Stockholm, Seden, Wed. 22/2 2006 How do you do. I am new here, and dont know anybody on this mail ring. Do anyone of you members know any Hungarian book of Nobility? Published on the net for search, or as a second option, some printed material I could look for? Mainly interested in Vác. Is there any sensus office one can turn to, on the net? Have tried the Major office, but no reply. Perhaps they do not know any English? My family left Hungary for 199 years ago, so there should bee some trace left, if all has not been burned first, and then some else, by the Bolsheviks. Much oblidged for any information Best regards Hubert __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp

There is not just one Hungarian book of nobility, but several very large sets of books. The ones most commonly used are those by Nagy Iván and Kempelen Béla as well as Siebmacher's Wappenbuch, which concentrates on coats of arms. All of these and more are available on a DVD from Arcanum (www.arcanum.hu), although it is very expensive. I understand that you can also access them through a subscription with Arcanum. You might try writing them at the email address listed on their website. Nearly all of them will be written in Hungarian, with the exception of Siebmacher, which is in German. The information contained in them varies a great deal. There might be a brief sentence, perhaps indicating a date and place of ennoblement, or there might be many pages of the history of a family, genealogical tables, and coat of arms. If you provide the name of the family you are looking for, I could tell you if there is a little or a lot there. Janet