Hungary Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

This wiki article describes a collection that is scheduled to be posted for free online at FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site. To access the collection see Hungary, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun, Budapest Civil Registration

Collection Time Period
This collection includes the years 1895-1972.

Collection History
Civil Registration began in Hungary on October 1, 1895. The original records are maintained by each individual civil registration office (anyakönyvi hivatal) and copies are made and submitted to the Municipal Archives in Budapest (Budapest Főváros Levéltára). The copies in the Municipal Archives were microfilmed and subsequently digitized into the images in this collection.

Why This Collection Was Created
Civil registration was instituted so that the government might have a record of vital events useful in compiling statistics about the people in Hungary.

Collection Reliability
Civil records are the primary source for research after 1894. They are generally correct as the event was registered by those who were eyewitnesses of the event.

Collection Description
The records are bound volumes of preprinted forms with event information recorded by hand. From 1895 through 1906 the forms are on page per event; beginning with 1907 each event occupies one row in a printed table so there are multiple events recorded per page.

Collection Content
Key genealogical facts found in a birth record: • Date of birth • Name, gender, and religion • Parents’ names, occupation, and residence • Parents’ religion • Parents’ age • Place of birth • Signatures of informant and registrar.

Key genealogical facts found in a marriage record: • Date and place of the marriage • Groom’s name, occupation, religion, date and place of birth, and residence • Groom’s parents’ names • Brides name, occupation, religion, date and place of birth, and residence • Bride’s parents’ names • Signature of witnesses, groom, bride and registrar. Witnesses may be family members.

Key genealogical facts found in a death record: • Day and hour of death • Deceased’s name, occupation, and residence • Deceased’s religion • Deceased’s age • Spouse’s name • Parents’ names • Place of death • Signatures of informant and registrar

How to Use the Collection
Use civil birth records to verify date and place of birth as well as provide names of parents and their respective places of birth and approximate year of birth. Only birth records 90 years old or older are made available by the Hungarian government.

Use civil marriage records to verify date and place of marriage and name of spouse as well as provide parents names for both the bride and groom. Only marriage records 60 years old or older are made available by the Hungarian government.

Use civil death records to verify date and place of death as well as provide approximate year of birth, place of birth, names of parents and spouse. Only death records 30 years old or older are made available by the Hungarian government.

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Bibliographic Information
Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. I. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1919-1967; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary. Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. II. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1895-1966; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary. Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. III. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1895-1967; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary. Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. IV. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1895-1967; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary. Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. V. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1895-1967; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary. Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. VI. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1895-1969; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary. Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. VII. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1895-1970; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary. Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. VIII. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1897-1972; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary. Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. IX. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1895-1972, 1976, 1976; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary. Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. X. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1897-1972; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary. Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. XI. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1907-1972; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary. Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. XII. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1940-1972; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary. Budapest. Anyakönyvi Hivatal. XIII. Kerület. Állami anyakönyvek, 1938-1954; Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Budapest, Hungary.

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