Tombston Tuesday - Croatia Part I

Last month my mom and I traveled to Croatia. We stayed with some of her grandmother's family that she found when she visited in 2009. We were searching for any of her grandfather's family that may be left there (more on that in later posts).

While we were there we spent 2 days in the town of Aleksinica in the region of Lika. This is where my great-grandmother, Anna Vrkljan, was born and lived until she came to the United States in the 1920's. She left behind a sister named Marija. Marija's granddaughter (my mom's second cousin) and her family was who we were visiting.

One stop we made in Aleksinica was the church and cemetery. Below is a picture of Marija's grave. She was buried with her son, Marko, and his wife Ivka.


The inside of the church was beautiful and we had a wonderful 2 days there.