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Websites

This is a selection of websites that has been found most useful. It is not intended to be a complete bibliography since new information appears on the internet every day.

Archives and Libraries

• National Archives of Hungary
• Hungarian Archives Portal - The bibliography for 50 years of archival publications may be found on through portal.
• National Széchényi Library - Hungary National Library located in Budapest, Hungary

Census

• Germans & Hungarians, 1828 Land Census. Online at: Vols. 1-25 - FamilySearch Digital Library.

Church Records

• Hungarian Evangelical (Lutheran) Church
• Hungary Church Records at MyHeritage ($)

Civil Registration

• Hungary Civil Registration Records at FamilySearch
• Hungary, Civil Registration, 1895-1978 at Ancestry ($)
• Hungary, Civil Registration, 1895-1980 at MyHeritage ($)

Directories

• Budapest Roman Catholic Churches

Emigration and Immigration

• Hamburg Passenger Lists FamilySearch Wiki article. Note: the old Hamburg Passenger Lists Resource Guide has been incorporated into this article.

Gazetteers

• 1877 Dvorzsák Gazetteer
• 1913 Hungarian Gazetteer

Genealogy

• Hungary GenWeb Project
• Church Record Translations (Hungarian, Latin, Slovak)
• Danube Swabian Research
• German Genealogy: Habsburg Empire
• Hungary Genealogy Links
• Hungary Genealogy Resources by FEEFHS
• Obtaining birth, marriage, divorce or death certificates from Hungary
• Radix - Genealogy research in Hungary
• Working Group of Danube Swabian Family Researchers (AKdFF)
• Hungarian Research
• Your Guide to Researching Hungarian Ancestors

General Information

• Hungarotips - Hungary with Pictures and Sounds, Genealogy

History

• Corvinus Library - Hungarian History (Virtual Library)
• Arcanum Digitheca (Virtual Library) - 13.5 million pages to search and browse for free
• Hungarian Cultural Heritage Portal - common website of Hungarian archives, museums and libraries, operated by the Library of Parliament, Hungary (Országgyűlési Könyvtár)

Jewish Records

• JewishGen Hungarian SIG
• Jewish Genealogy

Language Helps and Guides

• Naming Customs in Hungarian Family History Research
• Hungary Genealogical Word List
• Hungarian Dictionary
• Hungarian Names 101
• Introduction to the Hungarian language

Maps

• 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary
• Collection of digital maps on the Hungarian part of the Web
• Counties of the Hungarian Kingdom
• Detailed Maps of Hungary
• Map Pages
• Mapire

Military Records

• Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces 1914
• Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918
• Austro-Hungarian Land Forces Links
• Introduction to Austrian Military Records
• Sources for Genealogical Research at the Austrian War Archives in Vienna (Kriegsarchiv Wien)

Societies

• Burgenland Bunch Home Page
• Burgenland Bunch Archives
• Burgenländers Honored and Remembered (BH&R) Homepage
• Burgenland GenWeb
• Hungarian Society for Family History Research (Magyar Családtörténet-kutató Egyesület)

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