With the Ottoman conquest of Serbian territories, groups of Serbs fled to the north or west; of the western migrational groups, some settled in White Carniola and Žumberak.
In September 1597, with the fall of Slatina, some 1,700 Uskoks with their wives and children settled in Carniola, bringing some 4,000 sheep with them.
The following year, with the conquest of Cernik, some 500 Uskoks families settled in Carniola.
At the end of the 17th century, with the stagnation of Ottoman power due to European pressure during internal crisis, and Austrian advance far into Macedonia, Serbs armed themselves and joined the fight against the Ottomans; the Austrian retreat prompted another massive exodus of Serbs from the Ottoman territories in ca.
1690 (see Great Serb Migrations).


 
White Carniola, being the southernmost region of Slovenia, by the Kupa river, is also the northwesternmost Serbian linguistical island, heard from often repeated phrases.
In reality, the Serbian language is rarely heard in the last four villages in which descendants of Serb uskoks live, who continue to espouse a Serb identity: Bojanci, Marindol, Miliči and Paunoviči.
In the other historical European–Ottoman frontier villages in the region, there are today Uniate (Eastern Catholic) and Catholicisated descendants of Serbs who only speak the Slovenian language.

The community had traditionally taken wives from other Serb communities, such as in nearby Gorski kotar (in Croatia).
 The first mixed marriage was recorded in Bojanci and White Carniola in 1947, and since then, Bojanci Serbs "seek wives in the Slovenian milieu".
Before World War II, the gravestones were written in Serbian Cyrillic, while today, they are written in Serbian Latin.
The assimilation of the White Carniolan Serbs continued, with a Serbian primary school being closed in 1992.
In 1967, there was an estimated 500–600 Serbs in White Carniola.
The number of Serb households shrunk with 300% during the 1981–1991 period, with a total number of 121 households in 1991.
According to Zdravko Vukčević from Bojanci and Orthodox priest Jelenko Stojanović from Moravice, Serb children from Miliči and Paunoviči began entering Slovenian schools in Adlešiči and Črnomelj.

In the area  of White Carniola  are mentioned Vlachs from Marindol in 1668.
 "die Walachen zu Marienthall beclagen sich"
With the Ottoman conquest of Serbian territories, groups of Serbs fled to the north or west; of the western migrational groups, some settled in White Carniola and Žumberak. In September 1597, with the fall of Slatina, some 1,700 Uskoks with their wives and children settled in Carniola, bringing some 4,000 sheep with them. The following year, with the conquest of Cernik, some 500 Uskoks families settled in Carniola. At the end of the 17th century, with the stagnation of Ottoman power due to European pressure during internal crisis, and Austrian advance far into Macedonia, Serbs armed themselves and joined the fight against the Ottomans; the Austrian retreat prompted another massive exodus of Serbs from the Ottoman territories in ca. 1690 (see Great Serb Migrations).

 
White Carniola, being the southernmost region of Slovenia, by the Kupa river, is also the northwesternmost Serbian linguistical island, heard from often repeated phrases. In reality, the Serbian language is rarely heard in the last four villages in which descendants of Serb uskoks live, who continue to espouse a Serb identity: Bojanci, Marindol, Miliči and Paunoviči. In the other historical European–Ottoman frontier villages in the region, there are today Uniate (Eastern Catholic) and Catholicisated descendants of Serbs who only speak the Slovenian language.
The community had traditionally taken wives from other Serb communities, such as in nearby Gorski kotar (in Croatia).  The first mixed marriage was recorded in Bojanci and White Carniola in 1947, and since then, Bojanci Serbs "seek wives in the Slovenian milieu". Before World War II, the gravestones were written in Serbian Cyrillic, while today, they are written in Serbian Latin. The assimilation of the White Carniolan Serbs continued, with a Serbian primary school being closed in 1992. In 1967, there was an estimated 500–600 Serbs in White Carniola. The number of Serb households shrunk with 300% during the 1981–1991 period, with a total number of 121 households in 1991. According to Zdravko Vukčević from Bojanci and Orthodox priest Jelenko Stojanović from Moravice, Serb children from Miliči and Paunoviči began entering Slovenian schools in Adlešiči and Črnomelj.
In the area  of White Carniola  are mentioned Vlachs from Marindol in 1668.  "die Walachen zu Marienthall beclagen sich"
Serbs of White Carniola