Hungarian Military Records
Embedded Files
Many muster lists and personnel sheets are available within the FamilySearch catalog. These records belong to an extremely large collection called Grundbuchblätter, housed in the Military Archive in Vienna, Austria. If you already know which regiment your ancestor served within, you can easily search the FamilySearch catalog by keyword-searching either Grundbuchblätter Infanterie (example) or Grundbuchblätter Husarenregiment (example). Most of these records generally date from 1820-1869, though they can range from 1780-1930.
A screenshot showing some of the Huszár Regiments available from the Grundbuchblätter collection.
An example of a Grundbuchblätter personnel sheet from the 14th Huszár Regiment; my 3x-great-grandfather, József Gombás.
He enlisted on 14 Mar 1866 into the 39th Company of the 14th Huszár Regiment and was discharged on 29 Oct 1869 in Marburg. He was physically described as having a medium figure, brown hair, eyes and eyebrows, a pointed nose, small mouth and round chin, an oval face and stood 62 inches tall (5'1.6"). He was born in 1845 in Sz[ent]-Mihály within Dada District in Szabolcs County, Hungary. He was of the Reformed religion, was single and had no occupation.
Muster Rolls Districts Map
There are muster rolls for various military districts across Hungary that have been preserved on microfilm and recently digitized. Not every village had a recruiting or military office, making it necessary to broaden your search. This map serves as a valuable tool to address such situations.
With the aid of Google Maps and information sourced from the FamilySearch catalog, a map has been created to display all the military districts that were in Hungary. A great deal of these districts covered many surrounding towns and villages, while some only cover one specific locality.
Dates vary for these records greatly, with some beginning in the 1790’s and most others in the middle-to-late 1800s; some records reach into the early 1900s. The records are generally organized by muster year and then birth year. The records themselves contain a great deal of identifying information about your ancestor. To the right, you will find an example from the Miskolc military district in Borsod megye from 1896.
Column 1:
The designated municipality and census registry page number
Column 2:
Lot number
Column 3:
Name of the military-man
Column 4:
a) Birth Year
b) Birth Place
c) County District
d) Country
e) Religion
f) Marital Status
Column 5:
a) School Education
b) Music Proficiency
Column 6:
Their craft, earnings, other vocations
Column 7:
a) The father’s name
b) The mother’s name
Column 8:
The place of residence
Column 1:
Diósgyőr
Column 2:
171
Column 3:
Priszol Rezső József
Column 4:
a) 1872
b) D.Győr [Diósgyőr]
c) Miskolcz district [miskolczi járás], Borsod county [megye]
d) Hungarian [Magyar]
e) Roman Catholic [Röm. cath.]
f) Single [nötlen]
Column 5:
a)
b)
Column 6:
Iron foundry [vasöntő]
Column 7:
a) József
b) Andrasi Zsófia
Column 8:
D.Győr [Diósgyőr]
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