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From: hobnail <>
Subject: [HUNGARY-L] New Jersey Research
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 10:55:14 -0400

I wanted to add to the New Jersey research theme. I found that the LDS
has microfilmed many of the church records in the Newark area. Many of
these churches were Hungarian Catholic or German Catholic. (When doing
a locality search on Newark, it will indicate whether the church is
Hungarian or German.) I found them to be a wealth of genealogicol info.
For instance, the marriage records from St Benedict's Church - from the
early 1900's on-, contained the church and village names in Hungary
where the bride and groom were baptised. From this, I found the names of
many people from my grandparent's village. It could prove to be a good
source for locating your ancestors birthplace.

Cheers,

Janice Danks

Kevin M. Benefield wrote:
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I thought I would share something with those searching for Hungarian
> ancestors in the State of NEW JERSEY.
>
> New Jersey did their own State Census, in between the Federal census.
> The years, 1905, and 1915 are wonderful! They contain all living in the
> house; husband, wife, children, boarders; name, dates-of-birth,
> age-last-birthday; marital status; where they were born; where each
> parent, father and mother, were born; year they came to the U.S.;
> naturalized, or not; occupation; whether they owned or rented their
> home, farm, or property.
>
> I found these to be exceptionally fruitful! I thought, since so many
> Hungarians went to New Jersey, this might help some of you.
>
> Just search under the County they were living in; all this is available
> at the LDS FHCs.
>
> I am researching MAKATURA, DIENES, VARGA, SZILAGYI, KADUK, and
> FAZEKAS, from ABAUJVAR, in ABAUJ-TORNA county, and surrounding
> villages, up to, and including KASSA (Kosice, today).
>
> Have fun in New Jersey!
>
> Julie B., in N.C.

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