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Title: Hungarian place name
Post by: sarah99 on Monday 03 April 06 18:58 BST (UK)
Hi there

I've just got the application for naturalisation for an ancestor from 1856 which is very exciting. The birth place is given but it seems to be in Hungarian. I wondered if anyone would be able to help me pinpoint the location. I have attached the relevant bit from the application.

Yours hopefully
Sarah
Title: Re: Hungarian place name
Post by: AMBLY on Thursday 06 April 06 10:55 BST (UK)
Hi Sarah

I wonder if it is:
Vorosegyhaza
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/HU/21/Vorosegyhaza.html
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/HU/a/V/246/
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/HU/

but on further looking, perhaps better:
Directory of Cities and Towns in Pest Megye, Hungary
town of Veresegyhaz
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/HU/16/Veresegyhaz.html
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/HU/16/

Pest (or Pesth):
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/HU/a/P/e/
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/HU/5/Pest.html


"Pesther Comitat"

"Pest" is the place. Pesther is similar to a german saying "Englander" meaning  "of England" , so "Of Pest"

http://www.genealogy.ro/cont/1.htm
Comitat: I think is the German or Romanian word for County.
The Hungarian word for County is: Megye.

So born in Veresegyhaz?, County of Pest? (lit: Pest-er County)

[The other town I thought it could be, the first one above, Vorosegyhaza, appears to be in Tolna Megye (or Tolna County)}

Hope this helps
Cheers
AMBLY
Title: Re: Hungarian place name
Post by: sarah99 on Thursday 06 April 06 13:51 BST (UK)
Quote from: AMBLY on Thursday 06 April 06 10:55 BST (UK)
Hope this helps

Yes Ambly - it certainly does.

Thank you very much

Sarahx
Title: Re: Hungarian place name
Post by: carinthiangirl on Tuesday 11 January 11 22:29 GMT (UK)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veresegyh%C3%A1z
30 km north of Budapest.
http://maps.google.at/maps?hl=de&rlz=1G1GGLQ_DEAT361&=&q=Veresegyhaz&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

http://www.hungariantravelinfo.hu/main.php?ds_show=reszletez&language=german&modify=555
http://hungarystartshere.com/Veresegyhaz
Title: Re: Hungarian place name
Post by: sarah99 on Thursday 13 January 11 11:43 GMT (UK)
Thank you very much!

Rgds
Sarah