Hungarian Dictionary Review

A few years ago I purchased two Hungarian dictionaries on Amazon. I purchased an English-Hungarian dictionary as well as a Hungarian-English dictionary, both published by the same author, Z. Kiss.


I bought these a few years ago and I have recommended them to a few fellow Hungarian genealogists since. These dictionaries are fabulous! Both are just under 800 pages and they are about 5 1/2 inches by 4 inches..
perfect for traveling! I have used these dictionaries during all my research since purchasing them, and they have yet to let me down.

I know the price of $21.00 is a bit steep for a simple dictionary, but this book is definitely worth it. I'm very happy I purchased them and I would recommend them to anyone needing an English-Hungarian or Hungarian-English dictionary.

Baden-Württemberg Digital Civil Records - Staatsarchiv Freiburg - Breisach am Rhein District

I recently discovered that the region of Baden-Württemberg has put records online. These records are digital copies of the civil registartion books for the Freiburg administrative district in Baden-Württemberg. These records range from 1810-1870 and are organized by "Amtsgericht", district courts. The district courts are organized alphabetically, with all the available towns arranged alphabetically with-in them. To easily find your town, I suggest using the ctrl + F function and searching your town name.

I will be featuring, in their own blog entries, each district court in the Freiburg administrative district.

Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg
Staatsarchiv Freiburg
>L: Selekte
>>L 10 - L 20: Bände
>>>Bestände
Click on "Findbuch mit Digitalisaten"


Breisach am Rhein District

Achkarren - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 455: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1833
L 10 Nr. 456: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1834-1848
L 10 Nr. 457: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1849-1870

Bickensohl - Evangelical Community
L 10 Nr. 458: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1801-1830
L 10 Nr. 459: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1831-1850
L 10 Nr. 460: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1851-1870

Bischoffingen - Evangelical Community
L 10 Nr. 461: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1800-1820
L 10 Nr. 462: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1821-1843
L 10 Nr. 463: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1844-1870

Breisach am Rhein - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 464: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1818
L 10 Nr. 465: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1819-1826
L 10 Nr. 466: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1827-1834
L 10 Nr. 467: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1835-1840
L 10 Nr. 468: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1841-1847
L 10 Nr. 469: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1848-1854
L 10 Nr. 470: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1855-1858
L 10 Nr. 471: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1859-1864
L 10 Nr. 472: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1865-1870

Breisach am Rhein - Jewish Community
L 10 Nr. 464: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1814-1822
L 10 Nr. 465: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1819-1826
L 10 Nr. 466: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1827-1834
L 10 Nr. 467: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1835-1840
L 10 Nr. 468: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1841-1847
L 10 Nr. 469: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1848-1854
L 10 Nr. 470: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1855-1858
L 10 Nr. 471: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1859-1864
L 10 Nr. 472: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1865-1870

Burkheim - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 473: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1836
L 10 Nr. 474: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1837-1849
L 10 Nr. 475: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1850-1870

Gottenheim - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 476: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1827
L 10 Nr. 477: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1828-1841
L 10 Nr. 478: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1842-1856
L 10 Nr. 479: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1857-1870

Gündlingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 480: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1838
L 10 Nr. 481: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1839-1855
L 10 Nr. 482: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1856-1869

Jechtingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 483: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1834
L 10 Nr. 484: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1835-1849
L 10 Nr. 485: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1850-1870

Ihringen - Evangelical Community
L 10 Nr. 486: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1800-1810
L 10 Nr. 487: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1811-1820
L 10 Nr. 488: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1821-1828
L 10 Nr. 489: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1829-1834
L 10 Nr. 490: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1835-1840
L 10 Nr. 491: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1841-1845
L 10 Nr. 492: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1846-1851
L 10 Nr. 493: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1852-1858
L 10 Nr. 494: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1859-1864
L 10 Nr. 495: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1865-1870

Ihringen - Jewish Community
L 10 Nr. 487: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1811-1820
L 10 Nr. 488: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1821-1828
L 10 Nr. 489: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1829-1834
L 10 Nr. 490: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1835-1840
L 10 Nr. 491: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1841-1845
L 10 Nr. 492: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1846-1851
L 10 Nr. 493: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1852-1858
L 10 Nr. 494: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1859-1864
L 10 Nr. 495: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1865-1870

Kiechlinsbergen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 496: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1834
L 10 Nr. 497: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1835-1849
L 10 Nr. 498: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1850-1870

Königschaffhausen - Evangelical Community
L 10 Nr. 499: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1800-1830
L 10 Nr. 500: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1831-1850
L 10 Nr. 501: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1851-1870
(499 includes Leiselheim)

Leiselheim - Evangelical Community
L 10 Nr. 502: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1802-1840
L 10 Nr. 503: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1841-1870
(502 includes Königschaffhausen)

Merdingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 504: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1830
L 10 Nr. 505: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1831-1842
L 10 Nr. 506: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1843-1855
L 10 Nr. 507: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1856-1864
L 10 Nr. 508: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1865-1870

Niederrimsingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 509: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1846
L 10 Nr. 510: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1847-1870

Oberbergen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 511: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1832
L 10 Nr. 512: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1833-1841
L 10 Nr. 513: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1842-1851
L 10 Nr. 514: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1852-1870

Oberrimsingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 515: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1835
L 10 Nr. 516: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1836-1847
L 10 Nr. 517: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1848-1870

Oberrotweil - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 518: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1828
L 10 Nr. 519: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1829-1841
L 10 Nr. 520: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1842-1848
L 10 Nr. 521: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1849-1859
L 10 Nr. 522: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1860-1870

Sasbach - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 523: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1829
L 10 Nr. 524: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1830-1847
L 10 Nr. 525: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1848-1870

Schelingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 526: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1839
L 10 Nr. 527: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1840-1870

Wasenweiler - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 528: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1829
L 10 Nr. 529: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1830-1848
L 10 Nr. 530: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1849-1870

Baden-Württemberg Digital Civil Records - Staatsarchiv Freiburg - Bonndorf im Schwarzwald District

I recently discovered that the region of Baden-Württemberg has put records online. These records are digital copies of the civil registartion books for the Freiburg administrative district in Baden-Württemberg. These records range from 1810-1870 and are organized by "Amtsgericht", district courts. The district courts are organized alphabetically, with all the available towns arranged alphabetically with-in them. To easily find your town, I suggest using the ctrl + F function and searching your town name.

I will be featuring, in their own blog entries, each district court in the Freiburg administrative district.

Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg
Staatsarchiv Freiburg
>L: Selekte
>>L 10 - L 20: Bände
>>>Bestände
Click on "Findbuch mit Digitalisaten"


Bonndorf im Schwarzwald District

Bettmaringen & Stühlingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 268: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 269: Death, 1810-1869
(268 includes Wittlekofen, Oberwangen and Bettmaringen; 269 includes Wittlekofen)

Birkendorf & Ühlingen-Birkendorf - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 270: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 271: Marriage & Death, 1810-1869

Igelschlatt - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 272: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Boll - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 273: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Bonndorf im Schwarzwald - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 274: Birth, 1810-1841
L 10 Nr. 275: Birth, 1842-1869
L 10 Nr. 276: Marriage, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 277: Death, 1810-1840
L 10 Nr. 278: Death, 1841-1869
(274 includes Ebnet; 275 includes Oberhalden; 276-278 include Ebnet and Oberhalden)

Brenden - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 279: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869
(Includes Bulgenbach & Staufen, Grafenhausen)

Brunnadern - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 280: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Buggenried & Mettenberg - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 306: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Dillendorf - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 281: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Ebnet - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 282: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1840-1869
(Includes Eberbach, Grafenhausen)

Ewattingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 283: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 284: Marriage, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 285: Death, 1810-1869
(Includes Überachen, Achdorf, Blumberg)

Faulenfürst - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 286: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 287: Marriage, Death, 1810-1869
(286-287 includes Schluchsee; 287 includes Schwarzhalden)

Geroldshotstetten & Rippoldsried - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 288: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Grafenhausen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 289: Birth, 1810-1840
L 10 Nr. 290: Birth, 1841-1869
L 10 Nr. 291: Marriage, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 292: Death, 1810-1869
(292 includes Geroldshotstetten, Rippoldsried & Schönenbach)

Grünwald - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 295a: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1824-1869

Gündelwangen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 293: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 294: Marriage, Death, 1810-1869
(Includes Boll & Holzschlag)

Holzschlag - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 295: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Hürrlingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 296: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 297: Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Lausheim - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 298: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 299: Marriage, Death, 1810-1869
(Includes Blumegg)

Lembach - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 300: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 301: Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Mauchen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 302: Birth, 1810-1869; Death, 1830-1832
L 10 Nr. 303: Marriage, Death, 1810-1869
(Includes Oberwangen, Unterwangen, Wittlekofen)

Mettenberg - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 304: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 305: Marriage, Death, 1810-1869
(304 includes Buggenried, Seewangen, Hürrlingen, Igelschlatt, Kasslett, Rötenberg)

Münchingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 307: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 308: Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Oberwangen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 309: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 310: Marriage, Death, 1810-1869
(Includes Bettmaringen, Mauchen, unterwangen, Wittlekofen, Berwangen)

Peiselfingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 311: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 312: Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Riedern am Wald - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 313: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 314: Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Schönenbach - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 315: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Schwarzhalden - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 316: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Schwaningen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 317: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Staufen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 318: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Ühlingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 319: Birth, 1810-1846
L 10 Nr. 320: Birth, 1847-1869
L 10 Nr. 321: Marriage, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 322: Death, 1810-1869

Unterwangen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 323: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Wellendingen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 324: Birth, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 325: Marriage, Death, 1810-1869

Wittlekofen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 326: Birth, Marriage, Death, 1810-1869
(Includes Oberwangen, Bettmaringen, Horben, Bonndorf im Schwarzwald)

Baden-Württemberg Digital Civil Records - Staatsarchiv Freiburg - Achern District

I recently discovered that the region of Baden-Württemberg has put records online. These records are digital copies of the civil registartion books for the Freiburg administrative district in Baden-Württemberg. These records range from 1810-1870 and are organized by "Amtsgericht", district courts. The district courts are organized alphabetically, with all the available towns arranged alphabetically with-in them. To easily find your town, I suggest using the ctrl + F function and searching your town name.

I will be featuring, in their own blog entries, each district court in the Freiburg administrative district.

Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg
Staatsarchiv Freiburg
>L: Selekte
>>L 10 - L 20: Bände
>>>Bestände
Click on "Findbuch mit Digitalisaten"


Achern District

Achern - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 1: Birth, 1810-1816
L 10 Nr. 2: Birth, 1817-1838
L 10 Nr. 3: Birth, 1839-1856
L 10 Nr. 4: Birth, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 5: Marriage, 1810-1816
L 10 Nr. 6: Marriage, 1817-1856
L 10 Nr. 7: Marriage, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 8: Death, 1810-1816
L 10 Nr. 9: Death, 1817-1840
L 10 Nr. 10: Death, 1841-1856
L 10 Nr. 11: Death, 1857-1869

Achern - Jewish Community
L 10 Nr. 12: Birth & Death, 1865 and 1867
L 10 Nr. 12: Birth, 1868

Fautenbach - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 14: Birth, 1810-1837
L 10 Nr. 15: Birth, 1838-1856
L 10 Nr. 16: Birth, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 17: Marriage, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 18: Marriage, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 19: Death, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 20: Death, 1857-1869

Furschenbach & Ottenhöfen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 21: Birth, 1828-1856
L 10 Nr. 22: Birth, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 23: Marriage, 1828-1856
L 10 Nr. 24: Marriage, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 25: Death, 1828-1856
L 10 Nr. 26: Death, 1857-1869
(21 includes Ottenhöfen im Schwarzwald)

Gamshurst - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 27: Birth, 1810-1824
L 10 Nr. 28: Birth, 1825-1834
L 10 Nr. 29: Birth, 1835-1841
L 10 Nr. 30: Birth, 1842-1856
L 10 Nr. 31: Birth, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 32: Marriage, 1810-1824
L 10 Nr. 33: Marriage, 1825-1834
L 10 Nr. 34: Marriage, 1835-1856
L 10 Nr. 35: Marriage, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 36: Death, 1810-1824
L 10 Nr. 37: Death, 1825-1834
L 10 Nr. 38: Death, 1835-1856
L 10 Nr. 39: Death, 1857-1869
(Includes Memprechtshofen, Rheinau)

Grossweier - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 40: Birth, 1810-1841
L 10 Nr. 41: Birth, 1842-1869
L 10 Nr. 42: Marriage, 1810-1869
L 10 Nr. 43: Death, 1810-1834
L 10 Nr. 44: Death, 1835-1869

Kappelrodeck - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 45: Birth, 1804-1806
L 10 Nr. 46: Birth, 1810-1821
L 10 Nr. 47: Birth, 1822-1834
L 10 Nr. 48: Birth, 1835-1842
L 10 Nr. 49: Birth, 1843-1856
L 10 Nr. 50: Birth, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 51: Marriage, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 52: Marriage, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 53: Death, 1810-1835
L 10 Nr. 54: Death, 1836-1856
L 10 Nr. 55: Death, 1857-1869
(45-47 includes Seebach, includes Furschenbach, Ottenhöfen im Schwarzwald, Ringelbach in Oberkirch district, Waldulm and Kappelrodek; 51 includes Furschenbach, Ottenhöfen im Schwarzwald)

Mösbach - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 56: Birth, 1812-1847
L 10 Nr. 57: Birth, 1848-1869
L 10 Nr. 58: Marriage, 1812-1847
L 10 Nr. 59: Marriage, 1848-1869
L 10 Nr. 60: Death, 1812-1847
L 10 Nr. 61: Death, 1848-1869
(61 includes Ulm, Renchen)

Oberachern - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 62: Birth, 1810-1832
L 10 Nr. 63: Birth, 1833-1854
L 10 Nr. 64: Birth, 1855-1869
L 10 Nr. 65: Marriage, 1810-1854
L 10 Nr. 66: Marriage, 1855-1869
L 10 Nr. 67: Death, 1810-1854
L 10 Nr. 68: Death, 1855-1869

Obersasbach & Sasbach - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 69: Birth, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 70: Birth, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 71: Marriage, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 72: Marriage, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 73: Death, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 74: Death, 1857-1869

Önsbach - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 75: Birth, 1810-1839
L 10 Nr. 76: Birth, 1840-1856
L 10 Nr. 77: Birth, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 78: Marriage, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 79: Marriage, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 80: Death, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 81: Death, 1857-1869

Ottenhöffen im Schwarzwald - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 82: Birth, 1824-1839
L 10 Nr. 83: Birth, 1840-1856
L 10 Nr. 84: Birth, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 85: Marriage, 1824-1856
L 10 Nr. 86: Marriage, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 87: Death, 1824-1856
L 10 Nr. 88: Death, 1857-1869

Renchen - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 89: Birth, 1810-1830
L 10 Nr. 90: Birth, 1831-1845
L 10 Nr. 91: Birth, 1846-1859
L 10 Nr. 92: Birth, 1860-1869
L 10 Nr. 93: Marriage, 1810-1845
L 10 Nr. 94: Marriage, 1846-1869
L 10 Nr. 95: Death, 1810-1829
L 10 Nr. 96: Death, 1830-1845
L 10 Nr. 97: Death, 1846-1860
L 10 Nr. 98: Death, 1861-1869

Sasbach - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 99: Birth, 1810-1838
L 10 Nr. 100: Birth, 1839-1856
L 10 Nr. 101: Birth, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 102: Marriage, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 103: Marriage, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 104: Death, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 105: Death, 1857-1869

Sasbachried - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 106: Birth, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 107: Birth, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 108: Marriage, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 109: Marriage, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 110: Death, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 111: Death, 1857-1869

Sasbachwalden - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 112: Birth, 1810-1836
L 10 Nr. 113: Birth, 1837-1852
L 10 Nr. 114: Birth, 1853-1869
L 10 Nr. 115: Marriage, 1810-1852
L 10 Nr. 116: Marriage, 1853-1869
L 10 Nr. 117: Death, 1810-1852
L 10 Nr. 118: Death, 1853-1869

Seebach - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 119: Birth, 1828-1856
L 10 Nr. 120: Birth, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 121: Marriage, 1828-1856
L 10 Nr. 122: Marriage, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 123: Death, 1828-1856
L 10 Nr. 124: Death, 1857-1869

Wagshurst - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 125: Birth, 1810-1834
L 10 Nr. 126: Birth, 1835-1856
L 10 Nr. 127: Birth, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 128: Marriage, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 129: Marriage, 1857-1869
L 10 Nr. 130: Death, 1810-1856
L 10 Nr. 131: Death, 1857-1869

Waldulm & Kappelrodeck - Catholic Community
L 10 Nr. 132: Birth, 1826-1849
L 10 Nr. 133: Birth, 1826-1849
L 10 Nr. 134: Birth, 1850-1869
L 10 Nr. 135: Marriage, 1810-1849
L 10 Nr. 136: Marriage, 1850-1869
L 10 Nr. 137: Death, 1810-1824
L 10 Nr. 138: Death, 1825-1849
L 10 Nr. 139: Death, 1850-1869
(132 & 137 include Ringelbach, Atzelbach, Blaubronn, Heidenbach, Lauenbach, Simmersbach, Wolfersbach, Buchwald, Furschenbach and Ottenhöfen)

Best Hungarian Websites

Family Tree Magazine releases an annual list of what they think to be the "101 Best Websites". I admit that these lists are very handy, but they neglect bringing attention to websites about specific ethnicities, nationalities and countries. This is why I'm creating my list of 'Best Hungarian Websites'. They're organized with what I think to be the most useful websites first. I unfortunately haven't been able to compile 101 links.. haha.

1.) RadixHub: 1877 Gazetteer of Hungary
http://www.radixhub.com/radixhub/gazetteers/1877/

This is the most useful website I have ever used, and continue to use on an almost daily basis. It's initially organized by counties and also alphabetically, which is very useful. If you happen to not know the county your town is in, you can easily find it alphabetically.

Within the county pages the towns are organized in a table by district, and then alphabetically within each district. Each town is listed by it's name, any know alternative names for the town and then finally the parishes for each religious denomination. Not every single town had a church for every religion, so it wasn't uncommon for residents to travel to a neighboring town to attend church.

This website is especially useful when you search the FamilySearch online Library Catalog, and find that the town your ancestors are from.. don't have church records for their religion. Check this website and you'll be able to figure out where the residents of your town attended church!

I'm not lying when I say I use this website on a nearly daily basis. It's an essential tool for the Hungarian researcher!

2.) Magyar Megyei Térképei, 1880 (Hungarian County Maps)
http://www.maproom.org/00/32/index.php

This is a website devoted to county maps, relating to the Kingdom of Hungary in 1880. Each map has a key of what certain symbols mean and also a guide displaying the districts within the county. It's very useful using it along with the 1877 Gazetteer of Hungary on RadixHub.

3.) A Magyar Országos Levéltár adatbázisai (The Hungarian National Archives databases)
http://www.arcanum.hu/mol/

The is the official database website of the Hungarian National Archives. They have made available eleven (11) various databases of great to use to researchers. There are two in particular that should be brought to attention.

The first is the 1715 national census. It has been indexed and it's fully searchable online. Please note that spellings are not always very accurate. You can also browse the 1715 census manually, going through the folders of counties. Images are available for these census records.

The second database of use is the Urbaria et Conscriptiones. It's census and taxation records from the the 16th to 19th centuries. No images are available for these. These records also have a website devoted entirely to them, with images available for every document. (See below)

4.) Urbaria et Conscriptiones
http://mol.arcanum.hu/urbarium/

This website has some fabulous information available! It's devoted entirely to early taxation and census records from all of Hungary ranging from the 16th to 19th centuries. There are images available!
Simply go to the website and perform your search under "Teljes szöveg" which means "full text". I've noticed that they don't have the images and records indexed by names of the people, but by towns. Click the button "keres" to perform your search. I recommend trying spelling variations of your towns. A new window will open when you perform your search and click on the numbered result you'd like to see. A second new window will open with the information pertaining to the specific document you clicked on. Clicking on the link "Képek megtekintése" will open up a program (that you will be prompted to install) with the actual images of the census and taxation documents. The program is perfectly safe to install on your computer.

5.) Királyi Könyvek (Libri Regii and also King's Book)
http://mol.arcanum.hu/digidat/opt/a100302.htm

The Királyi Könyvek is a valuable resource. It contains decrees, land & title donations, patents of nobility, rules & regulations for trade unions and also wills. Images are available for most records on this website. You must install the previously mentioned program to view the images. The program is safe to install on your computer.

6.) Magyarország Levéltárak Kiadványai (Hungarian Archival Publications
http://www.archivportal.arcanum.hu/mltk/opt/a100322.htm

This great website has made publications available that are fully searchable, with images. You can search for publications at the national level and also at the county level.

7.) HungarianReference.com
http://www.hungarianreference.com

This website is self-described as "the internet's most complete guide to the Hungarian language". I have found this website very useful during my research, especially with the grammar section. The Hungarian language is very complex and this website has helped explain every question I've had.

8.) Hadifogoly-Adatbázis (WWII POW Database)
http://www.hadifogoly.hu

This website has a searchable adatabase of Hungarian POW's (Prisoners of War) from World War II.

My 100th Post! It's my sister's birthday today!

It's my 100th blog post today! In honor of my sister's birthday, I thought I would search my family tree database to see who else was born on October 10th.. much like I did for my birthday, on May 30th. Here's what I found:

Bereczky, Klára
b. 10 Oct 1772, Taktaszada, Zemplén megye, Hungary
She was the wife of Demeter Szük, the son of my 6th great-grand uncle, András Szük of Taktaszada.

Blaylock, Adeline
b. 10 Oct 1884, Carroll County, Mississippi
d. 17 Feb 1959, Carroll County, Mississippi
She was the wife of Bradford Pierce Heath (1861-1946), also of Carroll County, Mississippi. Adeline is my 2nd cousin, 4 times removed.

Blum, Barbara
b. 10 Oct 1869, Gutach, Ortenau, Baden, Germany
d. 05 Jan 1947, Plover, Marathon County, Wisconsin
She was the wife of 1) Christoph Bauer and 2) Julius Meyer. Barbara is the younger sister of my 3rd-great-grandmother, Maria Blum Summ.

Cavendish, William, 3rd Earl of Devonshire
b. 10 Oct 1617
d. 23 Nov 1684
He was the husband of Elizabeth Cecil, my 6th cousin 12 times removed.

de Bourbon, Isabella II, Queen of Spain
b. 10 Oct 1830
d. 09 Apr 1904
She is the 2nd-great grandmother of the current King of Spain, Juan Carlos. She is my 15th cousin 7 times removed.

Gulyás, Károly
b. 10 Oct 1856, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
He was the brother of my 3rd great grandmother, Zsuzsánna Gulyás Gombás.

Habsburg, Catharina Michelle
b. 10 Oct 1567
d. 06 Nov 1597
She was the daughter of King Philip II of Spain and I of Portugal. Catharina is the ancestress of many kings and regents of Europe. She is my 8th cousin 13 times removed.

Péchy de Péchújfalu, Count Emánuel Gábor
b. 10 Oct 1813, Boldogkő-Váralja Castle, Boldogkő-Váralja, Abauj-Torna, Hungary
d. 24 Jul 1889, Boldogkő-Váralja Castle, Boldogkő-Váralja, Abauj-Torna, Hungary
He was the husband of Zenaide Octávia Juliánna Meskó. He is my 24th cousin 6 times removed.

Porkoláb, Károly
b. 10 Oct 1824, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
d. 17 Nov 1825, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Károly is my cousin through several lines. We share blood connections on his paternal side through the Porkoláb family and Bódogh family. Oh his maternal side it's through the Tóth and Porkoláb families.

Rodgers, Caldonia Bell
b. 10 Oct 1890, Dialville, Texas
d. 18 Jul 1893, Dialville, Texas
Caldonia was the daughter of Lewis Banks Rodgers, Sr. and his wife Mary Jane Acker. She is my 2nd cousin 3 times removed.

Stümpges, Wilhelm
b. 10 Oct 1673, Rheydt, Rheinland, Prussia, Germany
He was the husband of Adriana Jensen (b. 1677). He is my 1st cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are his paternal grandparents: Thönis am Bleeckkamp and Giertgen Stümpges. Interestingly enough, all of their children took on their mother's surname of Stümpges. Weird, huh?

von Schaumburg-Lippe, Charlotte
b. 10 Oct 1864
d. 16 Jul 1946
She was the second wife of King William II of Württemberg. She is my 16th cousin 5 times removed.

My noble Tóth family of Tiszadob, Hungary

My Tóth family's nobility is old, and the family is very distinct. They were given their nobility in 1580 by King Rudolf I of Hungary, also Holy Roman Emperor and was from the house of Habsburg. It was granted to four (4) brothers: Imre (Emerich), Benedek (Benedict), Jakab (Jacob) and Ambrúzs (Ambrose). You can see my previous blog entry HERE containing their patent of nobility.

Currently, the only know line of Tóth's to be descendants of these four brothers, resided in Tiszadob, in Szabolcs megye, Hungary. They were living in Tiszadob as early as 1725, and sometime prior to that they were from the Külsõ-Szolnok megye area (now known as the Heves megye area). It's to the south-west of Tiszadob, and not all entirely that far.

The family began small, with a single known progenitor in 1725 being a Mihály Tóth. Through my research, he has two known sons:
*István Tóth (abt1709-1786)
*Mihály Tóth (abt1716-1794).

István's wife, known from death/burial records from Tiszadob, is an Erzsébet Csetneki (abt1721-1789). Csetneki is not a known family to have lived in Tiszadob around the time they would have married, so I've made the assumption that Erzsébet must have been from a neighboring village. Mihály's wife is unknown.

According to a 1750 document about the family, which can be found in the Lelesz convent archives in the old Zemplén county, it gives this very small and brief explanation of the family: "Tóth István, Mihály fia, és Mihály, István fia". This essentially means that István had a son named Mihály, and Mihály had a son named István. This helps.. a lot!

My direct paternal line of descent for my g-g-grandmother Eszter Tóth, ends with two Mihály Tóth's. They also used the additional name of Boros, to help distinguish them from other noble and non-noble Mihály Tóth's in the town. They would appear as "Boros Tóth Mihály". The eldest died in 1818 at the age of 66, estimated birth would be abt 1752. He fits perfectly to be the son of the above mentioned István, who had a son Mihály.. although he was allegedly born two years after the document was created. This is a problem. After conducting my Tiszadob researching (and I'm STILL conducting research in Tiszadob), I've come to the conclusion that my Mihály is either a namesake for his elder sibling that died young.. or his estimated age is an error on his death record. Around the time he died, Tiszadob was notorious with giving incorrect ages on marriage records.. so why couldn't that be the case for deaths as well? I believe that's the case.

The direct maternal line of descent of my g-g-grandmother Eszter Tóth is also a noble Tóth line from Tiszadob. Yes, her father and mother were cousins.. 4th cousins. As you're guessing, Eszter.. through her mother.. descends from Mihály, who had a son named István. István was born about 1736 and died 1798. He was married to an Erzsébet Porkoláb, another noble family from Tiszadob. She was born about 1741 and died in 1788. Through them, I descend from another Mihály born around the same time as Mihály Boros "Jr". I can safely assume that this line of descent is correct, since Mihály Boros "Sr" wouldn't have had two sons with the first name Mihály. This wasn't the von Reuss family of Germany, who named all their male children Heinrich in honor of Heinrich VI, Holy Roman Emperor... yes, every single one of them. Talk about a boring and probably difficult family tree. haha

I haven't found any other mentions of a Tóth family in Hungary descending from these four original brothers, other than my Tiszadob Tóth's. If you believe you may descend from these four brothers, please contact me with your research!

Patent of Nobility - Imre, Benedek, Jakab & Ambrúzs Tóth - 26 Feb 1580

NOS RUDOLPHUS Secundus Dei Gratia Electus Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus ac Germaniae, Hungariae, Bohemiae, Dalmatiae, Croatiae, Sclavoniae, Ramae, Serniae, Gallitiae, Lodomeriae, Cumaniae, Bulgariae, & REX Archidux Austriae, Dux Burgundiae, Brabantiae, Styriae, Carinthiae, Carmolae, Marchio Moraviae, Dux Lucemburgae, ac Superioris de Inferioris Silesiae, Wirtembergae & Thekae, Princeps Sueniae, Comes Habspurgi, Tyrolis, Ferretis, Kyburgi & Goritiae, Landgravius Alsatix, Marchio Sacri Romani Imperii, Supra Anasum, Burgouia, ac Superioris & Inferioris Lusatiae, Dominus Marchiae Sclavonicae, portus Naonis & Salinarum. Memoriae commendamus tenore praesentium significantes quibus expedit universis, Quod nos cum ad nonnullorum fidelium nostrorum Praelatorum et Baronum humilimam supplicationem, nostrae propterea factam Maiestati, tum vero attentis & consideratis fidelitate et fidelibus servitiis fidelium nostrorum EMERICI, BENEDICTI, JACOBI et AMBROSY THOT, fratrum carnalium, quae ipsi Sacrae primum regni nostri Hungarie Coronae, et deinde Maiestati nostrae pro locorum et temporum varietate fideliter exhibuisse et impendisse, et in futurum quoque exhibere et impendere velle dicuntur. Cum igitur ob id, tum vero ex gratia et munificentia nostra Regia, qua quosque de Nobis et Republica Christiana benemeritos et virtutis colendae studiosos, antecessorum nostrorum Divorum quondam Hungariae Regum exemplo prosequi eisque certa virtutum suarum monumenta, quae ad maiora quoque praestanda eos incitare possent, decernere consuevimus. Eosdem EMERICUM, BENEDICTUM, JACOBU et AMBROSIUM THOT, de siatu et conditione ignobili, in qua hactenus perstitisse dicuntur, de Regae nostra potestatis plemtudine & gratia speciali exemptos, in Coetum et numerum verorum atque indubitatorum regni nostri Hungariae Nobilium duximus cooptando annumeran et adscriben. Annuentes et ex certa nostra scientia amimoque deliberato concedentes, ut ipsi a modo in posterum futuris semper et perpetius temporibus, omnibus illis gratis privilegis bororibus, indultis, libertatibus, juribus, prerogativus immunitatibus, quibus caeteri veri regni nostri Hungariae et partium ei subiectarum Nobiles; hactenus quomodolibet de iure vel consuetudine usi sunt et gauisi, ut unturque et gaudent, uti frui et gaud ere possint et valeant, heredesque et posteritates ipsorum utriusque sexus umuersae valeant atque possint. Inc cuius quidem nostra erga ipsos exhibitae gratiae & clementiae, ac liberalitatis testimonium, veraque nobilitatis signum hec arma sine nobilitatis insignia. SCUTUM vegt militare erectum rubei coloris, cuius in ima parte est brachium seu manus Thurcica, veste caesy coloris induta, ac tenens feria _rmeam nudam, in acumine caput hungaricum cruentum habentem. Scuto incumbit galea militaris clausa _leae supereminet ___ decus Corona, ex qua druidius Angelus, veste colestini coloris annctus, ac alas extergas colestini, rubei et aurei coloris, crucemque supra caput habens assurgit. A summitate vero galea lacini seu lemnisci hinc aurei et coelstini, illinc vero albi et rubei color ad utranque Scuti oram optime defluent, illudque dec_r et apposite exornant, Quemadmodum hec omina in capite seu principio praesentium Literarum nostrarum, pictoris manu et artificio propris suis coloribus recte depicta esse cernuntur. Eisdem EMERICO, BENEDICTO, JACOBO et AMBROSIO THOT, ipsorumque haeredibus & posteritatibus utriusque sexus universis gratiose danda duximus & conferenda : Decernentes, et ex certa nostra scientia animoque deliberato concedentes, ut ipsi amodo imposterum futuris semper perpetuis temporibus, eadem Arma nobilitatis insignia, injfar aliorum Regni nostri Hungariae et partium ei subiectarum Nobilium, sub bis iuribus, prerogatiuis indultis, libertatibus et immunitatibus, quibus ijdem uel natura uel consuetudine usi sunt & gauisi utunturque et gaudent ubique in paelijs, certaminibus, bastiludijs, torneamentis, duellis, monomachijs, ac alijs omnibus et quibusuis exercicijs militaribus et Nobilitaribus, nec non sigillis, uelis, cortinis, auleis, annulis, vexillis, clypeis, tentorys, domibus. Generaliter vero in quarumlibet rerum et expeditionum generibus, sub merae et syncerae Nobilitatis titulo, quo eos ac haeredes ipsorum utriusque sexus universos, ab omnibus cuiuscumque status, conditionis et praeminentiae homines existant dici nominari, haberique et reputari volumus, ferre gestare illisque uti, frui et gaudere possint et valeant, haeredesque et posteritates ipsorum utriusque sexus universae, valeant atque possint imo damus et concedimus praesentium per vigorem. In cuius rei memoriam firmitatemque perpetuam, presentes literas nostras Secreto sigillo nostro, quo ut Rex Hungariae utimur impendenti communitas; Eisdem EMERICO, BENEDICTO, JACOBO et AMBROSIO, ipsorumque haeredibus et posteritatibus utriusque sexus universis dandas duximus et concedendas. Datum manus fidelis nostri nobis dilecti, Reverendi Georgy Draskowyth, Electi Archiepiscopi Colocen ac Aepiscopi Jaurien, Locique eiusdem Comitis perpetui, Consiliary Aulae nostrae summi Cancellary in arce nostra Regia Pragensj vigesimo sexta die mensis February. Anno domini Millesimo Quingentesimo Octogesimo Regnorum nostrorum Romani quinto, Hungariae et aliorum octavo, Bohemiae vero anno similiter quinto. VENERABILIBUS in Christo patribus dominis Praefato Georgu Draskowyth Colocensis et Bachien, Aecclesiarum canonice unitarum Aelecto Archiepiscopo, Stephano Radecio Agrien, Joanne Monozloy Zagrabien, Gregorio Bornemiza Waradien, Nicolao Telegdino Quinque Aecclesien, Stephano Feierkewy Wesprimien, eodem Georgio Draskowyth Jaurien, Balthasare Melegh Chanadien, Zacharia Mossoczy Wacien, ae fratre Michaele de Cztino Electo Segmen, necnon Administratore Modrusien Ecclesiarum Episcopis Ecclesias dei foeliciter gubernantibus, Strigonien Metropolitana, Transylvamen, Nittrien, Sirmien, Boznen et Tinimen Cathedralibus sedibus vacantibus. Item Spectabilibus et Magnificis Comite Nicolao de Barhor, Indice Curiae nostre, Christophoro Wugnad Regnorum nostrorum Dalmatiae, Croatiae, et Sclavoniae Bano, Comite Georgio de Zrino Tauernicorum, Ladislao Banffy de Alsolyndwa Agazonum, Balthasare de Batthyan Dapiferorum, Emerico Czobor Cubiculariorum, Michaele Reway Janitor, Joanne Krwsyth de Lwpoglaw Curiae nostrae & Michaele Warday Pincernary nostrorum Regalium Magistris Comite Nicolao a Salmis et Newburgh Comite Posonien. Caeterisque quamplurimis regni nostri Comitatus tenen et honores.
RUDOLPHUS

Patent of Nobility - Gusztáv Grimm de Szepes-Etelvár - 01 July 1886

Mi Első Ferencz József, Isten kedvező kegyelméből Austriai Császár, Magyar, Cseh, Dalmát, Horvát, Tót, Halics, Ladomér, Ráma, Szerb, Kún és Bolgárországok apostoli, úgy Illyria, Jeruzsálem stb. Királya, Austria főherczege, Tocsana és Krakkó nagyherczege, Lotharingia, Salzburg, Steyer, Karantha, Krajna és Bukovina herczege, Erdély nagy fejedelme, morvai őrgróf, Felső és Alsó Szilézia, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Quastalla, Osviecim? és Zára stb. herczege, Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg, Görz és Gradiska grófja, Hohenembs, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg stb. grófja, Triest, Cattaro és a szláv őrgrófság Ura stb. Emlékezetül adjuk czennel tudatván mindenekkel, kiket illet: Hogy Mi Személyünk körüli magyar Ministerünk előterjesztése folytán, kegyelmes, tekintelbe, és figyelembe vevén GRIMM GUSZTÁV őrnagy-hadbiró Hivünknek, Felségünk és Felséges Uralkodó Házunk izánti állandó hüségét és azon irdemeit, melyeket ő közös hadseregünkben 27 évi szolgálata közben jeles és kitüno tevékenysége által magának szerzett; figyelembe vevén különösen azt, hogy ő fennebb érintett folytonos hadbirósági alkalmazásában kiválo szakértelmet, erélyt és tapintatol tanusitván, kötelmeinek mindenkor teljesen eleget tett; s sikeres müködéseért Ferencz József rendünk lovagkerestjével is lett jutalmazva, tekintettl végre azon rendithetlen hüség és ragaszkodására, melylyel Felségünk és Felséges Uralkodó Házunk iránt minden körülmények között viseltelett, nevezett GRIMM GUSZTÁVOT és általa hites nejétől születt SZEPESSY ETELKA bárónőtől származó LAJOS GYULA EHRENREICH



és HUBERT MIKLÓS ÁDÁM nevü fiaitss MÁRIA KAROLINA ANTONIA nevü leányát s Isten áldásából netán ezután születendő mindkét nembeli valamennyi törvényes ivadékát és matadékát, mind az imént emlitett kiváló érdemekért, mind pedig királyi kegyelmünk és kegyelmességünknél fogva, melylyel dicső emlékezetü Elődeink, a boldogutt magyar Királyok példájára mind azt, ki Felségünk és Felséges Uralkodó Házunk és Magyarországunk szent koronája izánt szép, jó és nemes tettek által maganak érdemeket szerezni és the erény ösvényét követni törekozik, jutalmazni és hathatós buzditásul a jutalom kitünő és maradandó jelével és emlékével feldisziteni szoktuk, királyi hatalmunkból és különös kegyelmünk és kegyelmességünkból Magyarországunk és társországai valóságos, igaz, régi és kétségtelen nemesei közé és sorába a "SZEPES ETELVÁRI" előnév használhatásának engedélyezése mellett felveendőnek tartottuk, begselsőbb királyi akaratunk szerint kegyelmesen megengedvén, hogy ezentúl jövendő örök időkig fennevezett GRIMM GUSZTÁV s mindkét nembeli valamennyi törvényes ivadéka és maradéka a "SZEPES ETELVÁRI" előnév használata mellett mind azon jágokkal élhessen és birhasson, melyekkel emlitett Magyaroszágunk és társországainak valóságos, igaz, régi és kétségtelen nemesei eddig elétörvény, vagy hajdani szokás szerint bármikép éltek és birtak, vagy élnek és birnak. Mely iránta tanusitott legfelsőbb királyi kegyelmünk és kegyelmességünk bővebb tanuságául s a valoságos, igaz és kétségtelen nemesség örök idők, ig fennmaradandó jeléül Neki és mindkét nembeli valamennyi törvényes ivadékának és maradékának következő czimert, vagy nemesi diszjett, adtunk és engedtünk: Egy álló vitézvért, hasozában félig, keresztben egészen átvágva, felső ezüst és arany s alsó kék mezőkre asztva; az első felső ezüst mezőben arany koronán befelé forditott meghajlott jobb kar könyökén nyugszik, mely arany markolatu kardot maga fölött forgat s arra levágott vérző törökfő van áttüzve; a másik felső arany mezőben vörös grifkeselyü felállva jobbra lépdel, és maga elött ezüst buzogány tart; a hazmadik alsó kék mezőben talapzat széléből zöld házmas hegy emelkedik fel, s annak közép telején arany korona van, melyből ezüst szinü egyszarvú arany szamval, lábkörmökkel és sörénynel nő fel, s előlábain arany koronát hord. A vitézvért felső főszélén koronázott nyilt lovagsisak nyugszik, melyről jobbra kék ezüst, baba vörös arany sisaktakarók diszesenfüggenek alá, a sisak



arany koronájábó ugyanazon ezüst szinü egyszarvú nőki; előlábain arany koronát tartván. A vért alatt kék szalag vonul körül, melyen arany nagy betükkel e jelmondat van irva: "AUDAX ET FIDELIS." Kegyelmesen elhatározván és megengedvén továbbá, miszerint ezen czimert, vagy nemesi diszjelt, jövendő örök időkig többször nevesett és ezentúl már nemes SZEPES ETELVÁRI GRIMM GUSZTÁV mindkét nembeli valamennyi törvényes ivadékai és maradékai val együtt Magyarországunk s társarszágai valóságos, igaz gyökeres és kétségtelen többi nemesei ként mind azon joggal, melylyel ugyanazok törvény, vagy hajdani szokás szerint éltek és birtak, vagy élnek és birnak, viselhesse és használhassa ezen valóságos, igaz és ketségtelen nemesi czimmel hogy őt és mindkét nembeli valamenyi törvényes ivadékát és maradékát minden rendü, állapotu, hivatalu, méltóságu és tekintetü egyének felruházottnak s diszesitettnek tartsák és ismerjék nemcsak akarjuk, de kegyelmesen parancsoljukis. Minek emlékül és örök jeléül többször emlitett SZEPES ETELVÁRI GRIMM GUSZTÁVNAK s mindkét nembeli valamenyi törvényes ivadékának és maradékának apostili magyar királyi függő pecsétünkkel megerősitett jelen czimeres nemesi kiváltság levelünkel tartottuk kegyelmesen kiadandónak és engedendőnek. Kelt a Mi őszintén kedvelt Hivünk, nagyságos báró Orczy Béla, valóságos belső tilkos tanácsos, a vaskorana rendünk első osztályi lovagja, a magyar királyi Szent-István rend köszékeresztese; a norvégiai Olapés a bajor polgári érdemrend nagykeresztese; a porosz vörös sas és a porosz koronarad első osztályu lovagja; III Károly nevü spanyol királyi és perzsa nap és oroszlánred nagykeresztese; bölcsészeti és jogtudor és Személyünk körüli magyar Ministerünk kezei által, Schönbunnban Ausztriában Szent-János hava első napján, az Ur ezerny olczszázny olczvanhatodik, Uralkodásunk harmincznyokczadik évében.
Ferencz József s.k.
Báró Orczy Béla s.k.

János Cserpák, Part 2

Three months ago, I found a headstone for a fellow Hungarian. His name was János Cserpák, and I explained my find in this entry here. I've been able to find more information on this young man, and his family. I hope that one of his very distant nieces or nephews finds these blog entries one day and finds them useful. :)

As I already know from János's headstone and immigration manifest, he was born on 22 Jul 1903 in Vencsellő. I do know that he was the son of Jakab and Mária Cserpák. Well, thankfully for FamilySearch and their wonderful uploading of digitized records, I was able to find his birth record! FamilySearch has a database for Hungarian civil registration records for various counties. I love these records! I just wish they had them available for my towns of Tiszadob and Büdszentmihály/Tiszavasvári. But anyway, back to my story!

I was able to find János's birth record and here is the wonderful information I was able to find out:


János was born on 22 Jul 1903 at 284 Kápolna street in Vencsellő, to parents Jakab Cserpák and Mária Türk. His parents are both listed as being born and residing in Vencsellő, and both of the Roman Catholic faith. His father's occupation is listed as "igás kocsis" which translates out to be draft-carter or draft-teamster. Not sure what kind of occupation is. Any ideas? It lists his father is 24 years old and his mother is 22 years old.

Well noting that both parents, Jakab and Mária, were born in Vencsellő, I figured their marriage record would be here too. And I was right!


They were married on 12 Jan 1902 in Vencsellő, and this document lists their parents names, birth dates and places.

Jakab Cserpák was born on 22 Dec 1878 in Vencsellő. His parents are the late János Cserpák, a day laborer and Mária Bereznai, both were residents of Vencsellő. Mária Türk was born on 28 Jan 1882 in Vencsellő. Her parents are the late Ignácz Türk, a day laborer as well, and Anna Héri, both were also residents of Vencsellő.

Noticing the Héri surname, I can make the assumption that the "Jacob Iheri" living with the Jakab and Mária Cserpák family in Chicago, in the 1920 census.. is a relative to Mária somehow.

Interestingly enough, I have a friend who's trying to research his surname of Bereznai, the same surname as Jakab Cserpák's mother. I may have found a new lead for him!

The Gombash's Very Distant Spanish Ancestry

If you're a regular reader of my blog, you know very well that my family, the Gombash's, are of Hungarian descent. Through-out my research I find new documents and records that shed light on the diversity of my Hungarian heritage. Through our Hungarian ancestry we're also Slavic, Swedish and Transylvanian. Now with some new research on our noble origins, I'm discovering that we're very distantly Spanish.

Through Eszter Tóth, we descend from the old and now extinct Nagy-Martoni family. The Nagy-Martoni began in Hungary with three brothers Bertram, Simon, Michael and their sister Tota. In 1198, the four siblings left their home of Aragón in Spain to accompany Constance, who was bethrothed to King Imre of Hungary. Much was recorded about the Nagy-Martoni family as several members of the family became quite powerful and well-to-do.




Modern location of Aragón in Spain

I was able to find an English source that wrote about the family: [At the court there were people who understood Provençal, because Constance had brought some families from Iberia with her. The most famous were the three brothers, Bertram, Simon and Michael, who freed Mallorca and Minorca from the Saracens, and had to leave Southern Spain because of the Almohadian invasions. They fought against the heathen in Hungary too. In 1241 "Simon Hispanus" and Bertram played a decisive role in the successful defence of the Hungarian capital city of Esztergom against the Tartars. In 1204 the Hungarian King gave a village to the sister of the three knights, a "beautiful" Tota and the Spanish family received its Hungarian name from that village. Later they were known as the counts Nagy-Martoni/or the Fraknói or the Bajóti family.] (1).




Seal of Simon Nagy-Martoni's son Pál

There was another additional English source that described in more detail the sister Tota: [Constance brought with her a girl called Tota, the sister of Count Simon and Count Bertram. She was exceedingly beautiful, so fair, indeed, that scarcely any woman in the world in those days was considered her like. This girl was given in marriage to Duke Benedict, son of Conrad, and her dowry was the town of Martinsdorf, a gift from King Emeric and Queen Constance.] (2).

Interestingly enough, I descend from King Imre's sister Margit through my mother's family.

Sources:
(1) Actes du Deuxiem̀e congres international d'étude des cultures de la mediterranée occidentale, Volume 2
Author: International Association of Studies on Mediterranean Civilizations
Publisher: Société nationale d'édition et de diffusion, 1978
Page 403

(2) Deeds of the Hungarians
Author: Simon Kézai
Editors: László Veszprémy, Frank Schaer, Jenő Szűcs
Central European University Press, 1999
Pae 173

Queen Elizabeth II related to Vlad Dracula?

Yesterday I wrote an article explaining the connection between the current reigning English monarchy and Vlad Dracula, otherwise known as Vlad "the Impaler". It showed their connection, not a relation. A new line of descent was brought to my attention last night that I need to analyze, and I thought I would do it here. Here is the alleged line of descent of Queen Elizabeth II to Vlad Dracula's father, Vlad II Dracul:

*Elizabeth II
*George VI
*Mary of Teck
*Francis, Duke of Teck
*Klaudia Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde
*Countess Ágnes Inczédy de Nagy-Várad
*Baron Gergely Inczédy de Nagy-Várad
*Baroness Ágnes Kendeffy de Malmoviz
*Katalin Kun de Osdola
*Kristina (Christiana) Racz de Galgo
*Peter (Petru) Racz de Galgo
*Adam Racz de Galgo
*Zamphira Logofat de Szazsebes (Female)
*Stanka (Stanca) Basarab of Wallachia (Female)
*Mircea "The Shepherd" (Voivode) of Wallachia (Male)
*Radu cel Mare Radu IV `the Great' (Voivode) of Wallachia
*Vlad Călugărul (half-brother to Vlad Dracula)
*Vlad II Dracul (father to Vlad Dracula)

My previous article focuses on Klaudia Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde's paternal lineage, this alleged descent focuses on Klaudia's maternal lineage. We do know that Klaudia's parents are Count László Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde and his wife Baroness Ágnes Inczédy de Nagy-Várad. Ágnes is the known granddaughter of Baron Gergely Inczédy de Nagy-Várad and his wife Countess Ágnes Kendeffy de Malmoviz.




According to pedigree charts published by Iván Nagy in Magyarország családai, Ágnes Kendeffy de Malmoviz is most definitely the daughter of Gáspár Kendeffy de Malmoviz and his wife Katalin Kún. No other information is given on Katalin Kún in the Kendeffy family's pedigrees and information.




No additional information is given on Katalin Kún in Béla Kempelen's word Magyar Nemes Családok, and neither in any of these other following publications: Magyar nemzetségi zsebkönyv by the Magyar Heraldikai és Genealogiai Társaság (Hungarian Heraldry and Genealogy Society), A Magyar Nemzetségek A XIV. Század Közepéig by János Karácsonyi and finally Középkori Magyar Genealógia by Pál Engel.

Assuming that the alleged family tree is correct, Ágnes Kendeffy's mother is possibly Katalin Kun de Osdola. Considering I cannot find any additional information on Katalin Kún under the Kendeffy's, I must look under the Kún's and hope for the best. I do locate a countly Kún de Osdola family, but I do not locate any Katalin being married to a Gáspár Kendeffy.




There are, although, some interesting marriages and connections to known family names of Gáspár Kendeffy de Malmoviz and his wife Katalin Kún's descendants. Note the two (2) Rhédey's, the Kendeffy and also the Inczedy. The alleged ancestry above states that Katalin Kun's mother was a Kristina Racz de Galgo. There is indeed a Krisztina Rácz married to Miklós Kún do Osdola, right smack-dab in the middle of all the name connections. But that doesn't mean anything, we need proof that they are our Katalin Kún's parents.

Let's assume that Katalin Kún's parents are indeed Miklós Kún do Osdola and Krisztina Rácz shown on the pedigree chart. Continuing analyzing the alleged line of descent stated above, we need to look into the "Rácz de Galgo" family.





I locate a Rácz de Galgó family and indeed there is a Krisztina, who's second husband was a Miklós Kún. The pedigree chart fits perfectly with what was given on the alleged pedigree above. It does show the line of descent to a Zafira Logofét. The entry on the Rácz de Galgó family also gives some information on Zafira; it states: "neje oláh származású volt: Logofét Zafira". This says that Zafira Logofét (surnames are always listed before the given names in Hungary and Transylvania), was originally from Wallachia (Oláh). This seems to continually fit, as Vlad Dracula's family was from Wallachia and Vlad himself was once Voivode of Wallachia.

This is when my research starts to dry up with my Hungarian resources that I have. The resources are primarily for Hungary, not Transylvania. I now go to a trusted source for nobility and royalty information: http://genealogy.euweb.cz/. This website was created by Miroslav Marek and he has a whole page devoted to his sources. The alleged ancestry above from Zamphira Logofat de Szazsebes to Vlad II Dracul is correct, according to his website.. which I do not doubt. The only problem is with "Stanka (Stanca) Basarab of Wallachia". It lists her husband as "Ioan Norocea, Logofat de Pitesti, Great Chancellor of Wallachia", but no children (Zafira) are listed for them or can be found on his website. Also note that the name is "Logofat de Pitesti", not the "Logofat de Szazsebes" listed in the alleged pedigree.

All in all, the line of descent from Queen Elizabeth II to Vlad II Dracul, the father of Vlad "the Impaler", is very possible. The only contradictory facts, that need to be proven, lie with Katalin Kún and Zafira Logofat. Does anyone have any sources to prove or disprove these two remaining pieces of this alleged line of descent? If so, please contact me!

Sources:
*Magyarország családai, by Iván Nagy
*Magyar Nemes Családok, by Béla Kempelen
*Magyar nemzetségi zsebkönyv, by Magyar Heraldikai és Genealogiai Társaság
*A Magyar Nemzetségek A XIV. Század Közepéig, by János Karácsonyi
*Középkori Magyar Genealógia, by Pál Engel
*http://genealogy.euweb.cz/, by Miroslav Marek

Robert Pattinson is related to Dracula?

Today while doing my daily genealogy blog readings, I stumbled upon Randy Seaver's article Is Robert Pattinson a cousin to Vlad the Impaler?. I was instantly intriuged because I myself have a connection to Vlad Dracula Tepes "the Impaler".

Reading his article, I find that the entry originated with a article posted today (June 24th) on the UK version of Ancestry's Blog. You can find the article here: Twilight star Robert Pattinson is related to Dracula!. Reading the article and looking at the [very] tiny hard to see pedigree, I become confused and dumbfounded.

The article was written by Annabel Bernhardt, the PR Manager for Ancestry.co.uk. In the article she claims that King George VI of England is a direct descendant of Vlad II Dracul, the father of Vlad III Dracula.. otherwise known as Vlad "the Impaler". At this point I could care less about Robert Pattinson's connection to Vlad, or even the current reigning English monarchy. I needed to clear the air of King George VI's ancestry.

King George VI of England is a descendant of countless royal and noble houses of Europe, but one: the Basarab family of Transylvania. The Basarab's were a very large Transylvanian family with powerful aristocratic, noble and also royal connections. It is through these that Vlad "the Impaler" is connected to King George VI and his descendants, not related.

King George VI's mother is the well-known Mary of Teck, wife of King George V of England. Mary's paternal grandmother was the Countess Klaudina Zsuzsánna Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde. Klaudina ia a documented descendant of the Szilágyi de Horoszeg family. The connection with the current England monarchy is through this Szilágyi family. The wife of Vlad "the Impaler" was a noblewoman from that same Szilágyi de Horoszeg family. Here is the descend of Klaudina to the Szilágyi de Horoszeg family:



Klaudina Zsuzsánna Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde is the great-granddaughter of László Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde and his wife Mária Toroczkay de Toroczkó-Szent-György. Mária herself is the daughter of István Toroczkay de Toroczkó-Szent-György and his wife Borbála Kapy de Kapivár.



In this next pedigree chart, you see that Borbála Kapy de Kapivár is the descendant of Miklós Kapy de Kapivár and his wife Katalin Lipcsey de Nagy-Lucse. Katalin is the daughter of Damian Lipcsey de Nagy-Lucse and his wife Margit Macedóniai de Macedónia.



This next pedigree shows that Margit Macedóniai de Macedónia is the granddaughter of János Macedóniai de Macedónia and his wife Anna de Gara.



You can see this this next pedigree that Anna de Gara is the great-granddaughter of Dezső de Gara and his wife Anna Szilágyi de Horogszeg.



This final pedigree chart does not show Anna, but she is a known granddaughter of Miklós de Szilágy, alive in 1408. She is the daughter of Mihály, who was the uncle to Erzsébet. Erzsébet was the wife of János Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary, and mother of Mátyás Corvinus, King of Hungary. Vlad Dracula "the Impaler"'s wife is the known daughter of Osvát, brother of the previously mentioned Erzsébet.

A lot of false pedigree and assumptions are made when it comes to celebrities, royalty and family trees. Embellishments are made and facts are not documented and sourced. I'm honestly a little upset that this fabricated pedigree for King George VI of England shows that he is a direct-line descendant of the Transylvanian Basarab family. This is false and there is no given proof by Annabel Bernhardt of her sources for this information.

Source: Nagy, Iván, and István Fribeisz. Magyarország Családai.

Hungarian Marriage Project Update: 09 Jun 2010

I had taken a 2 1/2 month break from extracting marriage records, but I'm back at it again. Today I have added the Roman Catholic parish of Ibrány from Szabolcs county. This addition to the database adds 520 marriages from 1801 to 1894. This brings the Hungarian Marriage Project well over 12,600 marriages! You can search the Hungarian Marriage Project here:

Hungarian Marriage Project

If you have have records to contribute to Hungary Exchange, don't hesitate to contact me! Your contributions will helps others! :)

Tombstone Tuesday - János Cserpák

I was at the Mount Olivet Catholic cemetery yesterday, which is on the south side of Chicago. I was originally looking for my half-uncle's great-grandmother, Anna Felton nee Vearon or Vieron. I found her lot easily enough and she unfortunately didn't have headstone or marker. Neither did the random three other people completely unrelated to her, that were around her. Quite sad.

While walking back to my car I stumbled upon a headstone of a fellow Hungarian: János Cserpák. His headstone stated he was born on 22 Jul 1903 and he died on 20 Mar 1922 at the age of 18 years old. I snapped two pictures of his headstone; one of the headstone and one of the picture on the top. You can see them below:





During the car ride home I got to wondering what he could have died from so young. I got home and went onto FamilySearch's Record Search and searched for him in the Cook County, Illinois Deaths, 1878-1922. I found his death certificate listed under John Cherpak. In Hungarian, "CS" is pronounced "CH" as in 'chug'. The Americanized spelling of his name makes perfect sense.

John died at his home, 916 East 92nd Place in Chicago, on 20 Mar 1922. He was buried two days later in Mount Olivet cemetery on 22 Mar 1922. The cause of death is listed as "Lobar pneumonia" for the duration of 4 days and the secondary contributor was "cardiac failure". It's sad to think that something as common as pneumonia is so easily cured with today's medicine. He was listed as 18 years old and was a machinist at the "Nickle Plate R.R." His parents are listed as Jacob Cherpak and Mary Turk. John and his parents were listed as being born in "Austria". His father was the informant for the death certificate.



I found the Cherpak family in the 1920 census living at 916 East 92nd Place in Chicago, Illinois:
Cherpak, Jacob, Head, 52, married, immigrated 1911, alien, Hungary
Cherpak, Mary, Wife, 41, married, immigrated 1913, alien, Hungary
Cherpak, John, Son, 16, single, immigrated 1913, alien, Hungary
Cherpak, Anna, Daughter, 14, single, immigreated 1913, alien, Hungary
Iheri, Jacob, Boarder, 48, married, immigrated 1912, alien, Hungary

Jacob was a carpenter for the railroad shop and John (2 years before his death) was an apprentice at the railroad shop. Looking at the whole census page, every single family was Hungarian.. it must've been a predominantly Hungarian area that they lived in.

I was then able to locate John with his mother and sister in the Ellis Island passenger manifests. They were listed as Cserpak Mária (30), Cserpak János (9) and Cserpak Anna (7). They were of both Hungarian nationality and race. Their last residence, which happened to also be their place of birth, is a town called Vencsellő. They were residing with Mária's mother Anna Turk. (John's death record stated his mother's maiden name was Turk!) They were traveling to their husband and father Cserpak Jakab in Chicago. Vencsellő was in Szabolcs county of Hungary and was actually not too far from where my family came from. Vencsellő is roughly an hour North-East of Tiszadob and Büdszentmihály (now Tiszvasvári). Today, Vencsellő is combined with the town of Gáva and called Gávavencsellő (how original, huh?).

I've actually been researching in the Reformed church records of Gáva with my friend Sharon for her noble Bakó family, for the past few weeks. What are the odds? :)

My Birthday - May 30th

Today is my birthday and I'm now 24! I thought it'd be neat to search my database and see who all was also born on May 30th. Here is what I found:

Acker, Mary Jane:
She was born 30 May 1864 in Pickens County, Alabama to Baylis Grace Acker and Elizabeth Frances Clardy. She was married to my 1st cousin 4 times removed Lewis Banks Rodgers, Sr., on 04 Jan 1883 in Cherokee County, Texas. They had eleven children from 1883 to 1908!

Berzeviczy de Berzevicze, Mária:
She was born on 30 May 1895 in Eperjes, Sáros megye, Hungary. Her father was Elek Berzeviczy de Berzevicze and her mother was Anna Hrabéczy de Vágujhely. Mária is a very distant cousin of mine, and to date I'm related to her three times:
*9th cousin, 3 times removed
*11th cousin, 2 times removed
*12th cousin, 2 times removed

Blum, Georg
Georg was born 30 May 1786 in Sulzbach, a tiny community in Gutach, Ortenau district, Baden, Germany. He was the son of Conrad Blum and Anna Maria Lauble. Georg's paternal 3rd-great-grandparents Christian and Magdalena Blum (born in 1590's) are my 10th-great-grandparents. Georg is my 4th cousin, 7 times removed.

Bodogh, Eugene John
Eugene was born 30 May 1912 in Alpha, Warren County, New Jersey. He was born to Kálmán Bódogh and Paulina Szankó. Kálmán was born in Nemesszalók, Veszprém megye, Hungary. This line of Bódogh's were a branch of my cousins who left Miskolc in Borsod megye and resettled in Veszprém megye. The earliest members of this branch that I know of are the two brothers János and István. János was the progenitor of the Veszprém megye branch and he was a reverend. He was born about 1809 and died 05 Dec 1880 in Mihályháza, Veszprém megye, Hungary. István was a land-owner in Felsõ-Iregh, Tolna megye, Hungary. I'm not sure if he had any children or descendants. I believe the two brothers may have been born in Miskolc.

Cielewich, Edmund Edward
Edmund was born 30 May 1899 in Medina, Orleans County, New York. His parents are William P. Cielewich and Anna C. Gottovi. I also descend from the Gottovi family, and Anna is my 2nd cousin, 5 times removed.

Savoy-Carignano, King Amadeus I of Spain
He was born 30 May 1845 to King Victor Emanuele II of Italy and his wife Maria Adelaide Habsburg-Lotharingen. I'm related to King Amadeus I of Spain through countless connections, but our closest link is 15th cousins, 9 times removed through our ancestor Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland. Amadeus's wife was Maria Laetitia Bonaparte, the great-niece of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Erwin, William Armstrong
He was born 30 May 1840 in McMinn County, Tennessee. He was the son of James William Erwin, Jr. and Sarah Elizabeth Rodgers. Elizabeth is the daughter of Joseph Rodgers and Elizabeth Donaldson. My 5th-great-grandfather James Rodgers, is the brother of Joseph.

Habsburg, Claudia Felicitas
She was born 30 May 1653 to Ferdinand Charles Habsburg and Anna Medici. She was the wife of Leopold I, King of Hungry and Holy Roman Emperor. Claudia is a prime example of the extent of inbreeding with the royalty of Europe. Her paternal grandfather is the brother of her maternal grandmother. Her paternal grandmother is the sister of her maternal grandfather. Her paternal great-grandparents are the exact same as her maternal great-grandparents. It doesn't help her case that her ancestors married into more Habsburg and Medici lines. Our closest line of connection makes us 11th cousins, 10 times removed.

Kolpack, Herman Gustav
He was born 30 May 1860 in Western Prussia, Germany. He was the son of Christoph Kolpack and Karolina Majewska. Herman Gustav is the grandfather of Milton, the husband of my grandmother's step-sister, Gloria Flemming.

Porkoláb, Erzsébet
She was born 30 May 1835 in Tiszadob, to Lajos Porkoláb and Borbála Szabados. Erzsébet is my 4th cousin, 4 times removed.

Porkoláb, László
He was born 30 May 1855 in Tiszadob, to György Porkoláb and Erzsébet Tamási. I'm related to László through both the Porkoláb and Bódogh families. His paternal grandmother is my 5th great-aunt.

Rodgers, Kenneth Orman
He was born 30 May 1919 in Montgomery County, Mississippi to Norman Lester Rodgers and Myrtle Pearl Bennett. Norman is the brother of my great-grandfather Fred Lamar Rodgers. Myrtle is my 2nd cousin, 4 times removed (twice, as her mother and father were first cousins).

Summ, Conrad
Conrad was born 30 May 1850 in Gutach, Ortenau district, Baden, Germany. He was the son of Johann Georg Summ and Anna Maria Schondelmaier. They were the owners at one point in time of the house called Vogtsbauernhof in Gutach. The house was passed onto Conrad's brother Jakob and then onto Jakob's daughter Christina. She was the last owner of the house until it became a museum. Conrad is the brother of my 3rd-great-grandfather Johann Georg Summ, who married Maria Blum.

Wöhrle, Georg
Georg was born 30 May 1722 in Gutach, Ortenau district, Baden, Germany. He was the son of Johannes Wöhrle, a bauer in the community Herrenbach, and Maria Breithaupt, my 1st cousin, 10 times removed. Georg was married to Barbara Schüssele, on 25 May 1745 in Gutach. Barbara is my 2nd cousin, 9 times removed.

The Family of László Tóth and his wife Zsuzsánna Bódogh, of Tiszadob

My last blog entry was focused on the family of my 3rd-great-grandparents, Károly Tóth and Mária Tóth. Today I'm going to detail Károly Tóth's parents and siblings.

Károly was the son of László Tóth and his wife, Zsuzsánna Bódogh. Both László and Zsuzsánna were born into noble Hungarian families. I have sourced the Tóth family's nobility back to four brothers on 26 Feb 1580, recorded three years later in Heves county in 1583. The four brothers are Ambruzs, Benedek, Imre and Jakab Tóth. Not much is known about them other than their names at the moment. I have sourced the Bódogh family back to 11 Jan 1611 with two brothers: Mihály and Péter. Them and their descendants were known to have lived in Miskolc and the Borsod county area.

László and Zsuzsánna were married on 15 Jan 1834 in Tiszadob. He was 19 years old and she was 17 years old. The witnesses to their marriage were István Horváth and István Vámos, who were not relatives. Note the word "nemes" before László's name in the marriage record. "Nemes" translates to mean "noble" in English.



Their first child was named Zsuzsánna and she was born the same year her parents were married, on 11 Nov 1834. She was baptized three days later on the 14th. She died two days later on 16 Nov 1834. Here is her baptism record:



Their second child was Károly. He was born on 09 Dec 1835 and baptized two days later on the 11th. You can find the information on him and his family on my previous post here. Here is his baptism record:



Their third and final child was Terézia. She was born on 29 Nov 1838 and was baptized two days later on 01 Dec 1838. Her marriage was mentioned in my previous blog about her brother Károly's family. You can find her marriage record here. Terézia was married to Imre Németh on 09 Jan 1856 in Tiszadob, the same day as her brother's marriage. Terézia and Imre had a total of six children: Terézia (1856), Zsófia (1858), Imre (1861), László (1864), Zsófia (1866) and János (1869). All of their children except one died: Terézia in 1856. The daughter Terézia went on to marry a farmer from Tiszaszederkény named Gergely Kis, on 29 Nov 1876. No baptisms for children are found for them in Tiszadob. Here is Terézia's (the mother) baptism record:



László died on 23 Nov 1870 at the age of 56 years old. On his death record he was listed as a "biró" - a judge. Zsuzsánna died seven years later on 10 Feb 1878, at the age of 62 years old.

The Family of Károly Tóth and his wife Mária Tóth, of Tiszadob

Two weeks ago, I posted an entry about the first Hungarian document I found. That document is what began my entire search on my Hungarian ancestors. I thought it'd would be neat to show my documented work for a single family for each blog entry.

This entry will be focused on my great-great-grandmother's family. Her name was Eszter Tóth, and she was the daughter of Károly Tóth and Mária Tóth (who were 4th cousins). Károly and Mária were married on 09 Jan 1856 in Tiszadob, entry number 5. Károly was 20 years old and Mária was 19, both were from Tiszadob and were listed as földmives - farmers. Fortunately for me, the sister of Károly was married on the same day. Her name was Terézia Tóth and she was married to an Imre Németh. She was 17 and he was 26. Terézia was a földmives, like her brother Károly, and Imre was a mólnár - a miller. Here is their marriage record:



Their first child was named Károly. He was born 22 Nov 1856 and baptized a day later on the 23rd, both in Tiszadob. In his baptism record he is listed as "elsö-születt", which means "first-born". Károly only lived to be 10 years old. He died on 04 Jun 1867 in Tiszadob. The circumstances are quite sad for the death of Károly. According to his death record, he fell into some kind of pit or hole in the ground in the neighboring town of Szerencs, and drowned. Looking more into his death, it seems very odd. Szerencs is about 17 miles north of Tiszadob (where they were living) and would have been a good 5 hour walk. What was little 10-year-old Károly doing in Szerencs? Here is his baptism record:



Their second child was named Lajos. He was born 17 Oct 1860 and was baptized three days later on the 20th. I can only presume that Lajos lived to an old age, as he was married and had children. He was married to Borbála Balogh on 14 Sep 1884 in Tiszadob and had four children that I know of: Lenke (1886), Terézia (1888), Borbála (1891) and Lajos (1894). The record available to me end in 1895, so it's entirely possible that Lajos and Borbála had several more children. Here is his baptism record:



Their third child was László, a name-sake for his paternal grandfather. He was born on 01 Mar 1863 and was baptized two days later on the 3rd. László only lived to be two years old. He died on 25 Sep 1865 of "red smallpox". Here is his baptism record:



Their fourth child was Zsuzsánna. She was born on 04 Oct 1865 and was baptized a day later on the 5th. Zsuzsánna had two spouses and seven known children. Her first husband was László Porkoláb and they were married on 16 May 1883 in Tiszadob. They were divorced within a matter of two years, as László remarried in 1885 in the neighboring town of Tiszadada. He was divorced again and married four years later in Tiszadob. I feel bad for the women who had to deal with him, he must've been a real jerk. Anyway, Zsuzsánna was remarried to a man named Dániel Szuhai on 31 Dec 1888 in Tiszadob. It was with Dániel that Zsuzsánna had her children: Dávid (1889), Dávid (1891), András (1892), Bénjámin (1896), Dániel (abt 1905), Pearl (1908) and Samuel (abt 1909). It is to Dániel and Zsuzsánna that my great-great-grandparents (Sándor Gombás and Eszter Tóth) immigrated to when they came to America in 1909. Zsuzsánna died on 16 Nov 1937, in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Her and her husband are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, in Painesville, Ohio. They have many descendants still living today. Here is her baptism record:



Their fifth child was Mária. She was born 03 Oct 1871 and was baptized two days later on the 5th. Mária was married to Bálint Balogh on 29 Dec 1890. Bálint was the brother of Borbála Balogh, wife of Mária's brother Lajos. Mária and Bálint had a set of twin sons in 1891 named Máté and Bálint. As I stated before, the records available end in 1895, so they could have had more children that we don't know about yet. Here is her baptism record:



Their sixth and last child was Eszter, my great-great-grandmother. She was born on 22 Sep 1874 and was baptized two days later on the 24th. On 13 Mar 1895 in Tiszadob, she was married to Sándor Gombás from the neighboring village called Büdszentmihály. Sándor came to America in 1902. Eszter followed suit and came a year later in 1903. While during her stay she had two children, Susan (1904) and Gyula (1906). She returned to Hungary with her daughter Susan and then finally came to America for good with her children in 1909. Sándor and Eszter had a total of eleven children: Alex (1896), Sándor? (1897), Balázs/Robert (1898), József (1900), Susan (1904), Gyula/Julius (1906), Esther (1910), Sophie (1912), Elizabeth "Betty" (1913), Dallas "Casey" (1916) and Julia (1920). Sándor died on 02 May 1931 in Goff, Butler County, Pennsylvania. Eszter died on 04 Apr 1950 in Richland Township, Guernsey County, Ohio. They're both buried in the "Old Anadale" Eau Claire Cemetery, in Venango, Butler County, Pennsylvania. Here is her baptism record:

Greene County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts, 1785-1810 - HAYS

Greene County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts, 1785-1810, Volumes 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8
By: Murray, Joyce Martin
Published: Dallas, TX, J. M. Murray, c.1997

Book 1, page 27
Indenture, 04 May 1784
James Englis and James Hays, both of Greene Co, NC, 50 pounds paid, 200 acres on Limestone fork of Lick Creek.
Signed J. E. and E. E.

Book 1, page 90
Indenture, 28 Sep 1789
Joseph Walker and David Froster, 90 pounds paid, 100 acres in Greene Co, NC, adjoining James English.
Witnesses: James Hays, Jurat, Lewis Tadlock
Registered: 11 Nov 1789

Book 1, page 123
Indenture, 09 Jan 1790
Asabel Rawlings and Henry Lackey, 175 pounds paid, 320 acres, 105 acres, 121 acres, and 30 acre tracts in Greene Co, NC as set out.
Witnesses Peter McNamee, James Hays, Daniel Rawlings

Book 1, page 144
Indenture, 26 Jan 1792
David Foster and Richard Condry, 90 pounds, 100 acres in Greene Co and Territory South of Ohio, adjoining James English.
Witnesses: James Hays, Isaac White, Jr.

Book 1, page 180
Indenture, 04 Mar 1792
James English of Western Territory and South of River Ohio, Greene Co, one part, and Heirs of William Hibits, decased, of some Territory, othe rpart, 50 pounds paid, 140 acres in said Territory on waters of Lick creek.
Witnesses: James Hays, Rebeckah English

Book 1, page 231
Indenture, 27 Apr 1793
Asabel Rawlings, Greene Co, and Samuel Hamilton, Washington Co, 25 pounds paid, tract joining James Hays, 200 acres.
Witnesses: Thomas Rogers, James Hays

Book 1, page 271
Indenture, 14 Feb 1794
Nicholas Hays and John Coplin, both of Greene Co, 100 pounds paid, 100 acre tract on branch of Sinking creek, and being Grant to said Hays, No. 519, dated at Kingston 20 Sep 1787.
Witnesses: Thomas Galbreath, Alexander Galbreath, James Hays

Book 1, page 279
Indenture, 07 Jul 1804
Thomas Johnston and Joseph Hays, both of Greene Co, TN, 200 silver dollars, 108 acres in said county beginning at corner Charles Hays.
Witnesses: James Hays, Samuel Caldwell

Book 1, page 291
Indenture, 22 Jul 1799
Samuel Hays, Jefferson County, TN, and James Hays, Greene Co, TN, one part, and Enoch Murray, Greene Co, TN, other part,

100 pound paid, 345 1/2 acres in said county, lying on both sides Alexander's creek and adjoining Swan Pond creek, Samuel Hays and James Hays.
Witnesses: George Crosby, William Crosby.
Recorded 11 Aug 1800.

Book 1, page 311
Indenture, 27 May 1793
Michael Harrisson of Greene Co, and George Purcell of same place, 130 pounds Virginia currency, 237 acres in 2 tracts, on Mill fork of Big Limestone creek, joining the John Kennedy, Frances Hughes and Daniel Henderson lands.
Witnesses: James Hays, James Stinson

Book 1, page 331
Indenture, 28 Nov 1791
Nicholas Hays, Jefferson County, TN, one part, and Michael Barger of Greene Co, TN, other part, 5 pounds paid, 3 acres on branch of Big Limestone creek, part tract conveyed by NC to Alexander McFarland, 24 Oct 1782, No. 235.
Witnesses: James Stinson, Jurat, John Hays, John Todd
Registered: 24 Mar 1799

Book 1, page 373
Indenture, 07 Jul 1798
James Stinson and William Wilson, Esquire, both of Greene Co, Tn, $1,000 paid, 250 acres in said county on Lick creek, including plantation William Young formerly lived on and adjoining John Carter, said tract being 250 acres; also 50 acres as set out.
Witnesses: John Hays, John Maloney
Registered: 10 Feb 1801

Book 1, page 374
Sheriff's Deed, 16 Apr 1800
George Conway, High Sheriff of Greene Co, TN, and James Hays, of said county, by virtue executions issued in suits of James Dalzell, King and Dickson and Baldwin Harrell, assignee of John McCarrick, against James Guthrie, $175 paid, conveyed 2 tracts of 580 acres in said county, on Lick creek and adjoining Robert Stevenson and Charles Hays. Signed by Henry Conway, Dep. Sheriff.
Witnesses: James Stinson, ? Neilson.
Registered: 28 Feb 1801, Greene County, by Daniel Kennedy

Book 1, page 344
Indenture, 01 Mar 1797
James Hornback, Jefferson Co, TN, one part and Thomas McAmish, Greene Co, TN, other part, 60 pouds paid, 100 acres on Lick creek adjoining Lane and Mulkey. Granted 23 Oct in 7th year of our Independence, to Dutten Lane by NC.
Witnesses: Samuel Hays, Jurat, Benjamin Thornbught
Registered: 10 Apr 1799

Book 1, page 368
Indenture, 18 Oct 1796
William Terrel Lewis, Davidson Co, TN, one part, and James Hays and Samuel Hayes, same place, other part, 100 pounds paid, tract on Alexander's creek, waters of Nolachuckey, including claim of William Hodges and most of Swan Pond creek, being 500 acres.
Witnesses: Isaac Carlock, Thompson Gresson, JP.
Registered 20 Apr 1799

Book 1, page 370
Indenture, 10 May 1794
Nicholas Hays and John Copeland, Greene Co, 120 pounds paid, 295 acres on Big Sinking creek, part same tract granted to Alexander McFarland by Grant of 13 Oct 1782, No. 235.
Witnesses: John Hays, Jurat, Samuel Hays, Nathan Nielson

Book 1, page 413
Indenture, 12 Jun 1801
Nathaniel Hood, one part, and George Glasscock, latter of Fauquier Co, VA, other part, $833.33 1/3 paid, 200 acres in Greene Co, on both side of Lick creek, and adjoining James Maham and Lemuel Hibbert.
Witnesses: George Crosby, John Hays, James Hays.

Book 1, page 414
Indenture, 01 Mar 1795
Charles Hays and Robert Hays, Greene Co, TN, 30 pounds paid, tract on branch of Lick creek as by original deed dated 1782, 100 acres adjoining line of Shederach Morris.
Witnesses: John Collier, Jr.

Book 1, page 422
Indenture, 02 Jun 1798
Robert Warren and William Mascat, both of Greene Co, TN, $400 paid, tract on Potters creek, beginning at corner to Bejamin Robertson survey, 200 acres.
Witnesses: James Hays, Henry Conway.

Book 1, page 443
Indenture, 10 Oct 1800
James Hayes, one part, and Alexander Hayes, other part, both of Greene Co, TN, 100 pounds paid, tract on Limestone fork of Lick creek, tract being 100 acres as in 2 patents, the first No. 40 to James English, second being No. 106 to James Hayes.
Witness: John Hayes

Greene County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts, 1785-1810 - RODGERS

Greene County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts, 1785-1810, Volumes 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8
By: Murray, Joyce Martin
Published: Dallas, TX, J. M. Murray, c.1997

Book 1, page 4
Indenture, 01 Apr 1806
James Rodgers and John Rodgers, both of Greene Co, TN, $300 (silver) paid, tract on Lick creek, 200 acres, half of 400 acres as appears by deeds granted to Asabel Rawlings in 1790, and conveyed to James Rodgers in 1792, said tract including Rodgers improvements.
Witnesses: Samuel Caldwell, William Patterson, John Olinger
Registered: 04 Nov 1806

Book 1, page 47
Indenture, 15 Feb 1797
Andrew English, Greene Co, TN, one part, and Jonathan Vanoy, said state, other part, 50 pounds paid, 200 acres on Lick creek joining Chimney Top mountain and held in original Grant No. 508.
Witnesses: William Dinwiddy, James Rodgers

Book 1, page 83
Indenture, 05 Mar 1806
James Rodgers and Samuel Caldwell, both of Greene Co, TN, $300 paid, 100 acre tract on Lick creek and being half of 200 acres as by deed granted to Asabel Rawlings in 1790, and conveyed to Rogers in 1792. Tract includes camp of Richard Pruit.
Witnesses: Hugh Williams, John Olinger, John McRodgers
Registered: 04 Jun 1807

Book 1, page 107
Indenture, 21 Nov 1804
Henry Dryman and John Olinger, Shenandoah Co, VA, 300 acre tract on Lick creek at the mouth of Long fork of said creek, adjoining James Rogers, Patrick Morrisson.
Witnessess: Cornelius Newman, Simon Pope, Daniel Olinger, James Newberry
Registered: 14 Sep 1806

Book 1, page 130
Indenture, 26 Sep 1799
James Campbell, the eldest son of Robert Campbell, deceased, and Ann Campbell, his widow, of Washington Co, NC, convey to Richard Hayworth, of Hawkins Co, NC, 20 pounds paid, tract on West side of Little Sinking creek, adjoining land of James Rogers and George Gilespie, 229 acres conveyed.
Witnesses: James Rogers, Peter Dillon

Book 1, page 140
Indenture, 22 Oct 180?
Jacob Clearwaters and Alexander Armstrong, 50 pounds paid, 50 acre tract beginning at Knobbs on said Armstrong line.
Witnesses: James Dinwiddie, Jr., Samuel Rodgers
Registered 22 Dec 1807

Book 1, page 187
Indenture, 01 Mar 1808
Abraham Smith, Washington Co, TN, one part, and James Cowan, Greene Co, TN, other part, $700 paid, 325 acre tract as conveyed by Thomas West to said Smith, and adjoining Rogers and Owens.
Witnesses: Alw. Stephenson, John Rodgers, William C. Edmondson.
Registered: 08 Jun 1808

Book 1, page 192
Indenture, 15 Feb 1796
David McNabb, Washington Co, one part, and Abraham Smith, planter, said county, by Power of Attorny from George Taylor, other part, 50 pound paid, 80 acre tract granted to said Taylor on 11 Jul 1794, Warrant No. 2539, beginning on line of James Rodgers.
Witnesses: Joseph Tucker, Jurat, John Bowers
Registered: May 1796 session of Greene County Court

Book 1, page 195
Indenture, 13 Jan 1796
James Roberts and Thomas McMackin, Greene Co West Territory South of Ohio, 32 pounds Virginia currency paid, tract in Washington and Greene Counties West Territory South of Ohio, and on Mill Creek and Big Limestone, and adjoining said Robrts and John Rodgers and said McMackin.
Witnessess: Robert Henry and David Russell

Book 1, page 199
Indenture, 06 Nov 1792
Asabel Rawlings and James Rogers, 60 pounds paid, tract on Lick creek joining Benjamin Presents camp and being 200 acres; also tract of 200 acres on said creek joining Rawlings entry which includes Pruit's camp.
Witnesses: John Woolsey, Thomas Robinsin

Book 1, page 217
Indenture, 28 Oct 1806
John Olinger and David Logan, both of Greene Co, TN, $165.16 paid, 50 acres on Lick Creek adjoining lands of James Rogers, part of said Olinger's track, conveyed to him from Henry Dryman.
Witnesses: Cornelius Newman, Thomas Perry
Registered: 26 Jul 1808

Book 1, page 231
Indenture, 27 Apr 1793
Asabel Rawlings, Greene Co, and Samuel Hamilton, Washington Co, 25 pounds paid, tract joining James Hays, 200 acres.
Witnesses: Thomas Rogers, James Hays

Book 1, page 245
Indenture, 08 Sep 1798
James Rodgers, of Greene Co, TN, one part, and Mary Rodgers, other part, 300 silver dollars paid, tract of 100 acres on Lick creek, being the half of 200 acres as by deed granted to Asabel Rawlings in 1798, conveyed to James Rodgers in 1792, said tract including Benjamin Prewit Camp.
Witnesses: James Patterson, John Woolsey
Registered: 23 Apr 1800

Book 1, page 270
Indenture, 01 Apr 1806
Samuel Caldwell and James Rodgers, 100 silver dollars paid, tract on Lick Creek, being 50 acres including part of said Rodgers improvement.
Witnesses: William Patterson, John Olinger, David Logan

Book 1, page 274
Indenture, 30 May 1798
Benjamin Gist, Knox Co, TN, one part, and John Wilson, Greene Co, TN, other part, 20 pounds paid, 44 acre tract in Greene county, part said Benjamin Gist's plantation that he formerly lived on, beginning on South side of a ridge corner to Thomas Russell land.
Witnesses: John Temple, James Stinson, James Rodgers

Book 1, page 292
Indenture, 09 Sep 1805
Samuel Rodgers and Shobal Ellis, both of Greene Co, TN, $1,000 paid, part of tract willed to said Rodgers by his father, being on Little Sinking creek, being 250 acres.
Witnesses: Joseph Allen, John Rodgers

Book 1, page 293
Indenture, 31 Oct 1804
Joseph Rodgers, Knox Co, TN, and Shobal Ellis, Greene Co, TN, $333 1/3 paid, tract on North side of McCartney's mountain, beginning at line with Campbell.
Witnesses: Samuel Rodgers, John Rodgers.
Registered: 12 Dec 1808

Book 1, page 322
Indenture, 21 Jan 1800
John Smith and Walter Headerick, both of Greene Co, TN, 40 pounds paid, tract on Lick creek between Richard Mullinex's old plantation now owned by William Crawford, and Chimney Top mountain. Original Grant No. 1388 dated 02 Dec 1796, and being 100 acres.
Witnesses: William Rogers, Samuel Caldwell

Book 1, page 352
Indenture, 23 Mar 1799
James Rodgers, Washington Co, TN, one part, and Benjamin McNutt, Greene Co, TN, other part, $100 paid, Lot 67 in Town of Greeneville.
Witnesses: Daniel McClellen, Andrew Luckey

Book 1, page 364
Indenture 29 Mar 1793
Thomas West, Greene Co, and Territory of US south of river Ohio, one part, and Abraham Smith, Washington Co, said territory, 30 pounds paid, tract in said territory on Little Sinking creek, 30 acres.
Witnesses: Samuel Frazier, Jurat, Isiah Roe
Registered: 19 Apr 1799

Book 1, page 515
Indenture, 07 Jul 1795
William Morrison, Attorney of Patrick Morrison, one part, of Mero District, Territory of US south of River Ohio, and Alexander Newberry, Greene Co, formerly Washington County of said Territory, on Lick creek above mouth of Cedar creek, 107 pounds on track being 200 acres.
Witnesses: James Rogers, John Woolsey, James Patterson
Recorded: 11 May 1802

My Berzeviczy Lineage

On Monday, I posted several blogs about the lineages of my four grandparents. Now I'm deciding on posting my lineages to my specific noble families that I descend from.. the ones that I'm constantly posting information about in my blog. Today I'm going to focus on my noble Berzeviczy family.

1) Nick M. Gombash

2) John E. Gombash, Jr.

3) John E. Gombash, Sr.
Born 03 Oct 1935, Caretta, McDowell County, West Virginia
Died 02 Jun 2005, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
Married Mary Louise Adas, 30 Nov 1957, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

4) Alex Gombash
Born 07 Dec 1896, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Died 04 Jan 1968, Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois
Married 1st Emma Hido (Irma Hajdú), 19 Aug 1916, Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Married 2nd Catherine Grządziel, abt 1920-1922

5) Eszter Tóth
Born 22 Sep 1874, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Died 04 Apr 1950, Richland Twp, Guernsey County, Ohio
Married Sándor Gombás, 13 Mar 1895, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

6) Károly Tóth
Born 09 Dec 1835, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Died after 1895, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Married Mária Tóth, 09 Jan 1856, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

7) László Tóth, biró and gondnok
Born 09 Feb 1814, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Died 23 Nov 1870, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Married Zsuzsánna Bódogh, 15 Jan 1834, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

8) Mária Tóth
Born 23 Mar 1783, Kesznyéten, Zemplén, Hungary
Died 22 Jun 1823, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Married Mihály Tóth, boros, 06 Feb 1805, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

9) István Tóth
Born 14 Jan 1742, Bőcs, Borsod, Hungary
Died unknown
Married Erzsébet Nagy, 10 Feb 1768, at both Bőcs and Kesznyéten

10) Mária Izdenczy de Izdencz és Komlós
Born unknown, probably in Komlós, Sáros, Hungary
Died unknown, probably in Bőcs, Borsod, Hungary
Married Mihály Tóth, 29 Sep 1715, Bőcs, Borsod, Hungary

11) Borbála Horváth de Perlak
Born unknown
Died after 29 Sep 1715, probably Komlós, Sáros, Hungary
Married Márton Izdenczy de Izdencz és Komlós, military captain

12) Margit Berzeviczy de Berzevicze
Died after 14 Oct 1694, Cselfalva, Sáros, Hungary
Married 1st Miklós Héderváry
Married 2nd István Horváth de Perlak

13) János Berzeviczy de Berzevicze
Died 1604
Married Ilona Berzeviczy de Berzevicze (See below for her line)

14) György Berzeviczy de Berzevicze
Died aft 1562
Married Ilona Kapy de Kapivár

15) Kristóf Berzeviczy de Berzevicze
Died after 1555
Married Katalin Berthóthy de Berthót

16) Miklós Berzeviczy de Berzevicze
Died after 1488
Married Potentiana Merse de Szinye

17) Jakab Lomniczky de Berzevicze
Died after 1477

18) Henrik de Berzevicze
Died after 1425

19) Miklós de Berzevicze
Died after 1405

20) János de Berzevicze
Died after 1357

21) János de Berzevicze et Lomnicza
Born before 1296
Died after 1343

22) Rikolf de Scepus
Born before 1246
Died after 1270

23) Rutkér of Mátray, Tirol, Austria
Married to the sister of Adolf, prépost of Szepes county, lady-in-waiting to Queen Gertrude von Meran wife of King András II of Hungary.



(From Above)
13) Ilona Berzeviczy de Berzevicze
Born abt 1582
Married János Berzeviczy de Berzevicze

14) István Berzeviczy de Berzevicze
Died after 1563
Married Zsófia Gombos de Gombosfalva

15) Frigyes Berzeviczy de Berzevicze
Died after 1546
Married Borbála Zombory de Zombor

16) János Berzeviczy de Berzevicze
Died after 1471
Married Ilona Sebessy

17) Szaniszló de Berzevicze
Died after 1479
Married Katalin Buchai

18) Henrik de Berzevicze
Died after 1425

19) Miklós de Berzevicze
Died after 1405

20) János de Berzevicze
Died after 1357

21) János de Berzevicze et Lomnicza
Born before 1296
Died after 1343

22) Rikolf de Scepus
Born before 1246
Died after 1270

23) Rutkér of Matray, Tirol, Austria
Rutkér arrived in Hungary in the 12th century with the arrival of Queen Gertrude von Meran as the future bride to King András II of Hungary. His ancient home was Matray, which was anciently known as Matreium (and also Matrei) and was destroyed by the Bavarians in the 9th century. Rutkér was married to the sister of Adolf, the prépost of Szepes county. She was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Gertrude von Meran, wife of King András II of Hungary. Adolf was at one time the teacher of Queen Gertrude. Rutkér, his wife and Adolf all received vast amounts of land from King András II.