Saturday, July 12, 2025
Saturday, July 5, 2025
WONDERFUL HUNGARY SERIES
In PAGES I have a list of the many places in Hungary that are interesting to visit. I'm going to print the list here too, and suggest that if you want to read more about any of these places, you can bring the post up using the search feature or the tags. On a Google Blogger, clicking on the tag below brings up all posts with that tag.
THIS IS A LIST OF PLACES COVERED IN THE SERIES
2020
#25 SZEGED : THE THIRD LARGEST CITY AND ART- NOUVEAU ARCHITECTURE and PUPPETRY MAKES IT UNIQUE : WONDERFUL PLACES IN HUNGARY posted 25 July 2024
Saturday, June 21, 2025
BENCH (What does it say?)
Saturday, June 7, 2025
HUNGARIAN CULTURAL GARDEN CLEVELAND DEDICATED TO PEACE SINCE 1938 UPCOMING LISZT CONCERT
HUNGARIAN CULTURE GARDEN in CLEVELAND - events
Golf fundraiser is coming up... Looks like FUN!
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
BIG NOSE KATE and DOC HOLLIDAY and the AMERICAN WILD WILD WEST : MARY KATHERINE HORONY CUMMIINGS WAS DOC HOLLIDAY'S LONG TIME COMPANION
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Nose_Kate
Mary Katherine Horony Cummings
Most people don't think of Hungarians as integral to American History or having much to do with it until the Industrial Age but there were some ... I don't know how I came across this Wikipedia site, but I found it all very interesting. She was the only woman Doc Holliday had a relationship with... and it's all tied into Wyatt Earp as well as the Gunfight at OK Corral!
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Friday, May 30, 2025
PALACE IN GODOLLO HUNGARY
A painting from 1869 representing the palace from Godollo, Hungary. Photo by Sandor Brodsky.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
MARISKA HARGITAY REVEALS SHE IS NOT MICKEY HARGITAYS BIOLOGICAL DAUGHTER AND....
SHE WILL REMAIN HERE AT MAGYAR-AMERICAN AS OF HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN ANCESTRY. She is more than an honorary member of our tribe!
Saturday, May 17, 2025
GODOLLO CASTLE ( GRASSZALKOVICH CASTLE) : LARGEST BAROQUE CASTLE IN HUNGARY : WONDERFUL PLACES IN HUNGARY #29
KIRALY KASTELY HU : ROYAL PALACE OF GODOLLO (GRASSZALKOVICH CASTLE)
This is one of many day trips from Budapest
As a note the term "Castle" in Hungary does not mean a fortressed residence. In general it means a large estate or house.
At each link you will get a short start paragraph and in English an "I'll read it" button that takes you to the longer article. This is the largest Baroque castle in Hungary and it figures into the story of King Franz Jozef and his wife Queen Elizabeth.
Excerpt: On MAY 11, 1867, Erzsebet saw the Godollo castle for the first time as a coronation gift. The oath he took at the coronation ceremony in 1867 obliged Ferenc Jozsef I to stay in Hungary regularly. According to this, the Hungarian government wanted to please the Royal couple by building rural residences suitable for relaxation net to the Buda castle, which is considered the political center. of these, only Godollo was realized..... The baroque castle with the largest floor area in Hungary was built in the 18th century. It was built in the middle of the 20th century by one of the country's most prestigious lords, Antal I. Gassalkovich (1694-1771)...
Go to the link to keep reading.
A Hungarian nobleman Antal Grassalkovich, an important ally of Maria Theresa, had the grand palace built in the mid-18th century. Their relationship was not only a political relationship but also a mutual deep sympathy that later turned into a friendship. Therefore, the Queen of Hungary paid a visit to the palace in 1751, which was her easternmost visit. ...
Thursday, May 15, 2025
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Saturday, May 10, 2025
XPAT LOOP : TAKE A LOOK EVEN IF YOU DON'T PLAN TO LIVE IN HUNGARY!
This is a VERY commercial site, but I decided to post a link to it anyway, knowing that I do not necessarily recommend the businesses advertising on it, because there is some good free information of interest to those who may be tourists now but considering residency in Hungary, in particular Budapest.
Christmas markets, charity events, rental cars, INTERVIEWS.....
Friday, May 9, 2025
ARE YOU READING MAGYAR-AMERICAN BLOGSPOT EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE NO HUNGARIAN HERITAGE?
What brings you here? Let me know what you think of my blog!
Saturday, May 3, 2025
INTERNET ARCHIVE and the IVAN NAGY CLASSICS ON HUNGARIAN NOBILITY - GENEALOGY
INTERNET ARCHIVE SEARCH re IVAN NAGY, many of the copies are from the Family History Library (FamilySearch/ LDS) THEY MAY NOT BE IN ORDER OF VOLUME OR DATE.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
APRIL 16TH IS THE DAY THAT HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE TAKES PLACE IN HUNGARY
ABOUT HUNGARY BLOG : ARTICLE ON HUNGARY HOLOCAUST DAY
Excerpt: The day falls of April 16th because on that day in 1944 the Hungarian Holocaust began with the process of sending Hungarian Jews to ghettos. The Day of Remembrance was established in 2001 by the First Orban Government - along with the Hungarian Holocaust Museum - and has been observed every year since.
The 1941 census showed a Hungarian Jewish population of 725,000. Two-thirds of them died as a result of forced labor, deportations, and genocide. The Jewish communities in the countryside were completely destroyed; only about 100,000 of those living in Budapest survived. Historians estimate that between 5,000 and 70,000 Hungarian Roma also lost their lives in concentration camps as victims of the Holocaust.
Saturday, April 12, 2025
SHOES RIVER MOMUMENT : INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY IS JANUARY 27th EACH YEAR BUT HUNGARY HAS IT'S OWN DAY : WONDERFUL PLACES IN HUNGARY #30
YAD VASHEM : SHOES ON THE DANUBE PROMINADE BUDAPEST HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
Excerpt: If you look more closely, you see that the shoes are rusted, made or iron and set into the concrete of the embankment. They are a memorial and a monument to the Hungarian Jews who, in the winter of 1944-1945, were shot on the banks of the Danube River by members of the Arrow Cross Party. Known as "The Shoes on the Danube Promenade:, the memorial was conceptualized by film director Can Togay, and was created by Today, together with the sculptor Gyula Pauer. It was installed on the Pest bank of the Danube River in Budapest in 2005. At three separate places on the memorial, cast iron signs read in Hungarian, English, and Hebrew: "To the memory of victims shot into the Danube by Arrow Cross militiamen in 1944-1945."
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
HUNGARIAN SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON HUNGARIAN CLUB
The Hungarian Society of Massachusetts, Inc., is a community of individuals of Hungarian descent, and those with an interest in Hungarian culture who, without regard to political or religious affiliation, and in accordance with their talents, opportunities and interests, support the Society and take part in its activities.
Our Mission and Goals
- Foster and impart our Hungarian language, culture, identity and traditions to our descendants and to interested individuals through programs, meetings and gatherings;
- Propagate Hungarian culture in as many American circles as possible, thereby developing and maintaining strong ties between Americans and Hungarians
- Support one another as we build and sustain our lives in America
- Cultivate and nurture ties with Hungary and Hungarian émigrés around the world
- Provide moral, spiritual and occasional financial support for Hungarian causes.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
FUN LEARNING WITH HUNGARICANA #6 : LIBRARY COLLECTIONS : GOING FAR BACK INTO THE FOUNDING OF HUNGARY AS A NATION : BIBLE FROM 1533
The collections in the Hungaricana library links are also useful for historical and family history and genealogy research. Remember though that these are mostly BOOKS that have been preserved.
Árpádkori okmánytár = Archives of the Árpád period
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Saturday, March 8, 2025
FUN LEARNING WITH HUNGARICANA #5 : DYNAMIC BUDAPEST TIME MACHINE : LAND REGISTRIES, CITY DIRECTORIES, and SO MUCH MORE FOR HISTORY AND FAMILY GENEALOGY RESEARCH!
HUNGARICANA BUDAPEST TIME MACHINE START PAGE
"The Time Machine is ideal for deep research as well as relaxation."
You will have to play a bit with this aspect of the Hungaricana databases. but for the purposes of this blog, we will look at what is available about a particular lot:
HUNGARICANIA : LOT 24008 1056 BUDAPESTHelyrajziSzam/24008/.
You see there is information as far back as year 1688 about this property. There is a topography map and a map of present day Budapest, showing the eateries and that this property on Iranyi Street is about a three block walk to the Danube.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
FUN LEARNING WITH HUNGARICANA #4 : FOLK MUSIC TO LISTEN TO BY REGION : PECS - TOLNA SAMPLING
Hungarian Genealogy and History Tips in this series can be viewed together by clicking on the tab Pro Tip Hungaricana Fun
Monday, March 3, 2025
FUN LEARNING WITH HUNGARICANA #3 : PICTURE and POSTCARD GALLERY - CASTLE FUZER
Using Fuzer up came these images: GALLERY HUNGARICANA HUNGARY : Search word FUZER
Click on the image and you will be taken to more information about it, including where it is located or which person or institution contributed it to Hungaricana.
GALLERY HUNGARICANA GROF KAROLYI LASZLO
Gróf Károlyi László birtokán fekvő fuzeri (Abaúj m.) várromok
TRANSLATION : Füzéri (Abaúj m.) castle ruins on the property of László Count Károlyi
It also says that this was published through a book store in Satorujuhely and was taken by an amateur photographer.
Hungarian Genealogy and History Tips in this series can be viewed together by clicking on the tab Pro Tip Hungaricana Fun
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Friday, February 28, 2025
FUN LEARNING WITH HUNGARICANA : URBARIUM #2 : CENSUS/ INVENTORY OF LIKAVA SAINT SOPHIA CASTLE IN LIPTO COUNTY - AN INVENTORY CIRCA 1674
For this example, we will be linking to the following link which is found in the Hungaricana - Archives - Urbarium category:
Archives Hungaricana Urbarium Lipto Search Castle
The year on this archival document is 1674.
IN LATIN and then HUNGARIAN IT SAYS:
InventariumA likavai vár és birtokbeli tartozékai inventariuma, melyet Schultz György, Turanszky Gábor, Haassaeus Fülöp és Rady László kamarai megbízottak vettek fel a fenti napi, rózsahegyi kelettel.(NB! A leltár érdekessége az, hogy – eltérően a kor és a kamara szokásától – először a leltározott tárgyat nevezi meg, s utána sorolja fel, hogy ebből az adott tárgybólhol, mennyi van. Ez tárgyi szempontból áttekinthetővé s lényegesen rövidebbé is teszi az inventariumot.)
Smaller and larger jugs, pewter spitting dish, water barrel with iron tires. (NB! After each group is finished, the doors and windows of the buildings visited are listed one by one, briefly stating whether the door and window structure in question is made of iron, and if it is a door or gate, what kind of lock it has. For these he names the building - e.g. "portae ad Horrea" but sometimes he doesn't...
The Castle owners, the noble family of Hunyady, gradually reconstructed and widened the core of the Castle and built the part called the lower Castle in the second half of the 15th century. In the second half of the 17th century, the Thökölys' eventually finished the entire fortification system though it was of no use as it did not prevent the disaster at the beginning of the 18th century when the retreating troops of František Rákoczi completely pulled down the Castle in 1707.
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
FUN LEARNING WITH HUNGARICANA #1 : CHARTERS : A WILL in ABAUJ CIRCA YEAR 1438
Charters in the National Archives of Hungary, or found through the databases of Hungaricana, are decisions made by the King or other authorities such as Princes, Nobles, land-owners/ Barons (including churches), or local authorities, about property rights, and may include information about grants, repossessions, and who is who. They also document wills, such as the one we will look at here.
Charters may not apply to your family or personal research, but it can be some fun to look into them anyway to see if any of the places your ancestors lived are included in the Hungaricana databases. It can be thrilling to find someone with your surname mentioned in a very old Charter, even if you'll never be able to prove they are related to you. With these Charters you can get a feel for the way of life and mentality of a time and place.
The Charters are from pre-printing press days when a scribe had the specialized skills of writing and reading. Nobles often remained illiterate and allowed the scribe - a servant - to do his work. Religious people - priests, monks, nuns - were more learned than most people, who were unable to read or write. As a note, sometimes just being able to handwrite your name was considered literate. Instead of a handwritten signature, some people, including notaries, used wax seals, often with the family heraldry, to indicate their presence or approval.
Using the Google (or another translator) can be extremely helpful when you don't know the Hungarian language. This is because the old, handwritten Hungarian (which might differ from more current Hungarian) of the Charters can be difficult but HUNGARICANA's modern language abstracts are sometimes close to word for word. You can go to the original document (some of which are in tatters, other pristine) and see if there is more information if intrigued by the abstract.
In the example below, we also encounter Latin of the early Medieval period.
I chose to search for Gonc (In Abauj County) because the now small settlement, which got bypassed when the railroad was built, was once an important "hustle-bustle" administrative center in Hungary and many Charters were entered there.
TITLE and TRANSLATION THAT WILL COME UP IN HUNGARICANA
DIPLOMATIKAI LEVÉLTÁR (Q szekció) • Kincstári levéltárból (E) • MKA, Acta Paulinorum (Q 312) • 13191
TRANSLATION : Milahly is the parish priest from Gonc (which today is named Saint Emerics) and he is a deputy. Gyorgy is a parish priest from Telkibanya (which is a settlement around the mountain from Gonc.) Antal is a parish priest from Deruska. (Goncruska)
ABSTRACT TEXT
ABSTACT TEXT CONTINUES:
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Saturday, February 22, 2025
FUN LEARNING WITH HUNGARICANA : INTRODUCTION TO A HUNGARIAN HISTORY AND GENEALOGY SERIES
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
750 MAGYAR FOLK SAYINGS : SOME OF THESE WORDS OF WISDOM MAY SOUND FAMILIAR
Paczolay Gyula : 750 MAGYAR KOZMONDAS
So many folk tales and sayings teach values, customs, and ways of life. Some of these will sound so familiar to Americans that one will wonder if the saying originated in Hungary or not. Others are clearly from a time when agricultural life was the norm.
The sayings about a good wife being a beaten one make me cringe.
But take a look at the use of the Hungarian language here: References to dogs, cats, pigs, goats, wolves, geese and sparrows, hares, ox - ropes and hanging, trees and weather, priests and Slovaks and Wallachians to discover the attitudes about life that made these sayings roll off the lips of the Hungarians.
Enjoy looking through these.
Some excerpts:
Okos disznó mély gyökeret ránt.
Amit főztél, edd is meg!
What you have cooked, you should eat as well.
You have to take the responsibility for your action.
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Gúzsba kötve táncol.
He danced bound hand and foot.
He tries hard but has very little freedom of movement or action.
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Szemérmes koldusnak üres a táskája.
A shy beggar has an empty scrip.
Friday, February 14, 2025
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
ALTA HUMAN ATLAS EXHIBIT at LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY - CENTRAL : MAGYAR DNA
LAPL ORG EVENTS EXHIBITS : ALTA HUMAN ATLAS running through April 27, 2025.
Excerpt: Alta is a social-impact art project that showcases 100 extraordinary individuals creating positive change across Los Angeles County. Each participant is represented through photographic portraits, ancestral DNA, and interviews that reveal how their lives intersect with the region—past, present, and future—creating a legacy work that documents and conserves a deeper narrative for generations to come about the city, its people, and its communities.
Each of them will tell you some of their stories if you download the free, interactive App. Storytelling is a powerful tool for preserving historical perspectives, and can often offer a more nuanced understanding of our complicated past. In a sprawling metropolis like Los Angeles, storytelling can also emerge as a potent tool to bridge divides, cultivating a sense of belonging that can transcend cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic differences.
Friday, February 7, 2025
HUNGARIAN ROSE LANGUAGE
