Some Help, Please, With The Former Yugoslavia

From my experience with Serbia town names, the frequent changes make "running down" a lost name problematic.

Thank you, boydxbiggs, for your efforts. I'll give the society a try. I, too, get a lot of fun from this sleuthing.
Another possibility for finding these places are genealogical research websites.

Hi EdzuiMM,

Regarding gazetteers, I've looked for one too but not found one online for Austria-Hungary until today.

I had seen a number of references to a fourteen-volume work which covers the Austrian territories:

Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder [Gazetteer of the crownlands and territories represented in the imperial council]. Vienna: K.K. Statistisches Zentralkommission, 1903-1908

This was published in 14 volumes:

1 - Niederösterreich
2 - Oberösterreich
3 - Salzburg
4 - Steiermark
5 - Kärnten
6 - Krain
7 - Küstenland
8 - Tirol und Vorarlberg
9 - Böhmen
10 - Mähren
11 - Schlesien
12 - Galizien
13 - Bukowina
14 - Dalmatien

This was compiled from the 1900 census.

Brigham Young University has a set and I guess this is what has been digitised and can now be accessed online at familysearch.org.

You can do a simple string search but I believe you have to select one volume at a time.

I've also seen references to an earlier Hungarian gazetteer:

Magyarország Helységonévtára [Gazetteer of Hungary]. Janos Dvorzak, Budapest: Havi Füzetek, 1877.

I don't know whether this includes Croatia-Slavonia or not.

I've not seen any references to a gazetteer for Bosnia-Herzegovina which was occupied in 1878.

My usual starting point is https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ which allows you to search for part names without picking a country.

I find it helps to click on the option "Include Historical Records"; however, its degree of completeness seems to vary quite lot between countries.

Thank you, NigelC, you've given me something to work with.

Thank you, Nigel. Great resource info. I'm sure I'll be using it soon.
Eric

Thanks nigelc. Great link...very useful.