Written by: Hungarian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: October 1, 2026
Hungarian Paleography: How to Read Kurrent and Old Hungarian Script
If you have ever opened a scanned Hungarian church register or a civil registration page from before 1900 and found a wall of looping, connected script instead of readable words, you have met Kurrent — and you are not alone. Learning to read this handwriting…
Written by: Hungarian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: June 30, 2026
How to Trace Your Hungarian Ancestry: A Complete Guide
A complete, beginner-friendly guide to tracing Hungarian ancestry: start at home, find your ancestral village across changed borders, then use free church and civil records.
Written by: Hungarian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: June 30, 2026
Hungarian Civil Registration Records (After 1895)
A guide to Hungarian civil registration: the állami anyakönyvek begun in October 1895, what birth, marriage and death records contain, and where to find them free online.
Written by: Hungarian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: June 30, 2026
Hungarian Church Records: The Backbone of Pre-1895 Research
How to use Hungarian church records: the denominational registers—Catholic, Reformed, Lutheran, Greek Catholic, Orthodox and Jewish—that trace families back before 1895.
Written by: Hungarian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: June 30, 2026
How to Find Your Hungarian Ancestral Village
Can’t find your Hungarian records? You need the village first. The best sources for finding your ancestral Hungarian village: naturalization papers, manifests and church records.
Written by: Hungarian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: June 30, 2026
Which Country Is My Hungarian Village In Now? (Trianon and Borders)
The Treaty of Trianon moved Hungary’s borders. How to locate your ancestral village across modern Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine and beyond using gazetteers and place-name tools.
Written by: Hungarian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: June 30, 2026
Using FamilySearch for Hungarian Genealogy Records
How to use FamilySearch, the free genealogy site, for Hungarian records: its vast filmed church and civil registers, the catalog, and records of villages now beyond the border.
Written by: Hungarian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: June 30, 2026
Hungaricana and the Hungarian Archives: Free Online Records
How to use Hungaricana, the free Hungarian archives portal, plus the National Archives (MNL) and the MACSE family-history society, for civil records, maps and more.
Written by: Hungarian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: June 30, 2026
Hungarian Naming Conventions: Surname First and More
How Hungarian names work in genealogy: the surname-first order, women’s married names, given names and saints, German and Slavic origins, and Magyarized name changes.
Written by: Hungarian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: June 30, 2026
Reading Old Hungarian Records: Hungarian, Latin and German
A practical guide to reading old Hungarian genealogy records: the key words in Hungarian, Latin and German, the standardized registers, handwriting tips and dates.