Somogy County Genealogical Records

Somogy 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.

Somogy 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.

Somogy 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.

Somogy 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 Somogy 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.

Somogy 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.

Somogy County Land & Property Records

Jewish Property Owners in Hungary (1828)

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

Somogy 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.

Somogy 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.

Somogy 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.

Somogy County Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Somogy 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.

Somogy 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.

Somogy 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.

Somogy 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.

Somogy 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 Somogy County

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Hungary
1Horváth11,5681:277.12%6
2Tóth8,2661:382.74%1
3Kovács7,8891:403.77%4
4Szabó6,5021:493.01%3
5Varga6,1601:513.49%5
6Nagy5,9831:532.59%2
7Kiss3,9541:802.97%7
8Takács3,4741:915.11%11
9Németh3,1491:1013.57%9
10Molnár3,0821:1032.88%8
11Balogh2,5591:1244.13%12
12Farkas2,3481:1353.32%10
13Vörös1,8171:1759.94%42
14Papp1,7911:1773.34%13
15Bogdán1,5751:20122.23%151
16Orsós1,5691:20227.99%190
17Pintér1,4941:2126.32%26
18Szalai1,3781:2305.05%23
19Simon1,3671:2323.67%17
20Fehér1,0721:2964.17%24
21Fekete1,0681:2973.11%19
22Gelencsér1,0571:30031.68%335
23Bognár9641:3297.00%66
24Magyar9411:3374.46%34
25Lukács9141:3474.85%41
26Török9131:3472.76%20
27Vajda8521:3727.42%81
28Somogyi8471:3745.01%47
29Juhász8341:3801.68%14
30Gál8151:3893.29%25
31Sipos8131:3903.99%36
32Biró7971:3986.09%69
33Kelemen7871:4034.73%48
34Mészáros7821:4052.04%16
35Vida7801:4066.75%80
36Végh7691:4125.49%63
37Kocsis7361:4313.16%28
38Király7301:4343.83%39
39Szücs7031:4515.59%73
40Hegedüs6981:4547.82%118
41Illés6911:4594.91%62
42Szilágyi6891:4601.70%15
43Tamás6841:4644.79%59
44Fodor6761:4692.95%30
45Nemes6621:4795.85%86
46Pap6611:4804.99%68
47Vass6601:4803.45%38
48Fülöp6491:4893.90%49
49Szűcs6481:4891.78%18
50Balázs6421:4942.73%27
51Torma6351:49910.25%175
52Szőke6111:5193.38%43
53Szekeres6071:5224.26%60
54Orbán6001:5285.42%88
55László5991:5293.64%50
56Szántó5951:5334.75%74
57Jakab5761:5503.75%55
58Rácz5561:5701.95%21
59Pál5541:5723.78%56
60Sárközi5401:5875.06%92
61Major5331:5954.59%79
62Antal5291:5993.25%51
62Huszár5291:5996.94%137
64Kis5271:6022.53%35
65Péter5191:6115.20%102
66Fábián5171:6133.72%64
67Lengyel5081:6243.57%61
68Sándor5061:6272.32%32
69Vincze5051:6282.28%31
70Máté4991:6354.03%75
71Csonka4961:6396.53%140
71Gulyás4961:6392.80%44
73Kurucz4951:6416.64%144
74Ács4881:6504.18%78
75Kálmán4871:6515.80%124
76Kozma4701:6753.67%71
77Csordás4651:6827.45%173
78Novák4641:6834.09%85
79Szigeti4521:7015.00%113
80Katona4501:7052.34%37
81Szép4261:7447.93%199
82Bódis4251:74614.38%384
82Ágoston4251:7467.44%186
84Rózsa4201:7554.84%121
85Gáspár4171:7603.77%89
86Szita4011:79113.94%399
86Virág4011:7912.95%67
88Váradi3901:8132.29%46
89Szili3801:83411.58%347
90Borbély3741:8483.70%100
91Halász3721:8522.91%72
92Béres3711:8554.65%132
92Székely3711:8552.32%53
94Csapó3691:8597.29%214
94Sánta3691:8595.00%145
96Bodó3681:8627.19%210
97Csizmadia3671:8645.25%156
98Deák3631:8732.51%58
99Visnyei3601:88129.70%962
100Berkes3591:88311.48%361
101Kardos3581:8863.84%111
102Bene3561:8917.77%242
102Boros3561:8912.24%54
104Kollár3541:8964.66%140
105Márton3481:9113.52%103
106Kulcsár3451:9194.30%131
107Lakatos3431:9241.48%29
108Hosszú3371:94121.44%739
109Fazekas3361:9441.96%45
110Hajdu3341:9493.06%90
111Sárdi3321:95521.94%775
112Bálint3311:9582.27%57
113Weisz3281:96711.32%395
114Oláh3261:9731.15%22
115Szakács3251:9763.30%104
116Bíró3241:9792.85%83
116Dávid3241:9793.62%115
118Hegyi3231:9823.94%129
119Berta3211:9884.17%135
120Sebestyén3201:9913.59%119
121Cseh3141:1,0103.33%109
122Somogyvári3051:1,04021.05%812
123Tolnai3021:1,0506.12%223
124Baranyai3011:1,0534.25%152
125Dobos2991:1,0602.92%96
126Szarka2971:1,0683.57%126
127Pápai2951:1,0757.36%275
128Bertalan2911:1,0909.18%355
129Madarász2891:1,0976.89%259
129Szijártó2891:1,09712.25%487
131Kertész2871:1,1053.00%107
132Boda2861:1,1095.22%194
133Schmidt2851:1,1134.01%149
134Budai2841:1,1162.37%76
135Gaál2821:1,1243.70%139
135Kalányos2821:1,12428.95%1,163
137Forró2781:1,14120.90%886
137Lőrincz2781:1,1412.88%106
137Mester2781:1,1415.69%225
140Egyed2771:1,1457.59%304
141Márkus2761:1,1494.21%169
142Bali2731:1,1619.60%404
143Marton2721:1,1663.37%130
144Nyári2681:1,1836.53%262
145Salamon2671:1,1886.52%264
146Császár2661:1,1924.02%167
147Kuti2621:1,2107.26%307
147Müller2621:1,2103.83%161
149Böröcz2611:1,21512.33%539
150Fenyvesi2601:1,2196.68%284
151Gazdag2591:1,2247.83%343
151Soós2591:1,2242.26%82
151Tar2591:1,2243.66%154
154Hegedűs2581:1,2291.36%40
155Bencze2561:1,2395.08%218
155Keresztes2561:1,2395.20%224
155Pálfi2561:1,2394.42%182
158Fábos2551:1,24355.80%2,407
159Bakos2531:1,2532.15%77
159Balla2531:1,2532.48%98
159Erdélyi2531:1,2532.87%120
159Sütő2531:1,2534.33%181
163Tálos2491:1,27322.74%1,052
164Miklós2481:1,2783.42%148
165Kecskés2461:1,2893.46%150
166Komáromi2431:1,3056.36%290
167Ábrahám2421:1,3103.97%176
168Benke2411:1,3166.33%294
169Cser2361:1,3448.80%432
169Kalmár2361:1,3443.10%138
169Vas2361:1,3442.85%127
172Barta2331:1,3612.29%99
172Fejes2331:1,3613.02%134
174Huber2321:1,36712.03%592
175Győrfi2311:1,3737.91%390
176Barna2301:1,3792.07%87
177Bakonyi2291:1,3857.04%350
178Zsiga2271:1,3977.35%366
179Ambrus2251:1,4094.12%195
179Károlyi2251:1,4097.10%357
179Pető2251:1,4093.20%155
182Kósa2231:1,4222.95%142
182Pandur2231:1,42223.90%1,214
184Beke2201:1,4415.38%267
184Győri2201:1,4412.68%128
184Süle2201:1,4416.36%317
184Árvai2201:1,4414.07%197
188Jáger2171:1,46111.00%575
188Keszthelyi2171:1,46111.21%591
190Dömötör2161:1,4686.24%316
190Lőczi2161:1,46873.72%3,651
190Radák2161:1,46872.73%3,601
193Balog2151:1,4752.07%94
193Harangozó2151:1,4758.76%470
193Turi2151:1,4754.15%208
193Vidák2151:1,47512.27%659
197Bencsik2141:1,4824.34%221
198Radics2121:1,4964.12%209
198Sári2121:1,4963.40%174
200Kasza2111:1,5035.21%272