This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parr Par Paar Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl4.2ACEB/478.2 Message Board Post: I have read all of your queries and all I can tell you is that I am a Parr thru marriage, and of course searching for my Parr genealogy, there is a Dr. Sandor Alex Kolozi ( I dont no if I am spelling it right ) but there is alot that he can tell you. He helped me quite abit , I havent found any more relatives but I certainly learned alot from him. Are you sure of where your Parr's are from? If your Parr's are from Austria Hungary, of course it depends on the year your speaking of, PAR, is latin for Parr, most of the records would be found in the churches, mainly the catholic church, Par,Parr,Paar Parson ( at times they used Parson ,because it meant they had a son) alot of the Parr's came from Gyore-Medgye, and every generation seems to change their place of survival and they changed their names , for those reasons too, I would expect. That is a very hard period of time to find generations of your family tree. I too have researched and have been gun ho at it , alot of Parr's at one time their last name may have been Farkas. I have my grandfathers passport to come to the USA, he came over on the SS Oceanic, so I kept going over the list and wrote a few letters to the people who surrounded him on the list just to see if I could get an answer, I didnt. So, I went online to Lancut, Poland and found my greatgrandparents on my side, I will tell you ,it was like someone gave me a million dollars, I was so happy. I found that my grandmother was Polish,Catholic and my Grandfather was Jewish. I thought Lancut Poland was a town in Poland, but it was a country in Poland. So, basically what I am saying keep up the good work, I am looking for Angela Par from Gyore-Medgye, if you come accross her I would appreciate it if you would let me no. I thought I came accross a Wilhelm Parr in Pennsylvania, I dont remember what city it might have been Harrisburg or Reading, it might not be who you are looking for but their are quite a few Parr's that immigrated to Pennsylvania, actually Alex Parr from Gyore-Medgye, worked as a agriculturist, taking care of deer in Alleghany Mountains of Pa. 1897 Thank you for your time Kathleen Parr