help!! Have any readers attempted to obtain information on VERY small obscure (and probably no longer existing as a) village in Hungary. I have attempted the 1877 Gazeteer and 1810 maps, etc. PLUS, the name written by the local parish priest on the LDS Church Records is only partially decipherable. I am seeking 1840-70 era in Bekes megye, near Gyoma.. the only written name I can determine is: "Vasuti orhaz" or "Vasuti on" or "Vasuti vanolar" or "Vasuti vonalon" with double dots over most of the "o"s. I have determined that Vasut means "Railway" so am fearful that the "village name" is simply the description of an area...well known at the time, but never placed on a map nor recognized officially. Has anyone ever encountered such a situation? Anyone ever heard of this area? I have ordered another microfilm of an area adjacent to Gyoma, but don't know how to determine which churches are near this area. Thanks for any advice/help/prayers Jim
Jim, The "Vasuti õrház" is a "Railroad crossing guardhouse" and it is the address of the people. That's were they lived and their job was to bring down the barrier when ever the train was coming. The railroad provided the housing. So it maybe that they lived in: Gyoma vasuti õrház, instead of a street address. I hope this helps Joseph M. Nemeth -----Original Message----- From: jim575@peoplepc.com [mailto:jim575@peoplepc.com] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 3:24 PM To: HUNGARY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HUNGARY-L] Very small obscure villages help!! Have any readers attempted to obtain information on VERY small obscure (and probably no longer existing as a) village in Hungary. I have attempted the 1877 Gazeteer and 1810 maps, etc. PLUS, the name written by the local parish priest on the LDS Church Records is only partially decipherable. I am seeking 1840-70 era in Bekes megye, near Gyoma.. the only written name I can determine is: "Vasuti orhaz" or "Vasuti on" or "Vasuti vanolar" or "Vasuti vonalon" with double dots over most of the "o"s. I have determined that Vasut means "Railway" so am fearful that the "village name" is simply the description of an area...well known at the time, but never placed on a map nor recognized officially. Has anyone ever encountered such a situation? Anyone ever heard of this area? I have ordered another microfilm of an area adjacent to Gyoma, but don't know how to determine which churches are near this area. Thanks for any advice/help/prayers Jim