Yugoslavia (1945 - 2003)

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Yugoslavia
1945 - 2003

This board is for researching the old Yugoslavia (or if you don't know the ethnicity of your ancestor or in what province or republic they were born).

Yugoslavia was one of Europe's newest countries. A new nation called the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was formed on December 1, 1918. It consisted of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Dalmatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.

On November 29, 1945, the monarchy was abolished and the nation became a communist republic called the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia.

In 1991, the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia began to break up, with Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Macedonia declaring their independence.

On April 27, 1992, a new constitution was adopted and Serbia and Montenegro changed the name of the country to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). It consisted of the Republic of Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia. Also included were the autonomous provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo.

In Feb. 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was renamed Serbia and Montenegro.

There are separate message boards for Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

Please direct any genealogical queries to the Message Board.

Should you encounter problems with this site, please send an e-mail that includes the site name, page address and a description of the problem (i.e. broken link) to:

Good luck with your research!

Rel@ively,
Patrice
Yugoslavia GenWeb Coordinator