Hungary Civil Registration: Difference between revisions

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The originals of these registers are kept at Civil Registrars’ offices (anyakönyvi hivatal) in town halls (Állami Nyilvan tartási Hivatal). Up to 1980 the registrars’ offices sent transcripts of these volumes to the county archives, or, in the case of Budapest, to the municipal archives
The originals of these registers are kept at Civil Registrars’ offices (anyakönyvi hivatal) in town halls (Állami Nyilvan tartási Hivatal). Up to 1980 the registrars’ offices sent transcripts of these volumes to the county archives, or, in the case of Budapest, to the municipal archives


== '''Accessibility'''  ==
*Some information can be obtained by correspondence or by visit if proof of relationship is given.  
 
*Hungary’s so-called “personality law” prohibits archives from providing access to birth registers for 90 years, marriage registers for 60 years, and death registers for 30 years.
Some information can be obtained by correspondence or by visit if proof of relationship is given.  
 
Hungary’s so-called “personality law” prohibits archives from providing access to birth registers for 90 years, marriage registers for 60 years, and death registers for 30 years.  


== Types of civil registration records  ==
== Types of civil registration records  ==
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