Hi..I have just read this and thought I would suggest some other boards to use to track your ancestral history...try Slovenia board and also Friuli Venezia Giulia which is under Italy board. This region that your relatives came from is a little more complicated. I have relatives near your villages ( Rence and Gradisce). If trying to use church archives..then Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and Gorizia (Italy) are a good start as well as Koper archives in Slovenia. Good luck Viv