Vas County Genealogical Records

Vas 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.

Vas 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.

Vas 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.

Vas 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 Vas 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.

Vas 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.

Vas County Land & Property Records

Jewish Property Owners in Hungary (1828)

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

Vas 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.

Vas 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.

Vas 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.

Vas County Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Vas 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.

Vas 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.

Vas 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.

Vas 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.

Vas 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 Vas County

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Hungary
1Horváth13,1671:198.10%6
2Németh10,3131:2511.68%9
3Tóth7,7791:332.58%1
4Varga6,8501:373.88%5
5Kovács6,4691:393.09%4
6Nagy6,2011:412.69%2
7Szabó4,8881:522.26%3
8Kiss3,9181:652.94%7
9Takács3,7411:685.50%11
10Molnár3,3131:773.09%8
11Szalai1,8651:1376.84%23
12Farkas1,7041:1492.41%10
13Simon1,4851:1713.99%17
14Vörös1,3451:1897.35%42
15Balogh1,3301:1912.14%12
16Papp1,1961:2132.23%13
17Török9401:2712.84%20
18Pintér9211:2763.90%26
19Mészáros8831:2882.30%16
20Vass8601:2964.49%38
21Soós7901:3226.89%82
22Vincze7811:3263.52%31
23Kocsis7581:3363.25%28
24Bognár7521:3395.46%66
25Süle7411:34421.41%317
26Polgár6851:3729.41%147
27Baranyai6751:3779.54%152
28Szalay6741:3787.48%114
29Király6571:3883.45%39
30Marton6501:3928.06%130
31László6441:3953.91%50
32Sipos6421:3973.15%36
33Fülöp6371:4003.83%49
34Szakály6351:40125.60%464
35Somogyi6331:4023.75%47
36Gaál6201:4118.15%139
37Fehér6031:4222.34%24
38Boros5911:4313.71%54
39Kálmán5691:4476.78%124
40Magyar5641:4512.67%34
41Őri5531:46019.50%406
42Gáspár5451:4674.93%89
43Ódor5401:47116.17%334
44Gerencsér5371:47415.64%322
45Fekete5351:4761.56%19
46Lukács5011:5082.66%41
47Sebestyén4981:5115.59%119
48Biró4961:5133.79%69
49Orbán4951:5144.47%88
50Szemes4941:51528.05%654
51Kardos4871:5235.23%111
52Herczeg4641:5496.00%133
53Szép4531:5628.44%199
54Joó4471:5709.92%246
55Szakács4461:5714.53%104
56Bokor4431:57512.19%305
57Fodor4351:5851.90%30
58Pados4341:58740.79%1,075
59Sárközi4321:5894.05%92
60Fábián4291:5933.09%64
60Toldi4291:5939.28%240
62Dávid4171:6114.66%115
63Zsoldos4161:61210.96%295
64Dénes4131:6169.51%251
65Császár4091:6236.18%167
66Biczó4081:62431.03%900
67Benkő4061:6277.34%192
67Vajda4061:6273.53%81
69Antal4011:6352.46%51
70Csonka3991:6385.25%140
71Vámos3971:6418.24%230
72Katona3871:6582.01%37
73Lőrincz3851:6613.99%106
74Vadász3781:6745.91%171
75Pungor3701:68871.84%2,157
75Pál3701:6882.52%56
77Babos3691:69017.67%546
78Illés3641:6992.59%62
78Kelemen3641:6992.19%48
80Rácz3631:7011.27%21
81Nemes3611:7053.19%86
82Sütő3601:7076.16%181
83Novák3591:7093.17%85
84Tamás3571:7132.50%59
85Szigeti3561:7153.94%113
86Imre3521:7235.81%179
86Major3521:7233.03%79
88Mesics3501:72775.43%2,379
89Huszár3481:7324.57%137
90Szanyi3461:7366.77%211
91Balázs3451:7381.47%27
92Végh3401:7492.43%63
93Rába3341:76253.78%1,805
94Boda3311:7696.04%194
95Hegedüs3271:7793.66%118
95Kulcsár3271:7794.08%131
97Szele3191:79838.86%1,381
98Iván3151:8088.08%283
99Gombás3131:81317.18%628
100Gál3111:8191.25%25
101Móricz3081:8278.01%288
102Cser3071:82911.45%432
102Szekér3071:82916.13%600
104Hegyi3061:8323.74%129
105Kalmár2971:8573.90%138
106Unger2921:87220.98%843
107Kondor2901:8789.91%388
107Tőke2901:87822.98%928
109Juhász2891:8810.58%14
109Szőke2891:8811.60%43
111Oláh2801:9090.99%22
112Márkus2741:9294.18%169
113Szekeres2711:9401.90%60
113Talabér2711:94020.53%896
115Sándor2681:9501.23%32
116Jakab2661:9571.73%55
117Auer2621:97228.98%1,259
118Bolla2571:99110.16%456
119Dancsecs2561:99581.79%3,434
119Déri2561:99519.35%894
121Halász2541:1,0021.98%72
121Szilágyi2541:1,0020.63%15
123Csiszár2521:1,0106.61%293
124Poór2501:1,01817.49%825
124Péter2501:1,0182.50%102
124Székely2501:1,0181.56%53
127Hajba2481:1,02732.46%1,461
127Péntek2481:1,0278.28%380
129Virág2471:1,0311.81%67
130Pék2461:1,03510.69%495
131Bálint2421:1,0521.66%57
131Mátyás2421:1,0524.79%217
133Baráth2411:1,0563.99%180
134Mihály2391:1,0655.10%238
135Máté2371:1,0741.92%75
136Iszak2361:1,07961.78%2,859
137Csizmazia2321:1,09716.81%850
138Geröly2311:1,10289.19%4,108
139Mórocz2291:1,11216.29%836
139Szűcs2291:1,1120.63%18
141Tompa2281:1,1178.33%421
142Rozmán2271:1,12238.41%1,887
143Csuka2251:1,1329.09%467
143Szakos2251:1,13223.41%1,180
145Béres2221:1,1472.78%132
146Kozma2201:1,1571.72%71
147Pócza2191:1,16331.47%1,586
148Hende2181:1,16857.67%2,889
149Kántor2171:1,1734.76%244
150Janzsó2161:1,17939.49%2,029
150Lakatos2161:1,1790.93%29
150Puskás2161:1,1792.87%143
153Rózsa2131:1,1952.45%121
154Berta2121:1,2012.75%135
155Bakos2081:1,2241.77%77
155Gecse2081:1,22413.46%753
155Gróf2081:1,22410.95%602
158Erős2061:1,2365.47%297
159Pongrácz2041:1,2486.42%353
160Kóbor2031:1,25420.55%1,148
161Bősze2021:1,26016.06%933
162Doncsecz2011:1,26790.13%4,691
162Laczó2011:1,26719.31%1,103
164Csóka2001:1,2736.55%368
164Erdélyi2001:1,2732.27%120
166Márton1981:1,2862.00%103
166Pethő1981:1,2867.09%412
168Dömötör1971:1,2925.69%316
168Pap1971:1,2921.49%68
170Bíró1951:1,3061.71%83
170Galambos1951:1,3063.43%187
170Gulyás1951:1,3061.10%44
173Mándli1931:1,31945.52%2,582
173Szecsődi1931:1,31917.20%1,033
173Wágner1931:1,3195.72%331
176Szijártó1921:1,3268.14%487
176Timár1921:1,3263.95%226
178Mesterházy1901:1,34034.86%2,039
179Francsics1891:1,34737.88%2,228
179Nyári1891:1,3474.60%262
181Nardai1881:1,35452.22%3,021
181Szántó1881:1,3541.50%74
181Tancsics1881:1,35488.26%4,904
181Udvardi1881:1,3548.80%536
185Sümegi1871:1,3627.78%479
186Szilvágyi1861:1,36953.30%3,106
187Lengyel1851:1,3761.30%61
188Szarka1841:1,3842.21%126
189Pajor1831:1,39111.08%703
190Egyed1821:1,3994.99%304
190Kónya1821:1,3993.47%202
190Pataki1821:1,3991.87%105
193Büki1811:1,40711.36%728
194Sulyok1781:1,4307.23%469
195Vigh1771:1,4382.50%152
196Závecz1761:1,44774.26%4,424
196Árvai1761:1,4473.26%197
198Budai1751:1,4551.46%76
199Pásti1721:1,48030.44%1,954
199Tánczos1721:1,4807.25%484