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Guide to Hungary ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Hungary is a country in Central Europe bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. From the eighteenth century to World War I it belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The official language is Hungarian. The lands of Hungary contributed great numbers of people to the waves of European Emigration from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s. These were not just Hungarians, but also Romanians, Germans, Jews, Slovaks, Ukrainians, Serbs, and Croats. Many settled in the United States, Canada, and Australia where, generations later, their descendants now begin the task of seeking their Hungarian heritage.

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Hungary Map

The map of Hungary below is based on post-1950 boundaries.

Counties

As of 1950, Hungary contains the following counties:

• Bács-Kiskun
• Baranya
• Békés
• Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
• Capital City of Budapest
• Csongrád
• Fejér
• Győr-Moson-Sopron
• Hajdú-Bihar
• Heves
• Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
• Komárom-Esztergom
• Nógrád
• Pest
• Somogy
• Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
• Tolna
• Vas
• Veszprém
• Zala

Historic Counties of Hungary

After 1876 (or 1881 for Abaúj-Torna and Krassó-Szörény), the Kingdom of Hungary contained the following 63 counties:

• Abaúj-Torna
• Alsó-Fehér
• Arad
• Árva
• Baranya
• Bars
• Bács-Bodrog
• Békés
• Bereg
• Beszterce-Naszód
• Bihar
• Borsod
• Brassó
• Csanád
• Csík
• Csongrád
• Esztergom
• Fejér
• Fogaras
• Gömör és Kis-Hont
• Győr
• Hajdú
• Háromszék
• Heves
• Hont
• Hunyad
• Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
• Kis-Küküllő
• Kolozs
• Komárom
• Krassó-Szörény
• Liptó
• Maros-Torda
• Máramaros
• Moson
• Nagy-Küküllő
• Nógrád
• Nyitra
• Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun
• Pozsony
• Sáros
• Somogy
• Sopron
• Szabolcs
• Szatmár
• Szeben
• Szepes
• Szilágy
• Szolnok-Doboka
• Temes
• Tolna
• Torda-Aranyos
• Torontál
• Trencsén
• Turóc
• Udvarhely
• Ugocsa
• Ung
• Vas
• Veszprém
• Zala
• Zemplén
• Zólyom

Revisions

• Abaúj-Torna now split between Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary and Košice Region, Slovakia.
• Arad in 1920 went mostly to Romania; a small southern area went to Békés County.
• Bács-Bodrog in 1918 went mostly to Yugoslavia; the northern 15% of area went to Bács-Kiskun County.
• Bars became Tekov County, Slovakia.
• Bihar most now Bihor County, northwestern Romania; a smaller part went to Hajdú-Bihar County, eastern Hungary.
• Borsod merged into Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
• Csanád split between Békés County, Csongrád County, and Romania (Arad County).
• Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun after World War II split into the present Pest County and a portion of Bács-Kiskun County.
• Pozsony