things to be confirmed before anyone can research anything anywhere:

1. original spelling of the surname in the native language of your ancestors

2. original spelling of the surname for the period when your ancestors were born in their place of origin ( this will in many cases differ from 1. due to foreign languages that were used as official language)

3. ethnic and religious affiliation of your ancestors



then you can proceed to


4. trace the family within the vital and other records in the community of origin for as far back as they exist

5. trace the surname/family/clan/community through earlier migrations and origin in historical sources




It is always a nice chapter of family and surname history to document all places around the globe where it is found.



Surnames that are same or similar in Eastern Europe:


-can be the consequence of pan-Slavic root word from which they were created and similar formation patterns :

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:List_of_Proto-Slavic_...


-common foreign language of origin of the root word:

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loanword#Loanword_transmission_...

http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/Turkiye/macarca.turkce.html

http://www.ffuis.edu.ba/media/publikacije/radovi/2011/03/23/...



- documented migrations :

http://republic-of-macedonia.jimdo.com/macedonian_polk_in_uk...




-sheer coincidence:


http://www.zompist.com/chance.htm







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