Hungary, Reformed Church Christenings - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in the Collection?
This collection contains indexed records of baptisms in Hungary from 1624-1895. The publication of this collection is in progress. Additional records in the index will be published as they become available.

Calvinist Protestantism became the dominant religion of Hungarians in the late 1500s. The keeping of Reformed church registers began in the early 1700s after the Turks were replaced by the Christian Austrian government.

Registers were created to record the church sacraments of baptism, marriage, and other ordinances pertaining to each Church’s jurisdiction.

What Can These Re
Baptismal Records include:
 * Name of child
 * Date of birth
 * Date of baptism
 * Father and mother’s names and sometimes their address
 * Complete witness’s names and sometimes their address
 * Registration place

How Do I Search the Collection?
Before searching, it is best to know the following information: As you search, look for a record which matches this information.
 * Name of the person
 * Year of the baptism

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 * Use the marriage date and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information.
 * Use the birth date or age, along with the place of birth of each partner, to find a couple's birth records and parents' names.
 * Use the birth date or age, along with the place of birth, to find the family in census records.
 * Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records.
 * Occupations listed can lead you to other types of records, such as employment or military records.
 * Use the parents' birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family.
 * The name of the officiator is a clue to their religion or area of residence in the county. However, ministers may have reported marriages performed in other counties.
 * Compile the marriage entries for every person who has the same surname as the bride or groom; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual.
 * Continue to search the marriage records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives of the bride and groom who may have married in the same county or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family or even the second marriage of a parent. Repeat this process for each new generation you identify.
 * Use the marriage number to identify previous marriages.
 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.

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 * The information in church records is usually reliable, but depends upon the reliability of the informant.
 * Earlier records may not contain as much information as the records created after the late 1800.
 * There is also some variation in the information given from one record to another.

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 * Check for variant spellings of the surnames.
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 * Search the indexes and records of nearby localities.

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