VISITING
AUTHOR/EDITOR ARTICLE
MAY
2011
Roman Catholic Hungarian
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Baptismal Records On-Line
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Forwarded
From Trenton Donauschwaben
You can now research your Catholic Donauschwaben ancestral baptismal
records from 1636—1895 on-line and it‘s free. The Latter Day
Saints (Mormons) now have abstracts of these records on their web site
> www.familysearch.org
<. Go to the ―Familysearch icon at the far top left of
their web page, type in your ancestor‘s name and location, and see
if you hit pay dirt. I have had luck with a number of mine.
Before WWI, as you know, most of the Donauschwaben region was in
Hungary and under the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Keep in mind the
spelling of your ancestor‘s name in these records is probably in
either, German, Hungarian or Latin format depending on the time period
(i.e.: Lorenz Helleis is Laurentius Helleisz and Christian Bauer is
Christianus Bauer). Also, the county of Batschka is listed as Bács
Bodrog and the town Weprowatz is Veprovácz. This adds to search
problems at times.
The abstract lists; Name, event (Baptismal), event date, event place
(town, county, country), gender, father, mother, line number in actual
church record page, LDS microfilm number of actual record, digital
folder number and image number (see examples). You can also order
copies of the actual church records on microfilm and view them at the
local Family History Center (Morrisville, PA). Always check the LDS
library catalog for other records available that may not be on-line.
The actual database is: Hungary Roman Catholic Christenings,
database, Family Search, 2010; from Magyar Orszagos Leveltar, Hungary.
"Hungary Roman Catholic christenings". Magyar Orszagos
Leveltar, Hungary. FHL microfilm reels.
Family
History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. DJB
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