jim575@peoplepc.com wrote: > Recently I asked for the following help regarding a very > obscure (and probably no longer existing as a) village in Hungary. I > had attempted the 1877 Gazeteer and 1810 maps, etc. based on the > writing of a local parish priest on the LDS Church Records ( as it was > only partially decipherable) for a village near Gyoma, Bekes megye > which was APPROXIMATELY "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. Thanks to a > reply from Joseph Nemeth I now > know that 'Vasuti orhaz' means a railway guardhouse, > which I gather can be almost anywhere on a railway..near > that particular church. > > Wandering through a dictionary I found several words similar to > 'vanolan' relating to railways, so again the meaning is > inconclusive. Unfortunately these words were not on my specific > ancestor's record, but 'vasuti' was. In one instance > it appeared to be 'vasuti om' . Does anyone have any idea > of what this could relate to or had such a situation? I'm sure that > other locations have Railways, but have they ever been included in > church records as to locations/addresses > of those being married, having children baptzed? > > Any suggestions are welcome. Merry Christmas > > Thanks for any advice/help/prayers > > Jim Hi Jim, as Joe Nemeth explained lots of families were provided housing by the railroad to handle the switching gear and safety gates where roads crossed the tracks. They all had to be handled manually back in those days. In many places the guard house was close enough to the village to just be considered part of it, so the entry might not have even mentioned guard house or railroad. In many other places these guard houses fell outside of the village proper so there were no other addressing available. Due to the fact that not many young families (railroad men) were employed there (mostly were given to elderly, reliable people, whom they could count on doing their duty day and night) - relatively speaking - not many children were born there. But I'm sure - like in your case - the entry would have stated their (railroad guard house) place of residence, if the official bothered to record them at all. Your 'vasuti om' does not make sense; either a few more letters missing or was misread. Joe Equinunk, PA - USA jjarfas@ezaccess.net --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by ezaccess.net]