Compilation
of the familytree research is based on church records and state
registers. These are parish, death and marriage records. The reserarch
could be In
the terriority of historical Hungary at the following areas:
Hungary
Felvidék
(nowadays Slovakia)
Burgenland
(Austria)
Transylvania
(Romania)
Parish
Records/Church Registers
The
council of Trent in 1593 obliged the Roman Catholic church to
begin the registration.
In spite of it the registers in Hungary begin from a later
period. The earliest in Sopron (1624) and in Kőszeg (1633).
Generally in thousands of other settlements the registration begun
at the beginning of the 18th century, so the familytree
could be compiled up tp this period.
Registration by the state was introduced in 1895.
State
registers:
State
registry became official from the 1st October 1895. In this case
research is regulated by law because of protecting personal rights
and datas. So the following terms could be researched:
birth: this year-90 years (between 1895 and 1913)
marriage: this year-60 years (between 1895
and 1943)
death: this year- 30 years (between 1895 and 1973)
Beside these - in case of exact name and date between 1895 and
2003 -
I undertake purchase of official register of birth, death and
marriage from the competent registry office at the territory of
present-day Hungary.
What kind of datas are needed?
To
begin the research I need some details about your first known
ancestor. All kind of information could be useful so it is worth
to look after old documents or ask the living family members.
The minimal needed datas are: name, locality (origin), religion
and the birth or/and death or/and marriage datas.
It is easier to research that settlements which are nowadays
in Hungary. If the settlements are outside of the borders of Hungary
the research can be completed too.
Types of the familytree research:
The
research proceeds according to your expectations. In the following
I am going to show three samples of drawing up a familytree. You
can choose that one which is the most appropriate for you.
1.
Direct line research for one family
In
this case I try to find new generations from your first known
ancestor. I look for the parents in a particular family.
For example: You know the name, birth place and/or date of
birth of your grandfather. He is the starting point. I am going
to search the parents of him, and than the parents of the ggrandfather
and so on as far as possible.
In this case the research contains the ancestors of the father’s
or the mother’s line.
2. Direct line research for all families
I begin the research from your first known
ancestor but in this case the research covers both the father’s
and mother’s line. It means I look up the parents in every generation.
In each generation the number of the ancestors duplicates itself,
everyone has 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, 16 gg-grandparents
and so on. (For example: if your grandfather or grandmother borned
at the begining of the 20th century in fortunate case
I can find cca. 5 more generations. It means 32 ancestors until
the first part of the 18th century.)
3.
Researching the whole family
In
this case I search a particular family, all family members, all
lines of descent and collateral lines. I try to find all family
members who had the same ancestors.
For example: all siblings of the grandfather, of the great-grandfather,
their children and their descendants, who has the same last name.
The above mentioned types could be mixed according to your
expectations.
After finishing the research I arrange the members of the family into a family
tree with the help of the discovered details about them. I make
the family tree available in printed and digital version (MS Excel
and in a special software too). It would be able to complete or
enlarge later as well.
You will get copies about your direct ancestors registers’.
The lenght of the research is: approx: 1-2 months
Prices: ask for
the offer
More services:
Tombstones
Tombstones
and graves are very informative as well. Their inscription, outward,
measurement and quality gives another opportunity to get new knowledge
about the family. Examination and documantation of these could
give additional datas to the history of the family.
Tombstones and graves of related families
could be find at the cemetery of a particular settlement where
the family has lived.
In case of ordering this service I place one photo of every known
tombstones and graves at disposal. The price of this service is
independent of the number of the graves.
Noble Families
Kings and princes
of Transylvania raise up to 100.000 families to noble rank during
the centuries. We do not have exact datas because the Book of
Kings, that included the donations have drowned at the Danube,
at Esztergom in 1526. The donations, which could be raisings to
noble rank, coats of arms, titles of nobility and confirmation
of these, were certified.
State and church registers, noble censuses
and property censuses are point of reference for the noble origin
of a family.
A tradition can be confirmed or disproved by the particular facts.
(The leisured middle classes assumed highsounding titles of nobility
or surnames at the begining of the 20th century , altough the
donation of these was the privilege of the royal family. The useing
of noble titles was regulated in case of elder noble families.
They could only use that titles of nobility which they have already
used before 1848 and at least 3 documents certified it.
In case of noble families - however poor families of lower nobility
they were - remained estate and property action proceedings sometimes
for hundreds of years retrospectively.
These documents contian large amount of facts about the family
and their relationship to each other.
My service includes the researching of
the history of these families, the circumstances of the donation,
the coat of arms (if available), the situation of the land ( if
there was) and etc.
Photographs
about the origin settlement of your ancestors:
Have
you ever been curious about the settlements where your ancestors
came from? Would you like to know what their homelands look like
today?
Click here for
details
