Heves County Genealogical Records

Heves County 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.

Heves County 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.

Heves County 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.

Heves County 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 Heves County

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.

Heves County 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.

Heves County Land & Property Records

Jewish Property Owners in Hungary (1828)

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

Heves County 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.

Heves County 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.

Heves County 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.

Heves County Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Heves County

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.

Heves County 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.

Heves County 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.

Heves County 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.

Heves County Reference Works

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

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

Most Common Surnames in Heves County

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Hungary
1Tóth10,7521:283.57%1
2Nagy10,2161:304.43%2
3Kovács9,0351:344.32%4
4Szabó7,1771:433.32%3
5Kiss4,7981:643.60%7
6Molnár4,4021:694.11%8
7Varga4,2051:732.38%5
8Juhász3,4821:887.00%14
9Farkas2,7401:1113.88%10
10Horváth2,5001:1221.54%6
11Kis1,8451:1658.85%35
12Balogh1,6831:1812.71%12
13Gál1,5761:1946.36%25
14Simon1,5421:1984.14%17
15Veres1,4521:2106.69%33
16Németh1,3741:2221.56%9
17Balázs1,3591:2255.78%27
18Takács1,3471:2271.98%11
19Fehér1,3041:2345.07%24
20Papp1,2691:2412.37%13
21Török1,2551:2433.79%20
22Mészáros1,1351:2692.96%16
23Szűcs1,1191:2733.07%18
24Oláh1,0991:2783.88%22
25Kelemen1,0831:2826.50%48
26Vincze1,0791:2834.87%31
27Fodor1,0101:3024.41%30
28Barta9941:3079.75%99
29Hegedűs9891:3095.20%40
30Sipos9751:3134.79%36
31Lakatos9601:3184.14%29
32Bóta9441:32338.59%471
33Szilágyi9411:3242.32%15
34Antal9311:3285.71%51
35Besenyei8501:35937.78%507
36Váradi8371:3654.91%46
37Fülöp8101:3774.87%49
38Gulyás8091:3774.56%44
39Balog7961:3837.66%94
40Bakos7901:3866.73%77
41Bíró7831:3906.88%83
42Magyar7801:3913.69%34
43Erdélyi7731:3958.77%120
44Berecz7621:40116.80%245
45Kormos7601:40218.93%274
46Rácz7361:4152.58%21
47Fekete7301:4182.13%19
48Pál7261:4204.95%56
49Szőke7181:4253.97%43
50Holló7161:42617.45%263
51Jakab7101:4304.62%55
52Szalai7021:4352.57%23
53Király6961:4393.66%39
54Ferencz6871:44413.58%215
55Cseh6811:4487.22%109
56Dudás6781:4505.97%84
57Urbán6531:4676.04%91
58Tari6491:47015.89%268
59Bódi6461:4739.69%166
60Sándor6291:4852.88%32
61Kocsis6271:4872.69%28
62Katona6191:4933.22%37
62Pintér6191:4932.62%26
64Majoros6181:49410.16%177
65Barna6121:4995.52%87
66Vass6071:5033.17%38
67Ludányi6051:50536.58%702
68Bartók6011:50820.40%385
69Lukács5741:5323.04%41
70Józsa5651:5408.58%168
71Pap5621:5434.24%68
72Baranyi5511:5548.02%159
73Székely5411:5643.38%53
74Boros5391:5663.39%54
75Orosz5181:5893.20%52
76Fejes5061:6036.57%134
77Koczka4941:61821.64%496
78Hegyi4921:6206.01%129
79Pásztor4891:6243.81%70
80Suha4521:67562.95%1,537
81Kaló4451:68625.36%657
82Bozsik4341:70324.48%644
83Burai4331:70522.15%583
84Kerek4311:70834.32%935
85Tuza4171:73224.70%684
86Deák4111:7432.84%58
87Novák4101:7453.62%85
87Pataki4101:7454.21%105
89Budai4061:7523.39%76
90Bodnár4051:7542.94%65
91Kozma4041:7563.15%71
92Huszár3981:7675.22%137
93Vas3941:7754.76%127
94Dávid3901:7834.35%115
94Mezei3901:7834.37%117
94Szekeres3901:7832.74%60
97Lőrincz3861:7914.00%106
98Csontos3851:7936.69%184
98Forgács3851:7938.78%249
100Berta3841:7954.99%135
101Demeter3831:7975.02%136
102Szuromi3821:79928.13%869
103Ács3801:8033.26%78
104Ádám3751:8143.66%97
105Petrovics3741:81611.29%341
106Biró3731:8182.85%69
107Bukta3711:82329.03%917
108Bálint3701:8252.54%57
109Sütő3661:8346.26%181
110Bognár3651:8362.65%66
110Sós3651:8368.45%254
112Kakuk3621:84322.81%730
113Somogyi3591:8502.13%47
114Maksa3581:85359.27%1,860
115Faragó3531:8653.78%110
116Bocsi3491:87554.36%1,756
116Bozó3491:87517.72%579
118Szántó3441:8872.75%74
118Árvai3441:8876.36%197
120Major3421:8932.94%79
120Virág3421:8932.51%67
122Szecskó3401:89840.28%1,346
123Kádár3391:9004.94%160
124Gáspár3361:9093.04%89
124Tasi3361:90913.06%448
126Szepesi3351:9118.29%273
127Szőllősi3321:9197.98%261
128Csikós3311:9226.87%229
128Sebők3311:9225.76%185
130Végh3271:9342.33%63
131Czakó3261:9366.95%237
131Sike3261:93635.43%1,239
133Illés3251:9392.31%62
134Kecskés3241:9424.56%150
135Forgó3221:94812.66%453
136Godó3211:95121.01%767
137Bata3171:96311.08%402
137Fábián3171:9632.28%64
139Sánta3151:9694.27%145
139Veréb3151:96911.71%430
141Sári3131:9755.01%174
142Lénárt3071:9947.79%280
143Bajzát3061:99864.69%2,337
143Győri3061:9983.73%128
145Koós3051:1,00111.20%424
146Bagi3031:1,0077.40%265
146Báder3031:1,00737.32%1,395
148László2991:1,0211.81%50
149Varró2961:1,0317.94%299
150Füleki2951:1,03519.24%764
151Fazekas2941:1,0381.71%45
152Kállai2931:1,0425.80%216
153Balla2921:1,0452.86%98
154Hajdú2901:1,0533.95%146
155Dorkó2881:1,06053.63%2,075
155Ivády2881:1,06060.76%2,327
157Szarvas2851:1,0714.94%183
158Berényi2841:1,0755.99%236
159Domoszlai2821:1,08245.78%1,821
160Máté2811:1,0862.27%75
161Vona2801:1,09020.69%870
162Verebélyi2791:1,09421.10%895
163Csépány2761:1,10658.60%2,346
164Gyetvai2751:1,11016.55%698
165Szécsi2741:1,1146.93%279
165Vasas2741:1,1149.39%392
167Vágó2721:1,1225.73%234
168Zay2701:1,13169.95%2,820
169Csintalan2691:1,13548.47%1,993
170Szegedi2671:1,1432.67%101
171Halász2661:1,1482.08%72
171Morvai2661:1,1489.72%421
171Soós2661:1,1482.32%82
174Oravecz2651:1,1529.46%411
174Vig2651:1,1529.39%408
176Nyilas2641:1,15616.56%726
177Csordás2621:1,1654.20%173
177Lévai2621:1,1652.83%112
177Mata2621:1,16527.46%1,191
177Márton2621:1,1652.65%103
181Bene2611:1,1705.70%242
181Bárdos2611:1,1707.81%333
181Hajdu2611:1,1702.39%90
184Botos2601:1,1747.44%313
184Dobos2601:1,1742.54%96
184Dér2601:1,17413.80%609
187Deme2571:1,18813.02%572
187Kun2571:1,1882.70%108
187Prokaj2571:1,18882.90%3,468
190Utassy2551:1,19745.54%1,969
190Várkonyi2551:1,1977.52%329
192Vereb2541:1,20215.09%689
193Bartus2531:1,2079.97%454
193Murányi2531:1,20710.19%463
195Béres2521:1,2113.16%132
195Mező2521:1,2114.52%191
197Radics2511:1,2164.88%209
198Zagyva2501:1,22118.16%852
199Danyi2491:1,22613.15%604
200Bencsik2481:1,2315.02%221
200Pócs2481:1,23134.25%1,528
200Tábi2481:1,23143.97%1,959