Sources

List of sources processed so far:

Photos of settlements in Hungary on RoamHungary.com
Description of this source: Roam Hungary.com is a growing collection of photos showing towns and villages from all over [more]

Business registry of Zala County, 1876-1948
Description of this source: The database on the Zala County Archives website with 3500 records was compiled using the registry for [more]

Late 19th c. maps of cities in Hungary
Description of this source: These maps were published in Pallas Lexicon, Hungary’s top encyclopedia in 16 volumes from the late 19th [more]

1:50000 military topographic maps of Serbia from the 1970s
Description of this source: This site has map sheets of the federal republics of former Yugoslavia. For Serbia (including Vojvodina [more]

1:100000 military topographic maps of Croatia from the 1970s
Description of this source: This site has map sheets of the federal republics of former Yugoslavia. For Croatia they provide two [more]

Index to the surnames in the Greek Catholic church registers of Eastern Slovakia in the early 1820s by Pavlovics
Description of this source: Rudolf Pavlovič has been working on the GC BMD registers for some time now. His site contains an [more]

Postcards of places in Gyor, Moson and Sopron counties from the collection of the Gyor-Moson-Sopron County Library
Description of this source: These old postcards are part of the special collection at the Győr-Moson-Sopron County [more]

Postcards of Upper Hungary from the Forum Institute collection
Description of this source: The Forum Institute in Slovakia’s Šamorín (Somorja in Hungarian) has a decent collection of [more]

Village histories in the history of Vas County from the Borovszky series
Description of this source: This book is the Vas County volume in the late 19th early 20th century series, Magyarország [more]

Old postcards from Burgenland by Valentin Keinrath
Description of this source: Collector of old postcards showing Burgenland places, Valentin Keinrath shares some pictures from his [more]

The lexicon of Hungarians in (Czecho)Slovakia from 1918 by the Forum Institute
Description of this source: The Forum Institute in Šamorín, Slovakia (Somorja) has been compiling this reference work for [more]

LDS FHL microfilm holdings of Szepes County in the 1869 national census of Hungary
Description of this source: These are the film numbers of former Szepes County settlements in the 1869 census of Hungary. To explore [more]

LDS FHL microfilm holdings of Saros County in the 1869 national census of Hungary
Description of this source: These are the film numbers of former Saros County settlements in the 1869 census of Hungary. To explore [more]

LDS FHL microfilm holdings of Nyitra County in the 1869 national census of Hungary
Description of this source: These are the film numbers of former Nyitra County settlements in the 1869 census of Hungary. To explore [more]

LDS FHL microfilm holdings of Komarom County in the 1869 national census of Hungary
Description of this source: These are the film numbers of former Komárom County settlements in the 1869 census of Hungary. To [more]

LDS FHL microfilm holdings of Esztergom County in the 1869 national census of Hungary
Description of this source: These are the film numbers of former Esztergom County settlements in the 1869 census of Hungary. Note [more]

LDS FHL microfilm holdings of Bars County in the 1869 national census of Hungary
Description of this source: These are the film numbers of former Bars County settlements in the 1869 census of Hungary. To explore [more]

LDS FHL microfilm holdings of Abauj-Torna County in the 1869 national census of Hungary
Description of this source: These are the film numbers of former Abauj-Torna County settlements in the 1869 census of Hungary. Note [more]

Settlements in the 1935 presentation of Zala County
Description of this source: A significant part of this book presenting Zala County (Zalavármegye ismertetője) is the [more]

LDS FHL microfilm holdings of Zemplen County in the 1869 national census of Hungary
Description of this source: These are the film numbers of former Zemplén County settlements in the 1869 census of Hungary, [more]

LDS FHL microfilm holdings of the 1828 census of Hungary
Description of this source: PLEASE NOTE: PROCESSING OF THIS SOURCE IS STILL IN PROGRESS AT RADIXHUB. SOME PLACES ARE YET TO BE [more]

The hearing about the Turkish taxes of some settlements in Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County, 1688
Description of this source: During the re-establishment of the county after the Turkish rule this hearing was done to gauge what [more]

Village histories in the history of Somogy County from the Borovszky series
Description of this source: This scanned book is the Somogy County volume in the late 19th early 20th century series, [more]

Jewish cemetery descriptions for places in old Hungary by the IAJGS Cemetery Project
Description of this source: This project maintains a worldwide list of Jewish cemeteries, both old, abandoned ones and those still [more]

Oath of fidelity of Haromszek County Seklers from 1713
Description of this source: Following the failure of the Rákóczi uprising inhabitants of Háromszék County [more]

Late 19th c. parish visitations in the Dunamelleki Diocese of the Reformed Church by Szasz
Description of this source: Bishop Károly Szász visited the parishes in his Dunamelléki (Along the Danube) Diocese [more]

The Jewish communities of Hungary in the Hungarian Jewish lexicon of 1929
Description of this source: The lexicon gives detailed descriptions of 250+ shtetls in Hungary, including places beyond the 1920 [more]

Histories of Roman Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Pecs by Brusztle
Description of this source: Volumes 2-4 of Brüsztle’s Latin language book from the late 19th century contain histories of [more]

Old postcards of settlements in Abauj, Borsod and Zemplen counties
Description of this source: These pre-1945 postcards belong to the Local History Section of the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén [more]

Slovakia cemetery records on the Cemetery.sk site
Description of this source: This site contains 140,000 records of persons buried in 1500+ cemeteries in Slovakia (figures as of [more]

Banaters in the Austrian military records by Dreyer
Description of this source: This printed book – also offered as a downloadable PDF document – is a result of David Dreyer’s [more]

Catholic parishes of Hungary in the Hungarian Catholic encyclopedia
Description of this source: The multi-volume encyclopedia contains entries for each of the Catholic parishes in historical Hungary. [more]

US customs and immigration passenger ships records extractions of Bacska villages by Dreyer
Description of this source: For years David Dreyer has been extracting records of mainly ethnic German immigrants who entered US [more]

US customs and immigration passenger ships records extractions of Banat villages by Dreyer
Description of this source: For years David Dreyer has been extracting records of mainly ethnic German immigrants who entered US [more]

Historical dictionary of places in Stara Lubovna District by Murcko
Description of this source: The first part of the content is a compilation of administration affiliations, name changes etc. History [more]

Village histories in the history of Szilagy County by Petri
Description of this source: Volumes 3-6 of this reference work about the history of the former Hungarian county Szilágy [more]

Old postcards of bridges in Hungary from the Civertan collection
Description of this source: Civertan has collected old postcards depicting bridges from old Hungary’s 100+ [more]

Manuscript maps of Zala County settlements from the Zala County Archives
Description of this source: The Archives of Zala County scanned some of the manuscript maps in their holdings. These maps usually [more]

Cemeteries in Eastern Slovakia by Jurij Cisarik
Description of this source: Jurij Cisarik has visited numerous cemeteries in Eastern Slovakia. He provides photos of gravestones [more]

Manuscript maps of Bihar County in the Oradea State Archives
Description of this source: This document is an appendix to the inventory of manuscript maps (1754-1888) in the holdings of the [more]

Streetmaps of towns in Slovakia by Zoznam.sk
Description of this source: Besides the road map of Slovakia Zoznam.sk also provides streetmaps of 100+ towns in Slovakia. For the [more]

Current streetmaps of Hungary’s settlements by TerkepCentrum
Description of this source: The TerkepCentrum.hu site has street maps and complementary text about the history of 3,000+ settlements [more]

Somogy County postcards from the collection of the Somogy County Library
Description of this source: These old postcards are part of the special collection at the Somogy County [more]

Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok County postcards from the collection of the Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok County Library
Description of this source: These old postcards are part of the special collections at the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County [more]

Map of Kehida from 1795
Description of this source: Amongst the documents relating to Ferenc Deák, the Zala County Archives has a scanned image of an [more]

Pictures and old postcards of places in Bekes County by the Bekes County Archives
Description of this source: The Békés County Archives has scanned some 3,300 pictures of locations mostly in [more]

Old manuscript maps in the Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen County Archives
Description of this source: These scanned maps are from the manuscript collection of the county archives in Miskolc. Most of the [more]

19th century manuscript cadastral maps in the Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen County Archives
Description of this source: These scanned maps are from the manuscript cadastral maps collection of the county archives in Miskolc. [more]

Village histories in the history of Szolnok-Doboka County by Kadar
Description of this source: Volumes 1-6 of this reference work about the history of the former Hungarian county Szolnok-Doboka [more]

Gazetteer of Nograd County settlements by the Nograd County Archives
Description of this source: This database includes various information regarding the name changes and administration status of [more]

Census of the Christian population of Tolna (town) in 1557
Description of this source: The major part of the 1557 defter of khas properties in the Szekszárd and Szeged Sanjaks is a list of [more]

Census of the Christian population in some of the settlements of Szigetvar Sanjak in 1571
Description of this source: For the first couple of settlements in Szigetvár Sanjak of 1571 this published collection of defters [more]

War memorials in Veszprem County
Description of this source: The site is a collection of various memorials found in the settlements of Veszprém County. A good [more]

Conscriptio of settlements in Szabolcs County’s Tiszadada District from 1744
Description of this source: Going by settlements this conscriptio shows peasants’ names, number of tenants, livestock, crop, [more]

Demographic, ethnic, religious and dwelling information of settlements in the 1910 census
Description of this source: This volume contains demographic, ethnic, religious and dwelling information down to the settlement [more]

Names and service dates of pastors in the Transtibiscan District of the Reformed Church
Description of this source: The personnel files is one of the series preserved in the Transtibiscan District Archives of the [more]

Szekler charter collection 4
Description of this source: This volume of the new series of the Szekler collection contains muster and “census” lists [more]

Alternate place names in the ethnical and church statistics of Transylvania by Varga
Description of this source: This resource is an aid to the ethnical and church figures of Varga’s data. Place names were collected [more]

19-20th c. ethnical statistics of settlements in Transylvania by Varga
Description of this source: Using various sources the author created tables consisting of figures of ethnical groups living in the [more]

19-20th c. church statistics of settlements in Transylvania by Varga
Description of this source: Using various sources the author created tables consisting of figures of religious communities, church [more]

Szekler charter collection 5
Description of this source: This volume of the new series of the Szekler collection contains muster lists of the Szekler armed [more]

Settlements researched by AKUFF members
Description of this source: AKUFF (Arbeitskreis ungarndeutscher Familienforscher) makes its possible for its members involved in [more]

Researched settlements list of some Hungarian researchers
Description of this source: Members of the Csaladtortenet mailing list at RadixIndex set up a site to help family history research [more]

Civertan aerial photos of Hungary
Description of this source: Civertan has been flying over Hungary to take photos of places of interest. This is their online [more]

Burgenland Bunch village histories
Description of this source: These short pages provides basic information about villages in Burgenland. Their length vary from one [more]

Landowners and leaseholders in Hungary, 1895
Description of this source: This volume is based on the results of the agricultural survey of Hungary in 1895 and contains [more]

House lists of settlements in former Vas County (now Burgenland), 1857
Description of this source: Klaus Gerger extracted the house owner (heads of houses) names from the cadastral documents of 1857-1859 [more]

Villages researched by Burgenland Bunch members
Description of this source: Burgenland Bunch is a group of researchers involved in family history with links to Burgenland, once [more]

The book collection of 100 villages in Hungary
Description of this source: This series has 100 books, each dedicated to the local history of a single village. With the exception [more]

Urbaria of some settlements in Szabolcs and Bereg counties, 1770s
Description of this source: The Urbarialpatent issued in 1767 by Habsburg Empress Maria Theresia laid down the duties and rights of [more]

1715 census (tax list) of Hungary
Description of this source: In 1715 Hungary had its first national conscriptio (census) after most of the country was taken back [more]

Totenbuch der Donauschwaben database
Description of this source: At the end of WW2 and the following years 64,000 persons of ethnic German ascent living in Yugoslavia [more]

Famous persons in Somogy County’s cemeteries
Description of this source: The website of the Somogy County Burial Services Co. has the online version of the “Book of [more]

SOCEC Romania directory from the early 1920s
Description of this source: Volume 2 of the SOCEC Romania directory contains information about places in the country. (Volume 1 has [more]