[ All, the moderator made a mistake and some of you may see two copies of this and the following post. Sorry about that ... - Mod ] > I have a 1920 census record which says a specific man was born in > Russia/Poland and emigrated in 1905. His parents were both also > born in Russia/Poland, and the native language of both is Hebrew. > His wife was born in Pa, her father in Russia/Poland native language > Hebrew and her mother born in Hungary native language Hungarian > (struck-through and Magyar written above). > > Cheryl Singhals <[email protected]> As usual for me, I'm not sure what exactly you are asking, but here goes - Magyar means Hungarian - the language or the ethic group. If you go to this page - http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/inst1920.shtml you will find the enumerator instructions for the 1920 census. Scroll down to #146 and you will see a list of the official languages that should have been used by the enumerator. I would deduce from this strike through that the enumerator wrote Hungarian when he filled out the sheet and later, either he or someone in an office somewhere corrected it to Magyar, which is the official term listed in the above section. Hope this was what you were after, Lisa [email protected]