Dr. Everythin'llballright wrote: > I'm looking for any information regarding the people below. I also > need to find someone familiar with Hungarian genealogy so I can > further my search into the town/city listed below in Hungary. I feel > there should be very good records somewhere that documents these two > people. > > Paul J Fabian, born 1883... came to US in 1901, stated he was from > Somlo, Veszprem, Hungary.. settled in Columbus Ohio... Died 12/2/1953 > Obit states he had a sister, Margaret Olah of Zanesville Ohio > > Julia Toth (married Paul between 1901-1905), born 8/16/1883... census > shows she came to US in 1888 but cannot find her on Ellis Island > records yet. Settled in Columbus Ohio. Died 6/19/1963 > Obit states she had a sister, Mrs. Mary Turhont and brother, Joseph Toth > > I have Julia's Social Security number, but not Paul's (yet). Give me > some ideas where I can go from here. I'm contacting the church they > belonged to in Columbus (St. Ladislas) this week in hopes of finding > more info. Oh, ONE MORE THING... they belonged to several different > "lodges" which I can't find... Hungarian Reform Lodge, Columbus... > Rockosy Lodge, Columbus... William Penn Lodge, Columbus. Anyone heard > of any of these? > > CC > loverulez@yahoo.com Hi CC, LDS (Mormons) have copies of the Catholic church records from Somlóvásárhely, which should be the same as Somló. Film # 699668 should contain Paul's birth record. And if his family resided in the same place for a few generations other films ( 699667 & 699669) you can search for his ancestors. You won't find Julia's ship manifest at EI, because processing started there in 1892. A good research guide can be found here: http://home.att.net/~arnielang/ship05.html The different lodges and associations were 'self' help organizations for health and burial insurance, saving associations, etc. You can find some information on them with any search engine. Joe Equinunk, PA - USA jjarfas@ezaccess.net