FAQ


For a full access to Acta Croatica website, which also allows users to add content, it is necessary to go through a simple and free registration process.
All personal data of users are secured in accordance with the highest technical standards and the rules of privacy protection.
In a narrow sense, Memories include memories or family stories about persons, families, places and events, and in a wider sense they include texts and analyses related to Croatian heritage, onomastics, history and culture.
All contributions are most welcome, including multimedia content.
In accordance with Terms of Use, it is forbidden to use hate speech and insults, and to add inappropriate content.
One of the tasks of the Acta Croatica Project is to continuously find, digitize, edit and publish new historical materials. Since this task is comprehensive, and no other country in the world has completed it yet, we need to be patient.
Enter the name and surname of your ancestor, and others that interest you, under "I want to know more" and we will notify you when the relevant documents are published.
Errors might have occurred during the complex process of analysing and interpreting documents. We suggest you enter the correct data in the memory of a person, name or surname. We are currently developing a system that will allow all registered users to become our associates and directly change data on our website.
Yes, it is possible to erase your user account. Just go to "My Account".
All user data are secured in accordance with a high technical standard.
All data and documents added by users are preserved on safe providers in Tier 3 data centre, with the corresponding safety certificates. The backup copy is created daily, and is preserved in a separate data centre.
At this moment, it is possible to add a memory to a corresponding surname. We plan to enable users to add new persons and create family trees.
Contact us via Support the project and choose a way in which you can/want to help us.
Acta Croatica analyses documents from the entire Croatian historical territory, and is concerned with all persons connected with this territory.
Our mission is to allow access to as many documents as possible and to preserve family stories. We plan to enable users to add their family genealogy to our website, and in the meantime you can fill in the "I want to know more" form, and we will see if we can help you.
All documents published within this project are either publicly available or are collected with all necessary permissions. If you think that a certain document should not be publicly available, contact us.
Acta Croatica is a project primarily focused on persons from historical sources. It is possible to publish the document in which you are mentioned. See more under Support the project.
One of the tasks of the Acta Croatica Project is to continuously find, digitize, edit and publish new historical materials. It is possible to stipendiate young researchers who would analyse the location or source you are interested in. If you are interested, contact us via Support the project .
You can report every inappropriate content to our moderators via "Report inappropriate content".
When reading historical documents, it should be noted that they were often censored or created arbitrarily by civil servants.