JewishGen Hungary Database

Census Records:

• 1828 Hungarian Property Tax Census
  Names of 30,000 Jews owning taxable property, listed in the 1828 Property Tax Census.
• Czechoslovak Population Census – 1930
  Information about Jews living in Slovakia, as recorded in the 1930 Census of Czechoslovakia. This is an actively growing collection, and contains more than 15,000 records as of January 2022.
• 1848 Hungarian Jewish Census
  Names of 116,000 Jews in the Conscriptio Judaerum, a survey of Jews in Hungary compiled after the 1848 revolution.
• Hungary: 1857 Census
  The 1857 Hungarian Census is distinguished from others because it was conducted for the purpose of counting men for military service.
• 1869 Hungarian Census
  Names of more than 89,000 Jews, in the 1869 Census, for Abauj-Torna, Bars, Esztergom, Győr, Komárom, Nyitra, Sáros, Szepes and Zemplén counties (some now in Slovakia).
• Other Hungarian Census Records, 1770-1875
  Names of more than 120,000 Jews, from various census records for the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
• Sub-Carpathia 1921 Karpatalja Subcarpathia Census
  All Jewish entries from the 1921 Karpatalja Subcarpathia Census, from original images available on Hungaricana.
• Sub-Carpathia Passport Cases
  An index to names of Jews who requested passports, from as early as the 1920s through the 1940s.
• Szecseny, Hungary Family Lists
  The collection includes records for the town of Szecseny, Hungary, which is 45 miles NNE of Budapest, and 9 miles NNE of Nyiregyhaza, on the Slovak border.
• Tolerated Jews of Pest, Hungary
  This list of Tolerated Jews from Pest, Hungary from 1846 includes the Jews who had received official permission to reside and work in Pest.
• Passports, Passport Applications & Photos
  88 passports, passport applications and personal photos found in the AMK (Archiv mesta Kosice – Kosice Municipal Archive).

Vital Records:

• Hungarian Vital Records
  As of August 2022, 841,834 Birth,Marriage and Death records, from throughout the Kingdom of Hungary.
• Máramaros Jewish Vital Records
  More than 75,000 birth, marriage and death records, 1851-1895, from former Máramaros megye (now in NW Romania and Sub-Carpathian Ukraine).
• Sub-Carpathia Jewish Vital Records
  More than 145,601 birth, marriage and death records, the former Hungarian megye (counties) of Bereg, Máramaros, Ugocsa and Ung.
• Slovak Civil Vital Records
  Focused on the former Hungarian counties (megyei) which became part of the newly formed Czechoslovakia after the First World War and are now completely or partially located in Slovakia.

Holocaust:

• Hungarian Holocaust Memorials
  Names of more than 23,000 martyrs, whose names are recorded on Holocaust memorials in 37 communities in Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine.
• JewishGen Holocaust Database
  350,000 names from various datasets with information about Hungarian Holocaust victims and survivors.
• Yizkor Book Necrologies
  75,000 entries from lists of Holocaust martyrs in Yizkor Books for towns in Hungary, Slovakia, and former Hungarian regions now in Croatia, Romania and Ukraine.
• Yizkor Book Master Name Index
  3,800 names indexed from Yizkor Books for towns in Hungary, Serbia, Máramaros & Transylvania (Romania), and Transcarpathia (Ukraine).
• Survivors Returning to Sighet and Maramures
  Names of 2,133 Shoah survivors who returned to Sighet and Maramures.

JewishGen:

• JewishGen Family Finder
  More than 25,000 entries by Jewish genealogists researching families in Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia.
• JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry
  150,000 burial records in Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania (Máramaros and Transylvania), and Ukraine (Transcarpathia).

Other:

• Who's Who in Budapest, 1837, 1845
  References to 1,380 Jews in Pest.
• Kassa Chevra Kadisha Members Registration Book
  825 Jewish names of Chevra Kadisha members from Kosice (Kassa) Jewish Community, recorded in years 1908-1924 and listing members since 1859.