Links & Resources
Links & Resources
This page contains a detailed inventory of links and resources available for Hungarian genealogical research. Everything is properly organized into categories to aid you in your search. Know of an existing or new resource that everyone should know about? Let us know! Please help report any inactive links you may come across directly to MagyarRoots@gmail.com, or through our contact form.
Hungarian National Archives (Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár)
URL (English): http://mnl.gov.hu/angol
URL (German): http://mnl.gov.hu/nemet
URL (Hungarian): http://mnl.gov.hu/
Address: Budapest I. ker., Bécsi kapu tér 2-4. Hungary
Budapest City Archives (Budapest Főváros Levéltára)
URL (English): http://bfl.archivportal.hu/en/18
URL (German): http://bfl.archivportal.hu/de/30
URL (Hungarian): http://bfl.archivportal.hu/
Search/queries: https://lnyr.eleveltar.hu/BFLQuery/suchinfo.aspx
Address: 1139 Budapest, Teve u. 3–5. Hungary
Romanian National Archive – National Archive Portal of Archival Search
(Arhivele Naționale ale României – Arhivele Naționale Portal De Căutare Arhivistică)
URL: https://descopera.arhivelenationale.ro/
Romanian National Archive – Medieval Archive of Romania
(Arhivele Naționale ale României – Arhiva Medievală A României)
Bács-Kiskun County Archives (Bács-Kiskun Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/bkml
Address: 6000 Kecskemét, Klapka utca 13-15. Hungary
Baranya County Archives (Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://www.bml.hu/
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/baml
Address: 7621 Pécs, Király u. 11. Hungary
Békés County Archives (Békés Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://www.bekes-archiv.hu/
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/beml
Address: 5700 Gyula, Petőfi tér 2. Hungary
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Archives (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://www.bazleveltar.hu/
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/bazml
Address: 3525 Miskolc, Fazekas u. 2. Hungary
Address: 3980 Sátoraljaújhely, Kossuth tér 5. Hungary
Address: 3571 Alsózsolca, Kossuth u. 149. Hungary
Csongrád County Archives (Csongrád Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/csml
Address: 6720 Szeged, Dóm tér 1-2. Hungary
Fejér County Archives (Fejér Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://fejer.archivportal.hu/
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/fml
Address: 8000 Székesfehérvár, Szent István tér 2-3. Hungary
Győr-Moson-Sopron County Győr Archives (Győr-Moson-Sopron Megye Győri Levéltára)
URL: http://www.gyormegy-arch.hu/
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/gymsmgyl
Address: 9022 Győr, Liszt Ferenc u. 13. Hungary
Győr-Moson-Sopron County Sopron Archives (Győr-Moson-Sopron Megye Soproni Levéltára)
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/gymsmsl
Address: 9400 Sopron Fő tér 1. Hungary
Hajdú-Bihar County Archives (Hajdú-Bihar Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://hbml.archivportal.hu/
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/hbml
Address: 4024 Debrecen, Vármegyeháza u. 1/B. Hungary
Heves County Archives (Heves Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://www.hevesarchiv.hu/
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/hml
Address: 3300 Eger, Mátyás király út 62. Hungary
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Archives (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://www.szolarchiv.hu/
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/jnszml
Address: 5002. Szolnok, Pozsonyi út 40-42. Hungary
Komárom-Esztergom County Archives (Komárom-Esztergom Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/keml
Address: 2500 Esztergom, Vörösmarty u. 7. Hungary
Address: 2900 Komárom, Szabadság tér 1. Hungary
Nógrád County Archives (Nógrád Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://digitalisleveltar.nogradarchiv.hu/
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/nml
Address: 3100, Salgótarján, Ady Endre út 3/C Hungary
Address: 2660, Balassagyarmat, Hétvezér út 26. Hungary
Address: 3070, Bátonyterenye (Tiribes), Bolyoki utca 8. Hungary
Pest County Archives (Pest Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://www.pestmlev.hu/
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/pml
Address: 1097 Budapest, Vágóhíd utca 7. Hungary
Address: 2750 Nagykőrös, Hősök tere 4. Hungary
Somogy County Archives (Somogy Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/sml
Address: 7400 Kaposvár, Bartók Béla utca 8-10. Hungary
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Archives (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://www.szabarchiv.hu/drupal
Address: Nyíregyháza, Széchenyi u. 4. H-4400 Hungary
Tolna County Archives (Tolna Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://www.tolnalev.hu/
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/tml
Address: H-7100 Szekszárd, Béla király tér 1. Hungary
Vas County Archives (Vas Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://www.vaml.hu/
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/vaml
Address: 9700 Szombathely, Hefele Menyhért utca 1. Hungary
Veszprém County Archives (Veszprém Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/veml
Address: 8200 Veszprém, Török Ignác utca 1. Hungary
Zala County Archives (Zala Megyei Levéltár)
URL: http://mnl.gov.hu/zml
Address: 8900 Zalaegerszeg, Széchenyi tér 3. Hungary
Kalocsa Archdiocese Archive (Kalocsai Főegyházmegyei Levéltár)
URL: http://archivum.asztrik.hu/
Digitized Content List: http://archivum.asztrik.hu/?q=oldal/feldolgozottsag-attekinto-tablazat
Registration URL: http://archivum.asztrik.hu/?q=oldal/regisztracio
Address: 6300 Kalocsa, Szentháromság tér 1. Hungary
Győr Archdiocese Archive (Győri Egyházmegyei Levéltár)
URL: http://gyeleveltar.hu/
Digitized Content List: http://gyeleveltar.hu/?q=node/78
Registration URL: http://gyeleveltar.hu/?q=content/regisztracios-adatlap
Address: 9021 Győr, Káptalandomb 5/A. Hungary
ByzantinoHungarica
-By the Greek Catholic Heritage Research Group (Görögkatolikus Örökség Kutatócsoport)
Hungarian Reformed Church (Magyarországi Református Egyház)
JewishGen
-“Features tens of millions of records, research tools, and other resources to help those with Jewish ancestry research and findfamily members.”
Charters, pre-1526 via Hungaricana; “The database contains the medieval documents issued before the battle of Mohács (29th August 1526). Archives in Hungary collect separately these above mentioned old documents for more than a century. The digitized collection is composed out of two databases: the DL, i.e the digitized version of 108, 000 records that are in the possession of the National Archives of Hungary and DF, the collection consisting out of photographical copies taken of those 93,000 records that are stored in different archives.
The complete database contains altogether 200,000 digitized documents. In each case it is marked the identifier (DL or DF), the date of issue, the name of the sender, the form of subsistence (original or rewritten) and the reference number.”
*Also available here through the Hungarian National Archives.
Digital Archives Portal (Elektronikus Levéltári Portál)
via Hungarian National Archives and the Budapest City Archives
Illésy Collection via Hungarian National Archives
An index database created by Illésy János in the archive of the Hungarian Chancellery. Can also be found in the Libri Regii database (below).
LEAR via Hungaricana
“The database consists out of two collections: one coming from the Budapest City Archives and the other from the Austrian State Archives. The prior institution provided notarial documents, testimonies, records of law suits and proceedings, but also minutes of the Buda and Pest convocations. The latter collection containes convocation minutes from the feudal era and delegational manuals. The size of the database reached 1,5 million records and 2 million pages of images.”
Libri Regii via Hungariana
“The original, priceless document is enshrined at the National Archives of Hungary. These books contain the copies of all the letters, orders and certificates of merit issued on behalf of the consecutive kings between 1526 and 1918. The 73 volumes contain 38,000 entries and 40,000 pages and it follows all the moves of the actual ruler that was on throne. In fact, through these documents reflect the history of Hungarians concerning the above mentioned period.” This database also includes the Illésy collection.
*Also digitized at FamilySearch.
National Archive Databases Online (AdatbázisokOnline)
A collection of online databases by the Hungarian National Archives, including genealogies & family histories, census & taxation, charters, local and national histories & medieval documents relating to such, material from county and family archives, maps, photos and more.
1715 National Census via Hungarian National Archives
*Also partially digitized at FamilySearch
1720 National Census via Hungarian National Archives
*Also partially digitized at FamilySearch
Conscriptio Czirákyana, 1819-1820 partially digitized at FamilySearch.
“Feudal land tenancy census records, the so called “Conscriptio Czirákyana,” in the years of 1819-1820 for Erdély (Transylvania).”
Feudáliskori összeírások (Feudal age censuses), partially digitized at FamilySearch:
Bács-Kiskun county: Kiskunhalas, 1735-1848
Baranya county, 1711-1749
Békés county: Gyoma, 1780-1790
Komlós, 1773-1844
Magyar-Gyula, 1773-1844
Német-Gyula, 1772-1844
Vári, 1777-1843
Vésztő, 1773-1842
Bihar county, 1713-1837
Csanád county, 1734-1851
Makó, 1772-1847
Győr county, 1644-1850
Hajdú county, 1552-1852
Heves county: Eger, 1694-1849
Heves és Külső-Szolnok county, 1711-1848
Jász-Nagy-Kun-Szolnok county, 1706-1850
Jászkisér, 1773-1847
Karczag, 1724-1848
Kisújszállás, 1730-1848
Turkeve, 1721-1848
Komárom county, 1618-1848
Nógrád county, 1566-1850
Sopron county, 1695-1847
Tolna county, 1695-1846
Vas county, 1714-1848
Vas county, 1728
Veszprém county, 1549-1840
Zala county, 1773-1854
Urbaria et Conscriptiones via Hungaricana
“The Urbaria et conscriptiones it is considered to be the most popular collection of the National Archives of Hungary. The holdings were issued between 1527 and the 19th century and they provide information about the estate of the squire and the villeinage that had obligations towards them, it contains records concerning the financial incomes and utilities that derived from the landed properties. The database consists altogether of 300,000 digitized pages and their descriptions.”
Urbarium of 1767 via Hungaricana
“The Empress of the Habsburg Monarchy, Maria Theresa ordered a census, called the Urbarium of 1767 in order to take stock of the peasantry and their situation. The urbariums are written documents that picture what kind of obligations has the villein toward his squire, how big is the serf’s animal stock, what kind of utensil- and toolkit he uses, how big is the plot of land he cultivates and last but not least the tables contain the names of the squires, villeins and cottars. The database consists out of 300,000 pages relevant for 43 counties and it includes the whole archival fond.
For all those, who are interested in local- and family history, this public and free database can be the major source of information for research. Next to the huge amount of digitized original document, one can also find information about the name of the laird, about the size of the estate and the number of villeins that paid a fee in order to cultivate that certain land.”
*Also partially digitized at FamilySearch.
Urbáriumok via Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Archives
A 1772 urbarial census for Szabolcs county, digitized and organized by village names.
FamilySearch.org Catalog [Free]
The vast majority of church records in Hungary, prior to 1895, have been preserved on microfilm. Those original microfilm have become URdigitized and are available by simply searching for the village or parish in the catalog.
Kalocsa Archdiocese Archive (Kalocsai Főegyházmegyei Levéltár) [Subscription-based]
URL: http://archivum.asztrik.hu/
Digitized Content List: http://archivum.asztrik.hu/?q=oldal/feldolgozottsag-attekinto-tablazat
Győr Archdiocese Archive (Győri Egyházmegyei Levéltár) [Subscription-based]
URL: https://matricula.hu/gyel
Archives of Vojvodina – Presentation of Church Registers
Church and synagogue records from 1756-1895. Continuously updated with new digitized content.
URL: https://maticneknjige.org.rs/en/
Criminal procedures via Hungaricana
Prison registers via Hungaricana
Gyászjelentések, 1840-1990 (Obituaries, 1840-1990)
-via FamilySearch
-via National Széchényi Library
Gyászjelentések (Obituaries)
-via Tiszántúli Református Egyházkerületi és Kollégiumi Nagykönyvtára
Budapest directories (Budapest egyesületei)
Citizens of Buda and Pest 1686-1848 (Buda és Pest polgárai 1686-1848)
Óbuda officials until 1873 (Óbuda mezőváros tisztségviselői 1873-ig)
Voter Registers (Választói névjegyzék)
WWI & WWII databases - Military History Institute & Museum (Hadtörténeti Intézet és Múzeum)
A Guide for Locating Military Records for the Various Regions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, by Carl Kotlarchik
Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918, by Glenn Jewison & Jörg C. Steiner
Military History Archive in Budapest
Arcanum Newspapers [Subscription-based]
Local newspapers database via Hungaricana
Acta nobilitaria antiqua (Old Nobility Acts)
–Nógrád county
–Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun county
Acta nobilium comitatuum (County Nobility Acts)
–Borsod county
–Békés county
–Esztergom county
–Fejér county
–Győr county
–Sopron county
–Vas county
–Zala county
–Zemplén county
Nobility investigation records, 1723-1784 (Nemesség bizonyító iratok, 1723-1784)
Nobility investigation records, 1784-1848 (Nemesség bizonyító iratok, 1784-1848)
Zala county nobility census 1790, 1829, 1845 (Zala megye nemesi katasztere 1790, 1829, 1845)
Magyar Roots – Hungarian Genealogy on Facebook
Jewish Genealogy in Romanian Moldova on Facebook
Tracing the Tribe – Jewish Genealogy on Facebook
English Equivalents of Foreign Given Names
-Includes: Czechoslovakian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovakian, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Jewish.
Hungarian Ethnographic Encyclopedia (Magyar Néprajzi Lexikon)
Eötvös University Library and Archive (Eötvös Loránd Egyetemi Könyvtár és Levéltár)
Library of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Központi Statisztikai Hivatal)
Library of the Hungarian Parliament (Országgyűlési Könyvtár)
Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library (Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár)
National Library of Foreign Literature and Music Collection (Országos Idegennyelvű Könyvtár és Zenei Gyűjtemény)
National Széchényi Library (Országos Széchényi Könyvtár)
Századunk névváltoztatásai 1800-1893
This published resource follows a pattern: New Surname; (Old Surname); Given Name; Family (if any); Occupation; Residence; Archive & File #. Page 260/266 of the PDF explains the archive abbreviations.
Canada, 1865-1922
-Manifest Markings: A Guide to Interpreting Passenger List Annotations
Also available via JewishGen.
Hamburg, Germany Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 via FamilySearch
New York, pre-1892
-via FamilySearch: “Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897 ; index to passenger lists of vessels arriving in New York, 1820-1846 : NARA publications M261 and M237”
New York, post-1892
-via the Statue of Liberty – Ellis Island Foundation
Also available via stevemorse.org.
Passenger and crew lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1897-1942 via FamilySearch
These records contain names and other information about immigrants who passed through a designated immigration station known as Ellis Island from 1890 to 1954. Ellis Island is now part of New York City. The index stops at 1943.
Foundation for East European Family History Studies (FEEFHS)
German Family Tree Researchers’ Society in Hungary (Magyarországi Németek Családfakutató Egyesületie)
Hungarian Society for Family History Research (MACSE – Magyar Családtörténet-kutató Egyesület)
Rodoslovlje – Serbian Genealogical Society (Srpsko Rodoslovno Društvo)
Transylvanian Genealogical Society (Erdélyi Genealogiai Társaság)