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title: Pezdirc
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date: '2026-08-26'
description: 'Pezdirc Terezija Pezdirc (my maternal grandmother) is the only one of my grandparents I knew personally, as she was the only one still alive at my birth. She was born in the village Krasinec in Bela krajina. As a young girl, she first went to Ljubljana in search of work, where she worked as a maid,…'
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# Pezdirc

[**Terezija Pezdirc**](https://tree.renko.fyi/index.php?route=%2Ftree%2Frenko%2Findividual%2FI412643347606%2FTerezija-Pezdirc) (my maternal grandmother) is the only one of my grandparents I knew personally, as she was the only one still alive at my birth. She was born in the village **Krasinec in Bela krajina**. As a young girl, she first went to Ljubljana in search of work, where she worked as a maid, and later established a home and family in **Stražišče near Kranj**.

Although I knew many of her close relatives – she had four sisters, a brother and a half-brother – her deeper family roots were initially quite unknown to me.

![Terezija Pezdirc - ancestors](https://renko.fyi/user/pages/03.family/pezdirc/Terezija-Pezdirc-ancestors.svg "Terezija Pezdirc - ancestors")

## Unexpected Discovery: Family Chronicle

At the very beginning of my genealogical research, my mother handed me an invaluable document: a booklet titled **Potomstvo družine Pezdirc - Krasinec 2**. Until then, I had no idea such a record existed!

![Potomstvo družine Pezdirc](https://renko.fyi/user/pages/03.family/pezdirc/Potomstvo-druzine-Pezdirc.jpg "Potomstvo družine Pezdirc")

The book was carefully compiled and written by **Janez Totter** from Črnomelj, who donated it in 2015 to all the families listed within. For a genealogist, such a work is a true little miracle. The booklet served as an excellent guide, allowing me to very quickly find and confirm most family connections in the digitized church vital records on the *Matricula Online* portal.

## Meaning of the Surname

From the book Leksikon priimkov (Janez Keber, 2021):

![Leksikon priimkov: Pezdirc](https://renko.fyi/user/pages/03.family/pezdirc/Pezdirc-surname.png "Leksikon priimkov (Janez Keber, 2021)")

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