Hi. I was wondering if someone could tell me how I could get a copy of the birth certificate of my great grandmother's sister Elzsebet Bado born on 2 Dec 1885 in Szentendre, Hungary. I don't know the date or where my great grandmother was born in Hungary, but I hope that will help me find out the names of their parents. I don't speak Hungarian at all, so I was hoping someone could provide me directions to get it from Hungary. (perhaps a website or if I have to write a letter somewhere, I could find a friend of the family to write it in Hungarian) Thank you so much, -andrea

Andrea wrote Subject: [HUNGARY-L] How to obtain a Birth Certificate from Szentendre, Hungary 12/2/1885? Hi. I was wondering if someone could tell me how I could get a copy of the birth certificate of my great grandmother's sister Elzsebet Bado born on 2 Dec 1885 in Szentendre, Hungary. I don't know the date or where my great grandmother was born in Hungary, but I hope that will help me find out the names of their parents. I don't speak Hungarian at all, so I was hoping someone could provide me directions to get it from Hungary. (perhaps a website or if I have to write a letter somewhere, I could find a friend of the family to write it in Hungarian) Thank you so much, -andrea Andrea, I went to the Mormon website http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp and then clicked on place search, then put in Szentendre in the first box and Hungary in the second box. Results are that church and Jewish records are available. You did not tell us what religion but if you click on church records you get Roman Catholic, Protestant and Greek Serb. Just click on the record you need and then you should get the film number or just go to the local Mormon library and order the film. Because you know when your grandmother sister was born find her record and just go back or forward depending if you grandmother was older or younger. Hope this helps, Laszlo (Les) Josa

You would be looking for the church record of her baptism (or if Jewish, her birth), not a "birth certificate." The churches maintained the official records of births, marriages, and deaths until 1895. The records for Szentendre are readily available through the Mormons at your local Family History Center (see www.familysearch.org). There are microfilms for Roman Catholic, Reformed, Jewish, and Serbian Eastern Orthodox (three parishes). Baptismal records (kereszteltek) for 1885 are on the following films: Roman Catholic - #613161 Reformed - #622900 Serbian Eastern Orthodox Peter and Pal parish - #722575 Izbeg parish - #722580 Szekesegyhaz parish - #722579 Jewish births - #642870 Since you are only looking for names and dates, you do not really need to be able to read Hungarian. Hopefully you know the religion so you won't have to look at all of them. Assuming you find Elzsebet (probably Erzsebet) on the microfilm, you will be able to print a copy of the record at the Center. Once you have determined the parents' names, it should not be difficult to find your great-grandmother in the same records. Good luck, Janet -----Original Message----- From: andrea batcho [mailto:final.offer@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 1:28 PM To: HUNGARY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HUNGARY-L] How to obtain a Birth Certificate from Szentendre, Hungary 12/2/1885? Hi. I was wondering if someone could tell me how I could get a copy of the birth certificate of my great grandmother's sister Elzsebet Bado born on 2 Dec 1885 in Szentendre, Hungary. I don't know the date or where my great grandmother was born in Hungary, but I hope that will help me find out the names of their parents. I don't speak Hungarian at all, so I was hoping someone could provide me directions to get it from Hungary. (perhaps a website or if I have to write a letter somewhere, I could find a friend of the family to write it in Hungarian) Thank you so much, -andrea