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Re: Bitola Surname Help - Palla? Pala?

yugaya  (View posts) Posted: 21 May 2012 12:38PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 21 May 2012 2:44PM GMT
Surnames: PALASI , CRAJA
nationality listed as Romanian is a mistake - given the area of origin and the other surnames you listed - *Craja* your ancestors were ethnic Cincari - Tsintsars, for some reason called in English: "AROMANIAN" .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromanians

( see how easy it was for a census taker in 1930. to mistake AROMANIAN for ROMANIAN ).

Your ethnic heritage and history is rich and beautiful, and you should probably try to establish contact with their minority organizations in Macedonia for help and assistance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskopolje

Both families are found in the records of Cincar school registers from second half of the XIX century spelled PALASI and CRAJA, CRAIA, CRAE. We will post an article on ethnic Cincars and their heritage in the research section of the Serbian Genealogy Society web site, where you will be able to download the transcripts of these records.

Church vital recors you need will be those of the EASTERN ORTHODOX church.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church


Heavily persecuted over the centuries for being Eastern Orthodox, Tsintsars had a very particular ethnic custom that was present even in XX century of tattooing a cross on the foreheads of their daughters, to protect them from being taken and enslaved by the Muslims.


http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/8025/666pme.jpg



In the meantime you can see the post I made as a reply to request for assistance with ancestors of same origin on another board here , perhaps some of that info may be useful to you :

https://familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/showthread.php?t=14...


documentary (Serbian) about Tsintsars :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q...#!





att: transcripts of names from the records of the Tsintsar schools XIX century, Bitola, women in traditional Tsintsari garments

Good luck with your research ! :)





"Rodoslovlje" Serbian Genealogy Society
http://www.rodoslovlje.com/en

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Alicia Moss 20 Jan 2012 10:05PM GMT 
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