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From: Linda Hampton <>
Subject: [HUNGARY-L] Re: HUNGARY-D Digest V00 #362
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 11:04:31 -0400
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Hi Marlo,
I can't figure out how to link an Hungarian language course
site I have found, so this is the address I have:
www.fas.harvard.edu/~arubin/hungarian.html
Good Luck
Linda H.

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> HUNGARY-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 362
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> #1 [HUNGARY-L] purchasing microfilm []
> #2 Re: [HUNGARY-L] purchasing microfi ["magton" <>]
> #3 Re: [HUNGARY-L] purchasing microfi []
> #4 [HUNGARY-L] web page ["Marlo" <>]
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> Subject: [HUNGARY-L] purchasing microfilm
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 17:21:59 EDT
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> This information was sent to me by another member on the list. I have not
> tried it myself, I talked my LDS library to have an "indefinate hold" on the
> films that I am working from.
>
> Angela
> Grand Rapids, Michigan
> Researching: JANDO/YANDO/YONDO, HEGYI, NAGY, HEGEDUS, LALOR, KELLER, BOWSER,
> DUNNE, DILLON, and many more!
> You have to write to the archives and tell them what the LDS number is. Then
> they'll let you know what number theirs is, and the cost; they make a
> microfilm from the masters they have. The first time I ordered, I was told to
> ask for air mail since it would be so much faster. Well, the airmail cost for
> a roll of film is about $20 and it still took 5 months to reach me! Seems it
> got lost somewhere in the office, bureaucracy is the same everywhere I guess.
> When I order the census and tax films, I'm just going to ask for surface
> postage. The films for Gyor county are relatively inexpensive, about $3 to $7
> for the census and tax rolls. You'd have to inquire about your specific area.
> The church film cost me $25 plus the $8 for the International Money Order. (I
> think $20 of the $25 was air mail postage.)
> The Hungarian Archives has a fax number and they read English, much faster
> than just writing. You should get an answer within about 2 weeks, unless
> they've gotten so many requests they just can't keep up.
> Ask for the number for LDS film whatever, and the cost. At the same time, why
> not ask what films they have available for your county that the LDS didn't
> film. Then you can get all the info at once. At the same time, ask what the
> total cost would be to purchase the church film, and any of the census films
> you might want. But separate the questions so you can purchase just the
> church records, and/or 1 or more of the census or tax records. That way you
> won't have to be corresponding back and forth, waiting to hear several weeks
> for every question you ask.
> The address of the Archives is:
> Magyar Országos Levéltár
> Budapest I., Bécsi Kapu Tér 2-4
> 1250 Budapest I., Postafiók 3.
> Éva Gerhardt is head of the department
> Telephone is 356-5811 The original fax number I used is 212-1619
> Someone just gave me a new fax number: 356-1858
> Preceeding the fax number, type in 011-36-1
>
> Ask for the various costs of shipping as I said. They'll tell you something
> costs$xx amount of money, and you can send a bank draft or an International
> Money Order. Since my bank charged more than the film ($35) I went for the
> IMO.
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> Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] purchasing microfilm
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:39:18 -0400
> From: "magton" <>
> To:
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> I know the Budapest archives has church records for sale but does anyone
> have any success receiving the census microfilms for 1828 or 1869 ??
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> Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] purchasing microfilm
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 20:54:57 EDT
> From:
> To:
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> For my ancestors' county, Gyor, and my husband's, Saztmar and Zemplen, the
> Hungarian Nat'l Archives has the national census in 1715; the national census
> in 1720; the 1828 by the Mormons; the Regesta Decimarum (church-rates) census
> 16 to 18 centuries; the Conscriptiones portarum, 1530-1707 (tax census).
> In addition, the 1857 by the Mormons and the 1869 by the Mormons are
> available for Zemplen.
> They don't have the manpower to check for specific cities, so in some cases
> the films can be rather pricey, since you'd be getting the entire set. For
> instance, for Zemplen, the Mormon 1869 films cost $205 for the set. If you
> give them the LDS number of the film, they'll let you know what number you
> should order from them.
>
> Janice Hollenczer Bernath, IBSSG
> Rootsweb Sponsor
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> Subject: [HUNGARY-L] web page
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 21:35:04 -0400
> From: "Marlo" <>
> To:
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> Recently someone sent a web address
> for Alternative Hungarian Dictionary. It
> wasn't really a dictionary, it contained all kinds of things including
> some hungarian lessons with the words pronounced so you could hear how
> they sounded. I wrote it down but apparently wrote it wrong because
> the information i get is
> Danish. Can the person who sent it please send it again? I have the
> following:
> www.notam.uio.no/~hcholm/altland/ht/hungarian/html
>
> Where did I go wrong? Marlo

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