Croats in the Province of Santa Fe
The province of Santa Fe, located in Argentina's interior, about 400 km from Buenos Aires, is estimated to be home to about 46,000 Croats. The landscape is dominated by pampa [...]
Bulat/Petrošić Family from Buenos Aires
Vjera Bulat (Seka) was born in Split in 1934 and was part of Danica and Edo Bulat's family. She said the following about her family: Vice Jerković, my maternal grandfather, was born [...]
Croatian Communities in Argentina
The Croatian community in Argentina is one of the oldest in South America. Croats sailed with various explorers as sailors, and some remained on the new continent, but these were [...]
Western Flyer Story, Port Townsend, WA
Every family has its favorite stories. They’re told on a summer camping trip, at Thanksgiving or after Christmas dinner. They start with “Dad, tell us again” or maybe “Mom, remember [...]
Causes of emigration
Croatia is distinctly an emigrant country. An estimate is that from the 1870s until the First World War, about 14 percent of the population emigrated. In the following periods, the [...]