Aaron Rodgers - Green Bay Packers Quarterback and His Connection to the Chicago Bears & Pittsburgh Steelers

While watching the big playoff game today, I became interested in the Green Bay Packer's quarterback, Aaron Rodgers. He shares the same surname with my mother's family.. and it's spelled the same way with the "D" too! I come across Rogers often, but not Rodgers. So, I became intrigued and wanted to know more about Aaron Rodgers' family tree.

A simple Google search brings up his name is Aaron Charles Rodgers and was born 02 Dec 1983 in Chico, Butte County, California. Knowing that Ancestry.com has database for birth, marriage and death records for California, I immediately head over there to do some simple searches.

I navigate to the database "California Birth Index, 1905-1995" and I find him with his full name and birthdate and the database also contains his mother's maiden name, Pittman. I then go to the sister database "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985" and search for a marriage between a groom Rodgers and bride Pittman. Bingo! His parent's names are Edward W. Rodgers (born about 1955) and Darla L. Pittman (born about 1958). They were married on 05 Apr 1980 in Mendocino County, California.

Going back to my trusted friend, Google, I search for Edward W. Rodgers in Chico, California. Up pops a bagillion results for a Chiropractor named Edward W. Rodgers, (JR!) in Chico, California. We now know he's a Junior! I also take note that he comes up as Edward Wesley Rodgers, Jr. I immediately go back to Ancestry.com and do an Advanced Search for an Edward Rodgers in Chico. I find what I believe to be Aaron's grandfather in the "Social Security Death Index" and also "U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002". Both name him as Edward W. Rodgers with the same birth date of 07 Nov 1917 and either living or died in Chico, Butte County, California. Noticing on the "Social Security Death Index" that he passed away in 1996, he should appear in the Ancestry.com database "California Death Index, 1940-1997". He shows up stating that he was born in Illinois and his mother's maiden name was Larrick.

This is when the fun really starts! I head over to the new FamilySearch.org and do an Advanced Search for Parent's surnames of Rodgers and Larrick. I find three definite results. The first two are a birth certificate for a Louis Alexander Rodgers and also a death certificate for him. The third result is what I'm looking for.. a birth certificate for Edward Wesley Rodgers, born 07 Nov 1917... in CHICAGO! As in the Chicago Bears?! So these documents state that the parents names are (with variations like abbreviations) Alexander John Rodgers and Cora Larrick. The birth certificates state that Alexander John was born in Pennsylvania and that Cora was born in Illinois.

I was then able to locate the family in the 1920 census, although they weren't living in Chicago anymore. They were living in Rock Island Township, Rock Island County, Illinois. It's definitely the right family, as you'll be able to see from the names and places of birth in the household.

According to the birth certificates of Alexander John's two children, he was born about 1892 or 1893.. prime age for the WWI draft! I find his WWI Draft Registration Card with him having registered in Jun 1917 in Chicago. It states that he was married, although unfortunately it doesn't state the wife's name. His place of birth more than makes up for the fact of a lack of his wife's name. It states he was born on 25/28 (hard to make out) Jan 1893 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.. as in the Pittsburgh Steelers! I sure wish these dang WWI Draft Registration Cards were much more clearer and easier to read. I've never seen a single clear image. Anyway..

Well considering we know his birth date and place of birth, we should look for him in the 1900 census in Pittsburgh.. and he's easily found.. maybe too easily. He is listed as Alexander J. Rodgers, born Jan 1893. He is with his widowed mother, Louisa Rodgers, born Mar 1870 in Germany. They're both living in the household of Louisa's parents (Alexander's grandparents), William and Sophia C. Houseberg.. natives of Germany. Them being from Germany leads me to believe their surname would've been Haasberg or something similar back in the old country. Haas is the German word for House.. they wouldn't have used "House" in Germany. The family is living at 646 Herron Ave, in Pittsburgh.

At this point, I'm now stuck in a rut. I'm not aware of any resources online for Pittsburgh vital records or even a state census for 1895 (does it even exist?). I then remember this awesome website that has tons of old Pittsburgh city directories digitized online, so I head over to DonsList.net to see what they have available. I find a directory for Pittsburgh 1900, so I decide to take a look.. considering I know Louisa Rodgers (widowed) was living with her parents are 646 Herron Ave. I'm surprised to locate Louisa and she's living at 648 Herron Ave.. and she's listed as the widow of Archibald! What are the odds?

As for Archibald, I did find one result in the Pittsburgh 1880 census for an Archibald that would be roughly 2 years older than Louisa; but I can't be positive it's him, I would need more proof. This Archibald is the son of Alexander (Archibald's only child's name!) and Mary Ann Rodgers, both born about 1837 in Ireland. Interestingly enough, Alexander's occupation is listed as a "puddler", which according to Wikipedia (horrible source, I know...), "puddling was an improved process to convert pig iron into wrought iron with the use of a reverberating furnace"

We now have Aaron Rodgers' connection to the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers! Now I wonder if he has a connection to New York (New York Jets!).. other than immigrations, of course.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Ancestral Name List Roulette

1) How old is one of your grandfathers now, or how old would he be if he had lived? Divide this number by 4 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your "roulette number."

2) Use your pedigree charts or your family tree genealogy software program to find the person with that number in your ancestral name list (some people call it an "ahnentafel"). Who is that person?

3) Tell us three facts about that person in your ancestral name list with the "roulette number."

4) Write about it in a blog post on your own blog, in a Facebook note or comment, or as a comment on this blog post.

5) If you do not have a person's name for your "roulette number" then spin the wheel again - pick a grandmother, or yourself, a parent, a favorite aunt or cousin, or even your children!


I used my maternal grandfather for this exercise, his name is Thomas Thurman Rodgers (born in 1928). My whole number comes out (when rounded up) to 21 and my ancestor that fits that number is my 2nd-great-grandmother Josephine Domagalski.

A few years ago, I knew practically nothing about Josephine nor had ever seen a picture of her. Today, I have two.. maybe three.. pictures of her and I know much much more about her! :)

Fact 1: She is the only child (and the eldest) out of her eleven siblings to have been born in Medina, Orleans County, New York. The rest of her eleven siblings were born in Chicago.

Fact 2: According to the 1930 census, she was living with her family at 6019 S. Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.

Fact 3: She died in the now closed and supposedly haunted Manteno State Hospital in Kankakee County, Illinois.

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.