Argentina

According to information provided by historian Mijo Igor Ostojić, the Dominiković family from Metković was granted a noble title by Emperor Franz Joseph. As the story goes, the emperor spent [...]

The surname Budrović has been originally from Vrbanj (Hvar), since the 15th century. It is probably a hypocoristic of the name Budimir or Budislav. My ancestors were born in Velo [...]

  Through my writing, I have explored various topics related to Croatian emigration. I was particularly drawn to untold stories or those that can be viewed from multiple perspectives. Some [...]

My grandparents, Ivan and Jelena, were known as Juan and Elena here. They were born in Trnbusi and Dolac Gornji. They arrived in Argentina by ship, but I couldn’t find [...]

  The request sent by Juan Vidaković to the City Council of the town of Comodoro Rivadavia in 1930, asking for permission to organize a New Year's Eve celebration in [...]

  My name is Jose Raul Ban and I was born in Venado Tuerto, Argentina on June 11th 1965. My grandparents emigrated from Croatia, so this allowed me to get [...]

    Joza Vrljicak was born in Buenos Aires in 1947. After graduation, he studied languages and economics in Argentina and in Canada, where he earned a Master's degree and [...]

    Adriana Ivana Smajic was born in the province of Santa Fe, in Argentina in 1973. After high school, she studied and graduated law in 1995 at the National [...]

  The history of my Croatian lineage is very particular since both my paternal and maternal grandparents were Croatians, even more peculiar since they were born in the same town. [...]