MACUTE is located 79.8 miles E of Zagreb near Virovitica in the Slavonia region of Croatia.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=45.6167&longitude=17.6333&size=big
Note that their ethnicity is not Hungarian Croatian as the transcribers listed it is Croatian, their Citizenship was Hungarian as The Kingdom of Croatia recognized the Habsburg Crown at that time.
Also note that Kata, Misko and all have records of their "First Papers" filing over their occupation column, the first number is the INS district followed by court record number and then date.
http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/manifests/occ/
Next of kin at Macute was listed as Anna's father Petar KOSTIC or KOSLIC
[See the manifests mentioned here under the VOYAGE tab]
Misko arr in 1910 his manifest also indicates that he filed his first papers in 1939. It is interesting that he lists his race as Croatian while other GALBA are listing their Race (what we now call ethnicity as Magyar aka Hungarian. In addition he lists his wife as Miskone, which is a Magyar custom meaning the -ne after the name literally means... the wife of Misko. Misko sounds like meeshko. While a misko is a mouse, in the case of a male given name it is a diminutrive of Mislav which is an old name from the 9th century or perhaps a diminutive of Miroslav.
Another Misko arr 1907 listed his race as Magyar, arr from Slana Voda which is near Macute, he listed his birthplace as Radosavci, also nearby. However Misko is a Croatian given name.
The only GALBA listed in the current Croatian phone book are found further to the east in Osijek and Aljmas.
NAME TOWN ADDRESS PHONE
GALBA BENKO Osijek, Vij. I. Mestrovica 42 (+385) 31 206 257
GALBA JOSIP Aljmas, Lipin dol 5 (+385) 31 595 054
GALBA TOMISLAV Osijek (+385) 98 1672 713
KOSTIC is found near Macute in the phone book.
The Church may be located at Vocin, which is about 2 miles west of Macute (sounds like mahtsoota. If that is the case then you may order and rent micofilm church records from your local LDS Church (Mormon) Family History Center. Cost $3.50. These will read like a family tree. Here is what they have:
Title Matièna knjiga, 1753-1920
Authors Rimokatolièka crkva. Župa Voæin (Main Author)
Note Location
Film
Roðeni, Vjenèani, Umrli 1753-1800 -- Roðeni 1800-1858 FHL INTL Film
1738868 Items 3 - 4
Roðeni 1878-1891 FHL INTL Film
1738869 Item 1
Vjenèani 1858-1899 FHL INTL Film
1738869 Items 2-3
Umrli 1800-1873 FHL INTL Film
1738869 Items 4-5
Umrli 1873-1894 FHL INTL Film
1738870 Items 1-2
Umrli 1895-1920 VAULT INTL Film
2120545 Items 1 - 2
rodeni=birth
vjecani = marriage
umrli = death
The non-Serb people in that area suffered a horrible fate at the hands of a man who has recently been elected to the Parliament in Serbia! Here is an article by American Dr. Jerry Blaskovich, which mentions US Rep McKloskey whom I believe was from Wisconsin.
http://www.hr/darko/etf/vocin.html
Croatia governmental units consist of Zupanijas (counties) Macute is in Virovitica-Podravina County. The next unit are Opcine aka municipalities, with a main village/town as the head and smaller villages under that main village/town, Matuce is part of Opcine Vocin,
A link to photos before the Serb invasion (those who destroyed the town were actually led by people from Serbia not locals!) of the church and after that invasion. VOCIN (Vocin parish), parish church and shrine: THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (POHOD BLAZENE DJEVICE MARIJE)
http://www.hbk.hr/crkve/vocin/eindexk.html
The church was built in 1500 and is a cultural monument. It was damaged during World War II and later renovated. On December 13, 1991, members of the rebel Serbian forces and the Yugoslav National Army attacked the church with cannon projectiles and demolished it with explosives.
Side note: Galba was a Roman Emporer: Servius Sulpicius Galba was a Roman Ceasar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galba
LINKS: http://www.croatia-in-english.com/rj/index.html
