Given Name: Ranko
Middle Name: C
Surname: Petkovits
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 27 July 1938
Social Security Number: 538-34-1604
State: Washington
Last Place of Residence: King, Washington
Previous Residence Postal Code: 98022
Event Date: 23 April 2009
Age: 71
Is this Ranko a direct descendant? If yes, than his church baptismal record should have his parents place of birth.
Do you know your Ranko PETKOVITS's wife's maiden name?
The 1900 census has that R PETKOVITS arrived in 1882 and was naturalized citizen. You might try looking for his intent & petition. Hopefully there is a place of birth.
arr. NY Ellis Island
Petkovits, Dimitrios 27 1893 1920
Petkovits, Dimitrios 27 1893 1920
Petkovits, Grozdan Guschteritza, Serbia 28 1883 1911
did find males arriving NY EI with the first name RANKO and the locations suggest former Yugoslavia.
http://www.rodoslovlje.com/www.croatia-in-english.comhttp://feefhs.org/links/banat.html