Unless your Croatian or Chek you would not have heard of the split. My family background is from Croatia. Had family there during the breakup. Serbian tanks came down the road and blew up homes on each side of the road. That area where my family came from had multi nationalities and a farming community. The house was built by my Grandfather. Very interesting construction. I was there in 1988 for a visit. Took my Dad and my daughter as he was getting up in years and not likely to see his sisters again. I managed to take photos but have since mislaid them. The barn was the most interesting. No nails. Just pegs holding everything together. Also it still had a thatched roof. The farming was stopped when Grandpa passed away I believe in the 60's. What was left of the family lived in Zagreb, a major city.
The most interesting part of the house was that the kitchen was in the center of the house with bedrooms on either side. The house was heated by a wood stove and the stack went into the attic. I went up there to look around and found that the attic was used to smoke the meat. The hooks for hanging the meat were still there. I also found a "tree" (spelling/name?) used to hook up to the plow. My Grandfather scratched his last name on it. It is somewhere in the house. I managed to get it into one of our large suitcases for our return trip home.
Last edited by JohnMOhio; 02-06-2025 at 08:05.
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