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The JewishGen Hungarian Special Interest Group (H-SIG) is transcribing Jewish vital records from LDS microfilms, including birth records.  The original data were created by rabbis in each community (or for small communities, in centralized district registers) as required by the Emperor.  These records are handwritten in German, Hebrew, or Hungarian, and date between 1800-1914.

Database Fields

The database includes the following fields:

• Name — Surname and Given Name of the Child.
• Date of Birth — Birth Date of the Child: Day Month Year.
• Sex — Gender of the Child: "M" for male, "F" for female.
• Father — Father’s Given Name – the first name of the child’s father.  In the rare cases where the child’s surname is not the same as the father’s, a note is added in the Comments field.
• Mother — Mother’s Given Name and Maiden Name.
• Town — The Town where the child was born.
• Járás / Meyge — The District and County of birth.
• Comments — Other useful information in the record, such as names of witnesses, or mother and/or father’s town of birth, or indication if the child died, and the date.
• Source — LDS Microfilm Number, used to order the microfilm from the LDS Family History Centers, or other source.
• Record Number — The purpose of the record number is to aid in finding the original record on the microfilm or other source of vital records.  We are now standardizing on the format PPP-NN, where PPP represents the page number within a film, or volume, and NN represents the item number on that page.  Some older records may have the system YYYY-N (where YYYY=the year of the record and N=the record number from that year associated with the record) or simply the number associated with a record for small towns.

Notes on Searching the Database

In addition to the usual search of surnames and towns, you can use the global text search of all fields to find all entries for a particular county (megye), given name, or LDS microfilm number.

If you are searching for a hyphenated town name or county, you must enter only the name before the hyphen or after the hyphen, but not both.  At this time, the search engine is not capable of handling hyphenated names.  JewishGen technicians are working on this problem.

It should be understood by all researchers that these are index files, and no attempt was made to replicate all the data in the original registers.  Researchers should go to the source record, wherever possible, to obtain additional information such as witnesses, notes by the registrar, and other information.

Contents of the Database

There are over 100,000 records in the database to date, including the following.  Budapest and Miskolc are the only partially-transcribed towns.

Town	County (megye)	Modern Town & Country (if different)	Dates	Transcriber(s)	# of records
Ilava járás	Trencsén	Slovakia	1800-1884	Jenny Brichta	2,948
Trstena járás	Arvá	Slovakia	1886-1895	Gary Luke	237
Berczel	Szabolcs		1854-1885	Pat Shaw, Marlene Elster, Judy Petersen, Alex Miller, Naomi Atlani	1,519
Berencs	Szabolcs	Retkozberencs, HU	1866-1895	Ned Steiner	23
Bezded	Szabolcs	Tiszabezded, HU	1876-1885	Marlene Elster	55
Bittse	Trencsén	Bytča, SK	1840-1886	Michael Miller	1,045
Bodrogkeresztúr	Zemplén		1827-1895	Al Silberman	965
Bokony	Szabolcs		1800-1885	Sam Schleman	166
Budapest	Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun		1836-1864	Susanna Vendel, Ken von der Porten, Linda Forest, Randi Nicolai, George Froyton, Sheila Stevens, Agi Herman, Elizabeth Golemme, Eva Gerston, Stephen Weiss, Dori Jaffe, Michael Schepak, Steve Stelman, Marianne Lantos, Simon Sharoni, Lynne Steemsa, Peter Bakos, Paula Hauser, Don Seligman, Kim Schmidt	15,734
Chropo	Nyitra	Chropov, SK	1771-1885	Bob Lenk	175
Csege	Hajdú	Tiszacsege, HU	1907-1911	Colleen Neal	35
Debrecen	Hajdú		1856-1895	Pat Shaw, Yisochor Dov Grossman, Linda Creason, Emma Wohlberg, Marc L. Greenberg, Yaacov Fried, Anne Selikov, Laurie Budgar, Sam Schleman	3,780
Dombrád	Szabolcs		1878-1895	Alex Miller	238
Encsencs	Szabolcs		1874-1885	Sandy Malek	53
Erdobenye	Zemplén		1840-1895	Al Silberman	494
Felsöszvidnik	Sáros	Svidník, SK	1856-1892	Carol Robinson	21
Fenyeslitke	Szabolcs		1858-1895	Amos Israel Zezmer	90
Galszecs	Zemplén	Secovce, SK	1819-1925	Ivan Greenhut, Jeanne Eikrem, Mary Blumenstein, Leah Rochine, Julie Lockwood, Mindy Soclof, Laura Stotler	4,293
Gava	Szabolcs	Gávavencsellő, HU	1843-1895	Sam Schleman	922
Gelse, Hugyaj, Ibrony, Kanyar & Veresmart	Szabolcs	Nyirgelse, Érpatak, Nyíribrony, Tiszakanyar, & Szabolcsveresmart, HU	1849-1894	Sam Schleman	263
Gemzse, Besenyo, & Doghe	Szabolcs	Gemzse, Besenyőd, & Döge, HU	1856-1892	Sandra Malek	141
Gesztered	Szabolcs		1852-1883	Ruben Weiser	85
Gyulaháza, Kekcse, Nyirlugos, & Piricse	Szabolcs		1863-1895	Sam Schleman	209
Győr	Győr		1846-1895	Agnes Levine, Stephen Schmideg, Judy Young, Cecilia Stolzer	2,576
Hajdúnánás	Hajdú		1848-1895	Alfred Silberman	1,443
Homonna	Zemplén	Humenne, SK	1821-1895	Julie Lockwood, Amos Zezmer, Ben Schoenbrun, Aaron Rosenberg, Mary Blumenstein, Mary Taub, Susan Schreiber, Roni Peled	3,419
Jászberény	Jasz-Nagy-Kun-Szolnok		1872-1885	Adina Michelsohn	302
Jászkerekegyháza	Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun	Kerekegyháza, HU	1863-1885	Sam Schleman	64
Kallosemjen	Szabolcs		1810-1890	Yolanda Fuchs	191
Karász	Szabolcs	Nyírkarász, HU	1876-1895	Judy Petersen	143
Kiskoros	Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun		1866-1885	Sam Schleman	615
Kecskemet	Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun		1832-1885	George Froyton, Bob Wolf, Sandy Malek, Emanuel Ben-David, Don Seligman, Judy Petersen, Ivan Weisz, Sam Schleman	3,060
Kisbaka & Nagybaka	Szabolcs	Szabolcsbaka, HU	1875-1885	Amos Israel Zezmer	108
Kiskunfelegyhaza	Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun		1884-1890	Margaret Upton, Susanna Vendel, Judy Petersen, Gizella Czene	1,572
Kiskunmajsa	Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun		1850-1895	Sandy Malek, Marlene Elster, Sam Schleman	444
Kisvarda	Szabolcs		1844-1895	Lloyd Klein, Barbara Franchi, Miriam Laska, Carol Knoll, Rose Linden, Andy Havas, Marlene Elster, Caryl Shapiro, Pat Shaw, Lois Levick, Roslyn Snow, Victor & Meryl Fischer, Agnes Levine, Peter Garas, Alex Miller, Peter Spiro, Amos Zezmer	8,898
Mád	Zemplén		1828-1880	Stanley Blum	626
Mandok	Szabolcs		1850-1895	Marelynn Zipser	2,598
Miskolc	Borsod		1838-1893	Gary Deutsch, Anne Fritz, Alex Hoffman, Elinor Jarden, Moshe Lorber, Tom Molnar, Helene Siegel, Agi Herman, Pat Shaw, Julie Zapf	8,314
Moson & Magyar-Ovár	Moson	Mosonmagyaróvár, HU	1895-1911	Henry Wellisch	198
Nagy Ida	Abaúj-Torna	Velká Ida, SK	1851-1885	Sam Schleman	706
Nagykallo	Szabolcs		1844-1895	Bob Fisch, Martin Cohn, Michael Taub, Ann Amoza, Sarah Feuerstein, Diane Berg, Andrew Gardos, Merelynn Zipser	2,407
Nyirbator	Szabolcs		1849-1895	Baba Schwartz, Esther Levinson, Michael Taub, Sarah Feuerstein, Judy Petersen, Julie Lockwood, Bob Fisch, Alex Magocsi	4,706
Nyirbogat	Szabolcs		1851-1885	Gene Katz	254
Nyíregyháza	Szabolcs		1866-1895	Stanley Blum	2,291
Olaszliszka	Zemplén		1841-1895	Al Silberman	710
Örladány	Szabolcs	Mezőladány, HU	1876-1885	Marelynn Zipser	67
Polgar	Szabolcs		1853-1895	Sam Schleman	582
Sárospatak	Zemplén		1835-1895	Alex Miller	1,647
Sátoraljaújhely	Zemplén		1851-1895	Alfred Silberman	8,405
Szerencs	Zemplén		1827-1895	Bobby Furst, Carlos Koenig, Pat Shaw, Judy Petersen, Laurie Budgar, Mark Melme, Caryl Shapiro, Esther Levinson, Dan Breslau	2,768
Szinyérváralja	Szatmár	Seini, ROM	1791-1876	Rose Linden	99
Tarczal	Zemplén	Tarcal, HU	1827-1895	Michael Taub, Lois Levick	532
Tiszadada	Szabolcs		1851-1895	Eli Eyal	212
Tiszalok	Szabolcs		1832-1894	Jackie Pataki, Richard Kurshan, Judith Labowitz	433
Tokaj	Zemplén		1827-1895	Lois Levick, Maria Benedek, Yolanda Fuchs	1,583
Tolcsva	Zemplén		1821-1895	Larry Kohn, Lois Horowitz, Judy Petersen, Andy Roth, Sam Schleman	5,159
Vamospercs	Hajdú		1852-1914	Colleen Neal	193
Váncsod & Ujléta	Bihar		1895-1906	Colleen Neal	30

Last Update: 12 Oct 2007   WSB
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