Original scientific paper
A contribution to our knowledge about history of parish Malpaga (Dračevac Zadarski – Crno – Ploče) based on the parish archival sources from the 19th and the beginnings of 20th centuries .
Zdenko Dundović
orcid.org/0000-0003-1772-1675
; Department of Theology and Catechetics, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Abstract
Author of this article aims at drawing readers’ attention to a need for further investigation of the archival sources kept in the local parish archives, especially regarding the period of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Therefore, this article is a case study that examines data from the parish of Malpaga (Dračevac Zadarski, Crno and Ploče) in the Archbishopric of Zadar. Parish archives contain vast and usually well-organized documentation for this period. Analysis of the available documents provides numerous possibilities for reconstructions of the past of countryside parishes, and thus offer enrichment of our understanding of ecclesiastical, social and economic circumstances during the second Austrian rule in Dalmatia. Such investigations have a social value, too, since the local population has shown a considerable interest for the research’s results. Namely,
many people are interested in getting deeper knowledge about their genealogy, and the first mentions of their family names in a given area. Similarly, some have shown interest in the history of the local parish churches and relationships within their communities in
the past. Therefore, author maintains that it is necessary and worthwhile to reveal some historical facts to the readers, which is also an opportunity for popularization of historical investigations to a broader audience.
Keywords
Malpaga; Dračevac Zadarski; Crno; Ploče; parish archives; 19th century
Hrčak ID:
199599
URI
Publication date:
21.12.2017.
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