Budapest Genealogical Records

Budapest 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.

Budapest 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.

Budapest 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.

Budapest 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 Budapest

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.

Budapest 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.

Budapest Land & Property Records

Jewish Property Owners in Hungary (1828)

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

Budapest 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.

Budapest 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.

Budapest 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.

Budapest Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Budapest

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.

Budapest 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.

Budapest 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.

Budapest 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.

Budapest Reference Works

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

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

Most Common Surnames in Budapest

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Hungary
1Tóth34,1921:5111.35%1
2Nagy31,6311:5513.72%2
3Szabó28,8001:6013.32%3
4Kovács27,1661:6412.98%4
5Varga22,7141:7612.86%5
6Horváth20,4491:8512.58%6
7Kiss16,8551:10312.65%7
8Molnár14,3751:12013.41%8
9Németh11,5091:15013.03%9
10Farkas9,9181:17414.04%10
11Takács8,4551:20412.43%11
12Balogh8,1231:21313.10%12
13Papp7,1991:24013.43%13
14Juhász6,7601:25613.60%14
15Szilágyi6,1781:28015.23%15
16Mészáros5,8701:29415.32%16
17Simon5,4581:31714.65%17
18Szűcs4,9261:35113.52%18
19Fekete4,8881:35414.25%19
20Török4,5871:37713.85%20
21Fehér3,9331:43915.29%24
22Székely3,7711:45823.56%53
23Rácz3,6631:47212.85%21
24Balázs3,6321:47615.44%27
25Fodor3,4551:50015.09%30
26Oláh3,4171:50612.06%22
27Kocsis3,4131:50614.64%28
28Sándor3,3781:51215.48%32
29Gál3,3431:51713.48%25
30Pintér3,3201:52014.05%26
31Lakatos3,3091:52214.28%29
32Szalai3,3011:52312.11%23
33Magyar3,1391:55114.87%34
34Vincze3,0311:57013.67%31
35Lukács3,0201:57216.02%41
36Katona2,9811:58015.49%37
37Kelemen2,9391:58817.65%48
38Somogyi2,9271:59017.33%47
39László2,9121:59317.67%50
40Király2,8931:59715.20%39
41Kis2,8851:59913.84%35
42Sipos2,8621:60414.06%36
43Veres2,7621:62612.73%33
44Vass2,7421:63014.33%38
45Szőke2,6811:64514.82%43
46Váradi2,5691:67315.09%46
47Fazekas2,5541:67714.88%45
48Bálint2,5341:68217.41%57
48Hegedűs2,5341:68213.32%40
50Fülöp2,5071:68915.06%49
51Antal2,4271:71214.90%51
52Deák2,3771:72716.41%58
52Pál2,3771:72716.21%56
54Lengyel2,3611:73216.59%61
54Szalay2,3611:73226.20%114
56Szántó2,3461:73718.72%74
57Vörös2,2731:76012.43%42
58Boros2,2611:76414.20%54
59Gulyás2,2421:77112.64%44
60Orosz2,2071:78313.65%52
61Halász2,1301:81116.64%72
62Jakab2,0951:82513.62%55
63Pap2,0721:83415.64%68
64Vajda2,0341:85017.71%81
65Tamás2,0301:85114.21%59
66Végh2,0261:85314.46%63
67Szász2,0141:85819.45%95
68Bognár1,9801:87314.38%66
69Biró1,9411:89014.83%69
70Bíró1,9261:89716.93%83
70Szekeres1,9261:89713.52%60
72Soós1,8801:91916.40%82
73Fábián1,8721:92313.48%64
73Kozma1,8721:92314.62%71
75Orbán1,8641:92716.83%88
76Bakos1,8571:93115.81%77
77Major1,8451:93715.88%79
78Virág1,8371:94113.49%67
79Nemes1,8331:94316.20%86
80Gáspár1,8101:95516.36%89
81Márton1,8061:95718.26%103
82Mezei1,8031:95820.19%117
83Szigeti1,7801:97119.70%113
84Pásztor1,7601:98213.70%70
85Kardos1,7531:98618.83%111
85Kertész1,7531:98618.30%107
87Illés1,7411:99312.37%62
87Novák1,7411:99315.36%85
89Vida1,7291:99914.97%80
90Pataki1,7141:1,00817.58%105
91Hajdu1,7061:1,01315.64%90
92Budai1,7021:1,01514.21%76
92Máté1,7021:1,01513.75%75
94Bodnár1,6991:1,01712.33%65
94Kun1,6991:1,01717.82%108
96Balla1,6831:1,02716.51%98
96Ács1,6831:1,02714.43%78
98Erdélyi1,6371:1,05618.57%120
99Urbán1,6141:1,07114.92%91
100Kovacs1,5981:1,08161.11%439
100Szakács1,5981:1,08116.24%104
102Dobos1,5911:1,08615.52%96
102Dudás1,5911:1,08614.02%84
104Barna1,5871:1,08914.30%87
105Ádám1,5721:1,09915.36%97
106Szabo1,5641:1,10561.19%451
107Kerekes1,5561:1,11114.62%93
108Szegedi1,5481:1,11615.49%101
109Gábor1,5181:1,13822.44%163
110Toth1,5141:1,14157.39%435
111Rózsa1,4981:1,15417.26%121
112Gergely1,4941:1,15717.85%125
113Szücs1,4681:1,17711.68%73
114Balog1,4561:1,18714.01%94
115Lázár1,4441:1,19717.05%123
116Barta1,4411:1,19914.14%99
116Lőrincz1,4411:1,19914.95%106
116Péter1,4411:1,19914.44%102
119Hegyi1,4291:1,20917.45%129
120Borbély1,4141:1,22213.99%100
121Bartha1,3981:1,23620.66%162
122Gaál1,3941:1,24018.31%139
123Marton1,3901:1,24317.23%130
124Kalmár1,3711:1,26018.00%138
125Faragó1,3671:1,26414.63%110
126Dávid1,3521:1,27815.10%115
127Schmidt1,3401:1,29018.84%149
127Sárközi1,3401:1,29012.56%92
129Kárpáti1,3371:1,29228.14%233
129Vas1,3371:1,29216.16%127
131Sebestyén1,3331:1,29614.96%119
132Baranyai1,3171:1,31218.61%152
133Kádár1,3101:1,31919.09%160
134Szatmári1,2901:1,34014.44%116
135Cseh1,2861:1,34413.64%109
136Müller1,2831:1,34718.74%161
137Demeter1,2791:1,35116.78%136
137Kálmán1,2791:1,35115.24%124
139Huszár1,2631:1,36816.58%137
140Erdei1,2331:1,40214.46%122
140Győri1,2331:1,40215.05%128
140Miklós1,2331:1,40217.02%148
143Mayer1,1981:1,44222.44%200
144Béres1,1941:1,44714.97%132
145Polgár1,1861:1,45716.29%147
146Hegedüs1,1751:1,47113.17%118
147Benedek1,1711:1,47624.25%228
147Galambos1,1711:1,47620.58%187
147Kurucz1,1711:1,47615.71%144
150Kulcsár1,1401:1,51614.21%131
151Fejes1,1361:1,52114.74%134
152Benkő1,1291:1,53120.41%192
152Ferenczi1,1291:1,53116.38%158
152Seres1,1291:1,53116.77%164
155Koncz1,1211:1,54216.70%165
156Várkonyi1,1051:1,56432.60%329
157Puskás1,0941:1,58014.52%143
158Kollár1,0861:1,59114.29%140
159Erdős1,0711:1,61417.66%178
159Pető1,0711:1,61415.24%155
161Pusztai1,0671:1,62019.42%193
162Kósa1,0631:1,62614.08%142
163Ambrus1,0521:1,64319.26%195
164Kecskés1,0441:1,65514.70%150
165Jónás1,0401:1,66215.02%157
166Csonka1,0251:1,68613.49%140
167Márkus1,0171:1,69915.52%169
168Horvath1,0131:1,70658.12%664
168Veress1,0131:1,70627.90%306
170Vágó1,0091:1,71321.24%234
171Herczeg1,0051:1,71913.00%133
172Vigh1,0011:1,72614.14%152
173Bencze9981:1,73219.79%218
173Szabados9981:1,73215.94%172
175Császár9941:1,73815.03%167
176Ujvári9901:1,74620.59%231
176Vadász9901:1,74615.48%171
178Dénes9821:1,76022.62%251
179Szarka9781:1,76711.76%126
180Józsa9711:1,78014.75%168
181Barabás9631:1,79420.79%239
182Hajdú9551:1,80913.00%146
183Kováts9441:1,83139.90%485
184Tihanyi9361:1,84628.19%338
185Lovas9281:1,86217.87%205
185Zentai9281:1,86232.35%401
187Csizmadia9211:1,87613.18%156
188Baranyi9091:1,90113.23%159
188Timár9091:1,90118.69%226
190Berta9011:1,91811.70%135
190Berényi9011:1,91818.99%236
192Imre8971:1,92614.81%179
193Keresztes8901:1,94218.09%224
194Láng8861:1,95029.04%370
195Albert8821:1,95921.02%259
196György8781:1,96816.91%206
196Pálfi8781:1,96815.14%182
198Lantos8741:1,97723.16%296
199Csorba8701:1,98616.63%204
200Szőcs8671:1,99333.83%450