Types of families in Dalmatian village in the 19th century are defined in this work, on an example of Stravča in Konavle. The purpose was to determine the size of the family and the average number of members of a household in a rural area at the end of the 19th century, based on relevant literature and unpublished arhival sources (registry book of Stravča named ,,Stanje duša župe Stravča'') In the 19th century in Konavle, family communities with many members and a patriarchal way of life are characteristic, similar as in the rest of rural Dalmatia. Various social, economic and political changes have influenced on shaping of society, in its entirety, as in the case of an individual household. The traditional model of the family community, as we see in Konavle in the 19th century, was the most common model in Europe at that time. Today, such models exist in rare cases because they do not fit today’s way of life. The main thing that has maintained this model throughout history is tradition and a well-founded way of living. A family tradition consider everything that a child inherits from their ancestors, including attitudes, feelings and ideals. By dint of registry book named ,,Stanja duša župe Stravča'', it is determined: the type of family communities, the average number of members within one household, the number of surnames that existed and other personal information of each household.