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==Locating Records== | ==Locating Records== | ||
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 | ||
*Some information can be obtained by correspondence or by visit if proof of relationship is given. | *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. | *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. | ||
=== Online Civil Registration === | |||
Civil registration records from Budapest are now available on FamilySearch website: | |||
*'''1895 - 1980''' - {{RecordSearch|1452460|Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images | |||
=== Research by Mail === | === Research by Mail === | ||
If the records you want are not available through the FamilySearch Library, you can write to the Hungarian Embassy to request information. For instructions on how to obtain birth, marriage or death certificate from Hungary go to: [http://washington.kormany.hu/obtaining-birth-marriage-divorce-or-death-certificates-from-hungary Obtaining Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death Certificates From Hungary] The fee is $57.00 per certificate. | If the records you want are not available through the FamilySearch Library, you can write to the Hungarian Embassy to request information. For instructions on how to obtain birth, marriage or death certificate from Hungary go to: [http://washington.kormany.hu/obtaining-birth-marriage-divorce-or-death-certificates-from-hungary Obtaining Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death Certificates From Hungary] The fee is $57.00 per certificate. | ||
== Types of civil registration records == | == Types of civil registration records == | ||