovo Selo, Yugoslavia, 1884 - which I understand could be current-day Croatia or Serbia. I've also found another document of an 1809 Baptism of a potential relative taking place in Petrovov Selo - photo attached. Are Petrovo Selo and Petrovov Selo the same place?

Is anyone able to potentially translate this document to help me narrow down where exactly these folks were located? I'd love to plan a trip to the area with my dad one day to see where his family came from, but it would be awkward if we later found out we went to the wrong country.

https://preview.redd.it/2ef3qxs7zozd1.jpg?width=1456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94fd10fae4044ed5f6fbca249152797d38752f5b

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2024/11/08
15:01 UTC

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What are some ghosts and spirits in your cultures?

I personally live in Bosnia and the most ive heard about ghosts and spirits around these parts are about dzins and angels and all that jazz, which isnt all that interesting. Do any of you guys have any interesting ghosts and spirits that show up in your cultures?

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2024/11/03
13:19 UTC

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Favorite movie by european country: Bulgaria

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2024/11/01
17:04 UTC

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Time to unit

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2024/10/23
06:07 UTC

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Pamet...

[PB] Akac je najpametniji covjek na svijetu (fakat).

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2024/10/22
23:24 UTC

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veggies à la cremation? nailed it. and that ancient bulgarian stew pot? probably begging for retirement after what I put it through. apparently, ‘medium heat’ in Balkan means ‘send everything to the afterlife‘...

2 Comments
2024/10/21
08:24 UTC

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eastern thrace, european turkey, the balkan part of turkey

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2024/10/15
18:02 UTC

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Bosnia or Serbia

I have a trip planned soon, which country would you recommend?

8 Comments
2024/10/13
22:59 UTC

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What is your skin color?

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2024/10/13
20:56 UTC

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Men's feet pedicure in the Balkans?

Is it becoming more and more common or rather not very common for Balkan men to take care of their feet and go for pedicures?

3 Comments
2024/10/13
12:01 UTC

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Self-Identification of Bulgarian Muslim Roma Youth in Berlin

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2024/10/12
20:31 UTC

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💯💯💯

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2024/10/10
21:12 UTC

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What issues do you face when visiting North Macedonia?

Hello i am developer and i want to work on an application that would fix some issues you might face when visiting North Macedonia.

Best wishes

0 Comments
2024/10/10
15:24 UTC

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VOJNI ROK U RAZORUŽANOJ SRBIJI!!!

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2024/10/10
11:48 UTC

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