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Sunday, September 21, 2025

GRAPE VINE WREATH

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

TELKI-BANYA : 800 YEARS OF MINING GOLD, SILVER, OPALS, CRYSTALS, MINERALS : WONDERFUL PLACES IN HUNGARY #30

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  Are you a "rock hound?" I suggest that Telki Banya would make for a leisurely day trip  in Tokaj mountain country.  I first he...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

BOOK and PEONY

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Friday, September 12, 2025

BALATONUDVARI HEART SHAPED TOMBSTONES and ARTIST ILONA KERERU

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Yes, believe it or not, there is a graveyard in the village of Balatonudvari (near Lake Balaton) where the tombstones are all "heart sh...
Tuesday, September 9, 2025

WAYS TO FIGURE DEATH OF AN ANCESTOR IF THE RECORDS ARE MISSING OR INCOMPLETE : HUNGARIAN CEMETERIES , READING DEATH RECORDS, GENEALOGY RESEARCH IN HUNGARY #5

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Those of you who have been into genealogy for some time may already know this. Those of you who are early in your research may not realize; ...
Saturday, September 6, 2025

HUNGARIAN CEMETERIES NEED UPDATED MAPS AND DATBASES BUT... HUNGARIAN CEMETERIES , READING DEATH RECORDS, GENEALOGY RESEARCH IN HUNGARY #4

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HUNGARY : CEMETERIES : NEED FOR UPDATED MAPS and DATABASES   https://rmx.news/hungary/grave-matter-hungarian-cemeteries-lack-up-to-date-maps...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

MASS BURIAL OF SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT OFF THE OTTOMAN TURKS IN THE BATTLE OF MOHACS - August 31 1526 - DISCOVERED : ARCHEOLOGY IN HUNGARY

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The excavated remains are planned to be laid to rest of the 500th anniversary of the battle, which is on August 29, 2026, in a crypt in a ch...
Monday, September 1, 2025

URN OF GERANIUMS

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Saturday, August 30, 2025

READING THE LATIN and MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE BACK IN THE DAY : HUNGARIAN CEMETERIES , READING DEATH RECORDS, GENEALOGY RESEARCH IN HUNGARY #3

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    What did our ancestors know about the cause of death back in the 19th century and before that?  When there were no vaccines, when a C-se...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

THE FIVE MOST BEAUTIFUL CEMETERIES IN BUDAPEST ! EXCELLENT ARTICLE FROM WE LOVE BUDAPEST

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WE LOVE BUDAPEST : FIVE MOST BEAUTIFUL CEMETERIES   Excerpts: Farkasré ti   from 1894 Violets, fresh air and tranquillity surround the names...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

SACRIFICE CAULDRON UNCOVERED : EURASIAN STEPPE CULTURE of ANCIENT HUNS : MOUND BURIAL BUILDERS

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MKI GOV HUNGARY : SACRIFICIAL CAULDRAN : ANCIENT HUNS   It's a rare, thousand year old cauldron, and it's also about diplomatic rel...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

SAINT STEPHEN'S DAY

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Saturday, August 16, 2025

THE OFFICIAL WORD ON CIVIL RECORDS (VITAL RECORDS) TO BE ORDERED FROM HUNGARY : HUNGARIAN CEMETERIES , READING DEATH RECORDS, GENEALOGY RESEARCH IN HUNGARY #2

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In 1895 Hungary began to require civil records (also called vital records) of deaths, marriages, and births to be kept by the government. B...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

OLD TIME CUSTOMS OF HUNGARIAN BURIAL FROM BLASSA-ORTUTAY : EXCELLENT!

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MEK OSZK HU : BLASSA-ORTUTAY HUNGARIAN ETHNIC BURIAL CUSTOMS Read this and be informed! Excerpt: The burial of young men and girls who we...
Saturday, August 9, 2025

NEW SERIES : HUNGARIAN CEMETERIES : READING DEATH RECORDS, GENEALOGY RESEARCH IN HUNGARY #1

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Hello my readers!   I've decided to post genealogy research tips interspersed with some reportage on cemeteries in Hungary and the hist...