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The JewishGen Hungarian Special Interest Group (H-SIG) is transcribing vital records from LDS microfilms, including death 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(s) of the deceased.
• Date of Death — Death Date: Day-Month-Year.
• Father — Father’s Given Name(s) – the first name of the person’s father.
• Mother — The Given Name(s) and Maiden Name of the person’s mother.
• Town — The Town where the death occurred, and the Town where the death was registered.
• Jaras / Meyge — The District and County of the Town where the death was registered.
• Comments — Other useful information in the record, such as the town of birth, cause of death, marital status, age, etc.
• Source — LDS Microfilm Number, used to order the microfilm from an LDS Family History Center, 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.

Creation of the Database

The database was assembled by volunteers from the JewishGen Hungarian Special Interest Group (H-SIG), serving as transcribers, data entry, and validators, and we thank them for their hard work.

We wish to thank the Magyar Országos Levéltár (Hungarian National Archives) for granting permission to create the index of death records.  Lastly we thank the support team from JewishGen: Warren Blatt, Michael Tobias and Joyce Field.

Contents of the Database

There are about 35,000 records in the database to date, including the following:

Town	County (megye)	Modern Town & Country (if different)	Dates	Transcriber(s)	# of records
Berczel	Szabolcs		1854-1885	Judy Petersen, Alex Miller, Naomi Atlani	771
Bezded	Szabolcs	Tiszabezded, HU	1876-1885	Marlene Elster	36
Bittse	Trencsén	Bytča, SK	1856-1887	Michael Miller	461
Bodrogkeresztúr	Zemplén		1827-1895	Al Silberman	611
Bokony	Szabolcs		1800-1885	Sam Schleman	67
Čertižné	Zemplén	Čertižné, SK	1907-1940	Dora Donis	144
Chropo	Nyitra	Chropov, SK	1852-1894	Bob Lenk	57
Debrecen	Hajdú		1859-1895	Pat Shaw, Yisochor Dov Grossman, Emma Wohlberg, Yaacov Fried, Sarah Feuerstein, Lois Levick, Laurie Budgar, Sam Schleman	2,274
Dombrád	Szabolcs		1878-1895	Alex Miller	56
Encsencs	Szabolcs		1871-1885	Sandy Malek	37
Erdobenye	Zemplén		1840-1895	Al Silberman	292
Felsöszvidnik	Sáros	Svidník, SK	1878-1895	Carol Robinson	246
Fenyeslitke	Szabolcs		1858-1895	Amos Israel Zezmer	24
Galszecs	Zemplén	Sečovce, SK	1854-1895	Ivan Greenhut, Jeanne Eikrem, Mary Blumenstein, Leah Rochine, Julie Lockwood, Mindy Soclof, Laura Stotler	1,453
Gava	Szabolcs	Gávavencsellő, HU	1860-1895	Sam Schleman	708
Gelse, Hugyaj, & Ibrony	Szabolcs	Nyirgelse, Erpatak, & Nyiribront, HU	1849-1885	Sam Schleman	76
Gemzse, Besenyo, & Doghe	Szabolcs	Gemzse, Besenyőd & Döge, HU	1856-1892	Sandra Malek	32
Gesztered	Szabolcs		1852-1883	Ruben Weiser	38
Győr	Győr		1846-1895	Agnes Levine, Stephen Schmideg, Judy Young, Cecilia Stolzer	1,326
Gyulaháza, Nyirlugos, Piricse	Szabolcs		1836-1895	Sam Schleman	117
Hajdúnánás	Hajdú		1852-1895	Alfred Silberman	653
Homonna	Zemplén	Humenne, SK	1851-1895	Julie Lockwood, Amos Zezmer, Ben Schoenbrun, Aaron Rosenberg, Mary Blumenstein, Mary Taub, Susan Schreiber, Roni Peled	1,346
Kallosemjen	Szabolcs		1810-1890	Yolanda Fuchs	12
Karász	Szabolcs	Nyírkarász, HU	1878-1895	Judy Petersen	21
Kecskemet	Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun		1832-1891	George Froyton, Bob Wolf, Sandy Malek, Emanuel Ben-David, Don Seligman, Judy Petersen, Ivan Weisz, Sam Schleman	1,708
Kiskunfelegyhaza	Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun		1869-1890	Margaret Upton, Susanna Vendel, Gizella Czene	343
Kiskunmajsa	Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun		1850-1895	Sandy Malek, Marlene Elster, & Sam Schleman	115
Kisvarda	Szabolcs		1851-1895	Lloyd Klein, Barbara Franchi, Miriam Laska, Carol Knoll, Rose Linden, Caryl Shapiro, Pat Shaw, Lois Levick, Kim Loth, Roslyn Snow, Ivan Greenhut, Amos Zezmer	3,432
Mád	Zemplén		1828-1880	Stanley Blum	811
Mandok	Szabolcs		1850-1895	Marelynn Zipser	545
Mateszalka	Szatmár		1863-1895	Marelynn Zipser	888
Miskolc	Borsod		1836-1885	Gary Deutsch, Moshe Lorber	154
Moson & Magyar-Ovár	Moson	Mosonmagyaróvár, HU	1895-1911	Henry Wellisch	110
Nagy Ida	Abaúj-Torna	Velká Ida, SK	1851-1885	Sam Schleman	331
Nagykallo	Szabolcs		1844-1895	Bob Fisch, Martin Cohn, Michael Taub, Andrew Gardos	2,438
Nyirbator	Szabolcs		1852-1895	Baba Schwartz, Esther Levinson, Michael Taub, Judy Petersen, Julie Lockwood, Bob Fisch	1,893
Nyirbogat	Szabolcs		1851-1885	Gene Katz	53
Nyíregyháza	Szabolcs		1866-1895	Stanley Blum	1,126
Olaszliszka	Zemplén		1841-1895	Al Silberman	416
Örladány	Szabolcs	Mezőladány, HU	1876-1885	Marelynn Zipser	47
Polgar	Szabolcs		1876-1885	Sam Schleman	232
Sárospatak	Zemplén		1835-1895	Alex Miller	699
Sátoraljaújhely	Zemplén		1851-1895	Alfred Silberman	4,628
Szerencs	Zemplén		1827-1895	Bobby Furst, Pat Shaw, Judy Petersen, Laurie Budgar, Mark Melmed, Caryl Shapiro, Esther Levinson, Dan Breslau	977
Szinyérváralja	Szatmár	Seini, ROM	1855-1857	Rose Linden	16
Tarczal	Zemplén	Tarcal, HU	1827-1895	Michael Taub, Lois Levick	271
Tiszalok	Szabolcs		1832-1894	Jackie Pataki, Richard Kurshan, Judith Labowitz	208
Tokaj	Zemplén		1827-1895	Lois Levick, Maria Benedek, Yolanda Fuchs	986
Tolcsva	Zemplén		1841-1895	Larry Kohn, Lois Horowitz, Judy Petersen, Andy Roth, Sam Schleman	1,327
Ujléta	Bihar		1897	Colleen Neal	1
Vamospercs	Hajdú		1852-1914	Colleen Neal	70

Last Update: 12 Oct 2007   WSB
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