Hungary Genealogical Records

Hungary Birth & Baptism Records

Hungary Catholic Church Records (1636-1895)

An index to over 18 million Catholic church records, listing parents' names.

Hungary Reformed Church Christenings (1624-1895)

An index to over 6 million Reformed Church baptism records, listing parents' names.

Jewish-Hungarian Birth Records (1791-1914)

Transcripts of 100,000 Jewish birth records, including parents; names and more.

Hungary Jewish Vital Records Index (1800-1945)

A small collection of around 13,000 Jewish Synagogue records from Hungary.

Hungary Baptism Index (1734-1895)

An index to over 14,000 records baptisms, including parents' names and other details.

Hungary Marriage & Divorce Records

Hungary Catholic Church Records (1636-1895)

An index to over 18 million Catholic church records, listing parents' names.

Hungary Jewish Vital Records Index (1800-1945)

A small collection of around 13,000 Jewish Synagogue records from Hungary.

Jewish-Hungarian Marriage Records (1800-1914)

Transcripts of around 10,000 Jewish marriage records from Hungary, including names of parents.

Hungary Death & Burial Records

Hungary Catholic Church Records (1636-1895)

An index to over 18 million Catholic church records, listing parents' names.

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Jewish-Hungarian Death Records (1800-1914)

Transcripts of around 35,000 Jewish death records, including name, parents' names, date and place of death and more.

Hungary Jewish Vital Records Index (1800-1945)

A small collection of around 13,000 Jewish Synagogue records from Hungary.

Hungary Census & Population Lists

1848 Hungary Jewish Census (1848)

Contains the name, age, place of birth, relationship to the head of household and other details of over 90,000 Jews living in Hungary.

1869 Hungary Census (1869)

Transcripts of records detailing close to 80,000 people living in Hungary (including part of what is now Slovakia). They list name, relationship to head of household, date and place of birth, residence and more.

Jewish-Hungarian Census Extracts (1781-1850)

Extracts from lists of people living in Hungary concerning around 40,000 Jews.

Newspapers Covering Hungary

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

Hungary Military Records

Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.

Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1944-1946)

The names of over 33,000 Jews who survived the holocaust and ended up in displaced persons camps.

Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1944-1946)

The names of over 33,000 Jews who survived the holocaust and ended up in displaced persons camps.

Jews Held in Hungarian Concentration Camps Index (1939-1960)

A database containing over 135,000 names of people mentioned in connection with people held in concentration camps in Romania.

Holocaust Survivor Lists (1937-1945)

An index to over 70,000 Holocaust survivors mentioned in records of the World Jewish Congress.

Jewish Names in US State Department Files (1910-1929)

An index of close to 10,000 Jews named in State Department files. The records cover Palestine, Romania, and Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Tripoli, Barca, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.

List of Jews in Concentration Camps (1945)

A list of around 1,000 Jews who died in concentration camps.

Hungary Land & Property Records

Jewish Property Owners in Hungary (1828)

transcripts of records listing around 30,000 Jews who owned property in Hungary.

Hungary Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Hungary Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Eastern European Holocaust Memorials (1939-1945)

A database containing more than 17,500 people whose names are recorded on Holocaust memorials in 28 communities in present-day Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

Hungary Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.

Jews Held in Hungarian Concentration Camps Index (1939-1960)

A database containing over 135,000 names of people mentioned in connection with people held in concentration camps in Romania.

Hungarian Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 18,000 survivors of the Holocaust printed in a magazine published in 1945.

Hungary Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Hungary

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Hungary Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Hungary Church Records

Hungary Catholic Church Records (1636-1895)

An index to over 18 million Catholic church records, listing parents' names.

Hungary Jewish Vital Records Index (1800-1945)

A small collection of around 13,000 Jewish Synagogue records from Hungary.

Hungary Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Hungary Reference Works

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.

Historical Description

Hungary is bounded on the East, with Transilvania and Wallachia; on the West, with Austria; North, with Poland; and South, with Sclavonia.

It was formerly called Panonia Inferior, to distinguish it from Austria, which was called, Panonia Superior.

Situation

It is situate in the Northern temperate Zone, under the seven and nine Climates.

Fertility

The Soyl is wonderfull fruitfull, yielding Corn there thrice in a year; the Grass in some places (as in the Island of Comera) exceeding the height of a Man, which doth feed such a number of Cattel, that this Countrey alone is thought to be able to feed all Europe with Flesh. Also they have Deer, Partridge, Pheasant, in such abundance, that any Man that will may kill them; which in other places is prohibited, these creatures being reserved as Game for Gentlemen.

The other Commodities which are transported, are Gold, Silver, Fish, Copper, Wine.

A Geographical Description of the World (1671) by George Meriton

This Central European Republic, formerly a part of the Dual Monarchy of Austria Hungary, had its territory greatly reduced by the treaty of St. Germain which only left it one third of its former area which was brought to 32,800 square miles. The approximate population is 7,482,000 (1920), chiefly engaged in agriculture. The mineral wealth of this country is not to be neglected, coal being found. The only communication with the sea is by the Danube, which is internationalized. Chief Towns: Budapest 926,000 (1920); Szegedin 110,000. No reliable information can be obtained in regard to the provincial press.

The Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers' Guide (1922)

Most Common Surnames in Hungary

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Tóth301,1891:33
2Nagy230,5631:43
3Szabó216,2841:45
4Kovács209,3331:47
5Varga176,6481:56
6Horváth162,5571:60
7Kiss133,2681:74
8Molnár107,1821:92
9Németh88,3231:111
10Farkas70,6341:139
11Takács68,0251:144
12Balogh62,0211:158
13Papp53,5891:183
14Juhász49,7101:197
15Szilágyi40,5751:242
16Mészáros38,3091:256
17Simon37,2601:263
18Szűcs36,4401:269
19Fekete34,2921:286
20Török33,1291:296
21Rácz28,5081:344
22Oláh28,3341:346
23Szalai27,2681:360
24Fehér25,7301:382
25Gál24,7981:396
26Pintér23,6271:415
27Balázs23,5221:417
28Kocsis23,3121:421
29Lakatos23,1701:424
30Fodor22,9031:429
31Vincze22,1691:443
32Sándor21,8241:450
33Veres21,7031:452
34Magyar21,1101:465
35Kis20,8481:471
36Sipos20,3571:482
37Katona19,2421:510
38Vass19,1331:513
39Király19,0381:516
40Hegedűs19,0301:516
41Lukács18,8551:521
42Vörös18,2871:537
43Szőke18,0891:543
44Gulyás17,7361:553
45Fazekas17,1611:572
46Váradi17,0301:576
47Somogyi16,8901:581
48Kelemen16,6541:589
49Fülöp16,6451:590
50László16,4761:596
51Antal16,2911:603
52Orosz16,1741:607
53Székely16,0041:613
54Boros15,9181:617
55Jakab15,3791:638
56Pál14,6621:670
57Bálint14,5581:674
58Deák14,4821:678
59Tamás14,2821:687
60Szekeres14,2411:689
61Lengyel14,2311:690
62Illés14,0721:698
63Végh14,0071:701
64Fábián13,8871:707
65Bodnár13,7811:712
66Bognár13,7651:713
67Virág13,6151:721
68Pap13,2471:741
69Biró13,0851:750
70Pásztor12,8451:764
71Kozma12,8071:766
72Halász12,8031:767
73Szücs12,5681:781
74Szántó12,5301:783
75Máté12,3741:793
76Budai11,9791:819
77Bakos11,7461:836
78Ács11,6631:842
79Major11,6151:845
80Vida11,5511:850
81Vajda11,4861:855
82Soós11,4611:856
83Bíró11,3751:863
84Dudás11,3521:865
85Novák11,3381:866
86Nemes11,3141:868
87Barna11,0971:885
88Orbán11,0781:886
89Gáspár11,0611:887
90Hajdu10,9071:900
91Urbán10,8151:908
92Sárközi10,6731:920
93Kerekes10,6461:922
94Balog10,3921:945
95Szász10,3551:948
96Dobos10,2531:957
97Ádám10,2331:959
98Balla10,1931:963
99Barta10,1921:963
100Borbély10,1071:971
101Szegedi9,9961:982
102Péter9,9811:983
103Márton9,8931:992
104Szakács9,8381:998
105Pataki9,7481:1,007
106Lőrincz9,6391:1,018
107Kertész9,5791:1,025
108Kun9,5341:1,030
109Cseh9,4261:1,041
110Faragó9,3411:1,051
111Kardos9,3121:1,054
112Lévai9,2561:1,061
113Szigeti9,0361:1,086
114Szalay9,0111:1,089
115Dávid8,9561:1,096
116Szatmári8,9351:1,099
117Mezei8,9321:1,099
118Hegedüs8,9241:1,100
119Sebestyén8,9121:1,101
120Erdélyi8,8131:1,114
121Rózsa8,6811:1,131
122Erdei8,5291:1,151
123Lázár8,4701:1,159
124Kálmán8,3931:1,170
125Gergely8,3681:1,173
126Szarka8,3191:1,180
127Vas8,2741:1,186
128Győri8,1951:1,198
129Hegyi8,1911:1,198
130Marton8,0651:1,217
131Kulcsár8,0211:1,224
132Béres7,9741:1,231
133Herczeg7,7281:1,270
134Fejes7,7051:1,274
135Berta7,7001:1,275
136Demeter7,6241:1,288
137Huszár7,6181:1,289
138Kalmár7,6151:1,289
139Gaál7,6121:1,290
140Csonka7,6011:1,291
140Kollár7,6011:1,291
142Kósa7,5511:1,300
143Puskás7,5341:1,303
144Kurucz7,4561:1,317
145Sánta7,3781:1,330
146Hajdú7,3451:1,336
147Polgár7,2801:1,348
148Miklós7,2451:1,355
149Schmidt7,1111:1,380
150Kecskés7,1021:1,382
151Bogdán7,0841:1,386
152Baranyai7,0781:1,387
152Vigh7,0781:1,387
154Tar7,0741:1,388
155Pető7,0271:1,397
156Csizmadia6,9871:1,405
157Jónás6,9221:1,418
158Ferenczi6,8921:1,424
159Baranyi6,8721:1,428
160Kádár6,8631:1,430
161Müller6,8461:1,434
162Bartha6,7671:1,451
163Gábor6,7651:1,451
164Seres6,7341:1,458
165Koncz6,7131:1,462
166Bódi6,6681:1,472
167Császár6,6151:1,484
168Józsa6,5841:1,491
169Márkus6,5541:1,498
170Bakó6,4161:1,530
171Vadász6,3941:1,535
172Szabados6,2621:1,568
173Csordás6,2441:1,572
174Sári6,2431:1,572
175Torma6,1951:1,585
176Ábrahám6,0931:1,611
177Majoros6,0821:1,614
178Erdős6,0661:1,618
179Imre6,0581:1,620
180Baráth6,0431:1,624
181Sütő5,8481:1,679
182Pálfi5,7981:1,693
183Szarvas5,7681:1,702
184Csontos5,7531:1,706
185Sebők5,7501:1,707
186Ágoston5,7121:1,719
187Galambos5,6911:1,725
188Berki5,6611:1,734
189Elek5,6551:1,736
190Orsós5,6061:1,751
191Mező5,5751:1,761
192Benkő5,5311:1,775
193Pusztai5,4931:1,787
194Boda5,4831:1,790
195Ambrus5,4611:1,798
196Sallai5,4191:1,811
197Árvai5,4071:1,815
198Földi5,4051:1,816
199Szép5,3691:1,828
200Mayer5,3381:1,839