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From: Frank Kurchina <>
Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Radovic
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 01:26:43 -0700
References: <OE33hZmuXNJCpM2M9CV000011e1@hotmail.com>

mil wrote:
>
> I am trying to find information about my greatgrandfather Antonio Radovic who came to Melbourne, Australia around the early 1860s. He gives his birth place as Delmatia his birth date would have been about 1840 -45. So he would have been born into the Austro Hungarian empire. Another birth place he gives is Polomja and he also states he is a native of Trieste.

Delmatia probably meant the Dalmacija coast region of Croatia.
The Adriatic Sea is 485 miles (780 kms) in length.

In 1840-1845 Trst (c) Trieste (I) in Istria was part of the Austrian
Empire.
1867-1918 Istria (Istrija) was part of of Austria under the dual
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
1918-1947 Istria was part of Italy, not Croatia or Yugoslavia.
And today Trieste is not part of Istria nor of Croatia.

In 1947, the Free Territory of Trieste was created .
Zone A (city of Trieste) was administered by Anglo-American forces
and Zone B by the Yugoslavs.

In 1954, the Free Territory of Trieste was abolished.
Zone B was given to former Yugoslavia and Zone A was given to Italy.

The Croatian telephone directory lists 60 surname Radovic' under
current Istria (which doesn't include Trieste, Italy)

Polomja could be many places because I don't think the spelling is
correct ?

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