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Nagy-Várad, Bihar County - Marriage Records


Over 1,200 marriage records for the Evangelical and Roman Catholic parishes of Nagy-Várad, Bihar county, Hungary (present-day Oradea, Bihor county, Romania), have been added to the Hungarian Marriage Project at Hungary Exchange. Nagy-Várad was the capital of Bihar county and in 1880 had a population of over 30,000 people. At that time, the population in Nagy-Várad was about 87% Hungarian and about 7% Romanian. You can find more about this history of Nagy-Várad/Oradea here.

The Evangelical records date from 1827-1915 and are comprised of 491 marriage records. The Roman Catholic records date from 1889-1910 and are comprised of 748 marriage records.

Work is currently in progress to index the Reformed marriage records from 1853-1908. Contributions and donations to Hungary Exchange will help make even more records available.


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  1. UnknownFebruary 4, 2018 at 12:30 PM

    Hi from New Zealand! I am trying to find any birth or marriage records related to my father's family that may exist in Nagyvárad registers. My father Ladányi Zoltán was born in Nagyvárad on 3 January 1892. I have original copies of his birth certificate and some details of his parents, but nothing on his brother or sister (who may also have been born in Nagyvárad. Are you able to guide me to any online databases please? I may have the chance to visit Nagyvárad in August 2018 if there is a particular physical registry where I can research births, deaths and marriages from the late 1800s. Many thanks. Stephen Ladányi.

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    1. NickMGombashFebruary 5, 2018 at 5:24 AM

      Hi Stephen,
      I'd be glad to help you with this - I've had the Reformed registers for Nagy-Várad already photographed. Your father's baptism appears on page 3, which his baptism being on January 10th and his parents as Ladányi Imre and Gombos Gizella. Their home was at Szent János utca 325 in Nagy-Várad. Feel free to send a message directly to my email address (don't forget my middle initial M): nickmgombash@gmail.com

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