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From: "Pilla" <>
Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] Genealogy Listers
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 16:23:48 -0500
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Julie, Another search might be the villages surrounding the one you
searched. Perhaps your ancestor was from a neighboring village. It
is worth a try. Pilla
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julianne Brazina" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] Genealogy Listers


> Cheryl and Listers,
> Thanks for replying. Do you find that the information on
Genealogy.com
> is any different from Ancestry.com.? I have a subscription to
Ancestry, too
> and it was somewhat helpful with USA searching but useless when it
comes to
> European villages or old world searching. I guess that's unless you
are
> from England. You are correct about the LDS, which was where I did
get my
> grandfather's baptismal records. However, I tried to get the
microfilm from
> Szaniszlo, Szatmar and all that was on it was Szabolc. Nowhere
could I find
> any mention of Szaniszlo except for on the box that the tape came
in. It
> was very disappointing and a long time wasted in searching. That's
why I
> feel like I've arrived at the "brick wall" for now. My father's
family was
> really vague about their past. My dad didn't even know the names of
his
> grandparents or whether his parents had any siblings. Its going
very slowly
> for me to search. Thanks for any ideas. Julie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cheryl BALOG wenberg" <>
> To: "Julianne Brazina" <>; <>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 5:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] Genealogy Listers
>
>
> >
> > Julie, I get most of my information from my Ancestry.com and
> Genealogy.com
> > subscriptions. I also get the census records. While the index
for the
> > census
> > is certainly helpful, I get more information going page by page in
certain
> > enumeration districts. Message boards are most helpful. Ellis
Island
> > records
> > are priceless. Cemetery books are my "newest" discovery.....then
get the
> > obits.
> >
> > No doubt the LDS records are invaluable.
> >
> > cheryl BALOG wenberg
> > san diego
> >
> > researching:
> >
> > FUZI
> > NAGY, Bela
> > SIMKO
> > SZABO
> > SZANYI
> > SZENDI
> > CHESNEY
> >
> > All of the above were in Lake County Indiana at one time.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Julianne Brazina" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:14 PM
> > Subject: [HUNGARY-L] Genealogy Listers
> >
> >
> > > This Hungarian List is mostly inactive. I've gotten only a
couple
> > messages in a week's time. Where do most of you seek information
about
> your
> > ancestors? Julie
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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