20% Off Sale On Professional Services!

I'm happy to announce that during the month of November, i'm offering a 20% off sale on professional services. The 20% discount will be taken off the grand total at the end of all research conducted. To be entitled to the 20% discount, customers must pay the retainer fee before the end of November. This offer cannot be used on existing projects and it ends on November 30, 2011. Contact me if you have questions of any kind.

If you're interested in my professional services, please take a look at my page here. Quotes on projects are, as always, free and I can easily be contacted at my email address: nickmgombash@yahoo.com.

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Updates: August, September & October 2011

The past few months have been a bit slow here at Hungary Exchange, although a good amount of information has been made available.


Hungarian Marriage Project:

Our Lady of Hungary, Catholic Parish of Chicago, Illinois
*An update to include the years 1914-1915


Databases by County:

Abauj-Torna:
Indexed Civil Registration Births for Hidvégardó, 1895-1908.

Bihar:
Digitized Reformed church records for 20 towns in Bihar county, ranging from about 1828-1895:
Álmosd
Ártánd
Bagamér
Bakonszeg
Báránd
Berekböszörmény
Berettyóújfalu, Biharnagybajom
Bihartorda
Csökmő
Dancsháza
Darvas
Derecske
Esztár
Furta
Hajdúbagos
Hencida
Hosszúpályi
Kismarja

Hajdú:
Indexed Reformed church records for Hajdúböszörmény; includes baptism, marriage and death. Over 50,000 total indexed records.

Szabolcs:
Indexed Civil Registration Births for Vaja, 1895-1918.


Surname Database:
Antal
Balásházi
Belgya
Bozosi
Csoma
Csorba
Hegymegyi
Kiss
Kocsis
Koran
Koranyi
Köteles
Maszy
Olchvary
Pacza
Pasza
Reider
Rudisian
Rudisin
Schlachter
Szabó
Terek
Tittel
Tzum
Welter
Zson

Updates have been made to the Digital Books database and also to the Surname Meanings database, with the addition of the surname 'Köteles'.

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An Index To Budapest Civil Registration Marriage Records!

I stumbled upon an amazing resource today: an index to the Budapest Civil Registration marriage records! This resource was compiled by fellow Hungarian genealogist, Dr. Hatvany Béla Csaba! Well done, Sir! Szép volt, Uram!

I'm creating this guide for English-speaking Hungarian researchers, as an aid for them to use this exceptional resource. Okay, let's begin. You can find the website >>here<<.

The image above is an example of the page that you will see, when you navigate to the website. The Title is called "Budapest Civil Reigistration - Marriages". Below that, the database claims to contain 201,492 marriages and represents 1,208,952 names. Now, let's begin with the search options.

You will see a drop down-menu with the title of "Kerület:", this means "District:". You can pick the specific district with-in Budapest that you would like to search. Below the district drop-down menu, are options for a general search (általános) and a detailed search (általános).

For the general search (általános), which you will see when you first arrive at the website, gives you the option to search surname (Családnév) and first name (Keresztnév).

For the detailed search (általános), you will get far more options than is available for the general search. For starters, there are two columns of information: the left side pertains to the Groom (Vőlegény) and the right side pertains to the Bride (Menyasszony). Below that is the option to search for Year of Marriage (Házasságkötés éve).

The search options for the Groom (Vőlegény) and Bride (Menyasszony) are the same, and they are as follows:
Családneve (Surname)
Keresztneve (First Name)
Apja családneve (Father Surname)
Apja keresztneve (Father First Name)
Anyja családneve (Mother Surname)
Anyja keresztneve (Mother First Name)

The great thing about this search form, is that accent and diacritical marks that are essential to the Hungarian alphabet, are not necessary for searching. That means searching for both Kovacs and Kovács will return the same results. This will be a life-saver to English-speaking Hungarian researchers, for sure! Have fun with the database and share your success with us here, at Hungary Exchange!

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Updates: July 2011

July was an extremely busy month for me and Hungary Exchange! Here's all the new stuff:

Hungarian Marriage Project:
Alacska, Borsod county
Civil Registration
1897-1908 - 79 marriages

Gáva, Szabolcs county
Civil Registration
1896-1909 - 331 marriages

Gelej, Szabolcs county
Civil Registration
1895-1908 - 186 marriages

Hirip, Szatmár county
Reformed church
1791-1851 - 345 marriages

Ibrány, Szabolcs county
Reformed church
1757-1895 - 1,585 marriages

Nagy-Halász, Szabolcs county
Civil Registration
1907-1909 - 127 marriages

Szász-Nádas, Kis-Küküllő county
Evangelical church
1882-1913 - 204 marriages



That's over 2,800+ marriages this month!!
Surname Database:

Bogdanyi
Dusek
Igari
Papai
Papay
Rákóczy
Stoffan

Databases:

75th Anniversary of the Kalamazoo, Michigan Hungarian Reformed Church.
Digitized Evangelical Marriage Records for Szász-Nádas, Kis-Küküllő county.

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Updates: May & June 2011

Things were a bit slow here at Hungary Exchange, during May and June. Not much went on, other than some surname submissions and some marriages added. Here's the lay-down:

Hungarian Marriage Project:

Gáboltó, Sáros county
Roman Catholic church
1852-1895 - 432 marriages

Hajdúnánás, Hajdú county
Reformed church
1869-1881 - 1,768 marriages

Surname Database:
Demko
Halász
Hólecz
Koloszár
Makszin
Mészáros
Rieger
Supek
Wartha

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Updates: April 2011

April was a slow month here at Hungary Exchange. I have been busy with research for clients and also with some family medical issues going on, so I haven't been able to index any marriages at all. Want to volunteer?! Here's a summary of what was added during the month of April:


Digital Books
New Biographies added, as well as various books pertaining to the History of Hungary (including church, counties and various general history related books).

Surname Database
Adams, Chudi, Chudy, Dolgos, Fulajtar, Garai, Haftl, Haluska, Hornyák, Iván, Koroknai, Koroknay, Matray, Nagy, Plachetka, Polgar, Rozgany, Simon, Soka, Szabo, Viczkus, Viszkus, Vizkus, Zámbori, Zsoka

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Updates: March 2011

Some new resources were added to Hungary Exchange during the month of March. I was able to transcribe and upload marriages for the Hungarian Marriage Project, made a substantial update to the Digital Books collection and also added a few surnames that fellow research have submitted. Here's a quick summary of everything added this past month:


Digital Books
For the Digital Books database, I added the following categories: Biographies, Family Archives and Family Histories. Please note that although the majority of these books are in Hungarian, you can very easily search the book your family's surnames or towns. You never know what you'll find! If you know of any Hungary-related Digital Books online that are 100% viewable and free from copyrights, please let me know!

Hungarian Marriage Project

I transcribed and uploaded marriage for three (3) parishes this month. They are the following:

Dör, Sopron County
Roman Catholic church
1805-1895, 783 marriages

Gáva, Szabolcs County

Reformed church

1743-1895, 1,127 marriages

Tiszaberczel, Szabolcs County

Reformed church

1773-1895, 1,282 marriages

That's 3,193 marriages this month! Woo hoo!


Surname Database
This database was a bit slow this month, but that's alright. Everyone is busy getting excited about spring and spending less time at the computer! Here are the following surnames added this month, that others are researching: Gabony, Kiss, Magyar, Muhari. Researching any of these names? Check out the database and send them an email!

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