Hello Steve, The husband's surname could be MASSTNER or MAFTNER. Letters that look like a 'j' could be a double 's' or an 'f' in old German script (Sutterlin), which is the handwriting of this document. The wife's given name seems to me BOZY, an old Hungarian form of Elizabeth. The son's name could be JONAS. This seems to be correct because two lines below there is a JANOS with an accent on the 'a' whereas this boy's name does not carry such diacritic. Good luck Tom --------- At 01:11 -0600 27.08.08, [email protected] wrote: >Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:16:30 -0500 (CDT) >From: Steve Martonak <[email protected]> >Subject: [HUNGARY] help with name > >Could someone please tell me what the wife's name is? > >Husband appears to be Janos Majtner with two kids Maria and Janos. But I >cannot make out the wife's name. Is it a nickname? What is the English >equivalent? > >Steve -- ........................................... Tom Venetianer <mailto:[email protected]> Sao Paulo - Brazil