Sharon, I have a Bako Erzsebet who was born 1782 but I don't have a village and she died in 1864, probably in then Szaraz Berek Szatmar m which is now Bercu in Romania She married Lencses Gyorgy date unknown, he was born in 1782 and died 1864. They are my gggrand parents. I had a researcher find this information for me and that is all he came up with. Wish I could send you more. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: <tiszadada@comcast.net> To: "Hungary" <HUNGARY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 1:02 PM Subject: [HUNGARY] Licenses to work >I am about going bonkers trying to find the birth place of my great >grandfather, Daniel Bako. I'm leaving out the marks over his name so it >will print. He married my great grandmother Rozalia Grofcsik 18 Nov 1876 >in Kemecse, Szabolcs, Hungary. He was Reformed and she was Greek Catholic. >They resided in Nagyhalasz, Szabolcs from 1877 to 5 Aug 1891 when he died. >They had five sons with only one surviving infancy. The surviving son was >Geza, born 4 Oct 1878, my grandfather. Geza came to America after marrying >my grandmother Rozalia Semsei in Tiszadada, Szabolcs. > Daniel and Rozalia never came to America. She disappeared after Daniel > died. No remarriage, no death found in Nagyhalasz. > > Nick Gombash and I have been working on microfilms from Gava and Berczel > where there were a zillion Bako families, but so far we haven't found > Daniel who was born about 1845 according to the age on his marriage > record. > > What I am wondering is, do people who have occupations need a license or > permit from the town/county to work? Daniel Bako was a tailor. I found > him listed on the Radix site for Industry and trade directory of Hungary, > 1891. If so, where would I write to get the complete information from > that. Just maybe it might give his place of birth. > > A lot of the information on the FHL microfilms do tell place of birth, but > unfortunately what I have found on my people did not. His wife, Rozalia > is a mystery as well. > > I have a second cousin who is going to Hungary and would like to find some > information, but with all the research I've done since the early 1980's > has come up empty and it is a major brick wall. > > Any help would be so gratefully appreciated. > Sharon > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HUNGARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.441 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3015 - Release Date: 07/19/10 06:36:00