Re: SPOLERICH(or similar spelling) Croatian?
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SPOLERICH(or similar spelling) Croatian?
Denise Spolerich 5/31/99
At one time Croatia was part of the Austrian-Hungary Empire.World War 1 changed all that.It was an independent country but when the Turk Invaders came up from the south more than 400 years ago, the Croatians, because of their Roman Catholic faith, sought the protection of the Austrian-Hungary Empire.Serbia is primarily Greek Orthodox and Bosnia became primarily Muslim through inter-marriage with the invaders.My father became a citizen in 1911 and his citizenship papers show that he was born in the country of Croatia and was considered a subject of Austria-Hungary.Hope this information helped.