[Liz Vos]

Where are your people from? Have you ever been there? If so, what was it like to be in that space?

[John Krafty]

Yes – Tótvázsony, Nemesvámos & Veszprémfajsz – all near Balaton. I visited all 3 in May 2025. All very small villages and you see lots of duplicate names in the cemeteries. I was actually able to visit the house my grandmother was born in in Tótvázsony before she came to America in 1907. It was like seeing the Holy Grail – very emotional.

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[Carol Thompson]

Yes. My grandmother was from Nyírlugos, close to Debrecen. I know some of my relatives there and have visited them. My grandmother’s maiden name was Maria Kondor. My grandfather was from Recsk, close to Eger. My grandfather died early, and I never got to meet him or ask questions about the family. My grandfather’s name was Janos Javorcsik.

[Eileen Hamilton]

Nagypapa’s family had a shoe factory and villa in Janoshaza (taken during communist occupation), Nagymama lived in Szombatheley

[Carol Thompson]

Yes. My grandfather, Janos Javorcsik, came from Resck, My grandmother, Maria Kondor, was born in Nyirlugos.

[Albert Starnes]

My mother was born 1921 in Vécs, a very small village in Heves county. The surrounding villages of that area include Aldebro, Feldebro, Kisnana, Domoszlo. I was lucky enough to visit my cousin in 1993 who was still living in the house my mother was born in. No indoor bathroom. Had to use the outhouse on the other side of the yard which was full of free roaming chickens and geese. While I was there in Vécs, I was able to visit the church and view the actual register books of births, weddings and deaths of family names of VERES, SIMON, MOLNAR, STIMHAUZER, DOMOSZLAI and KUDELKA. Was able to trace a few of my relatives back to late 1700’s which was prior to the church being built. What a great experience to have visited there.
I have a cousin, Magdi Czékmany, who is living in Gyöngyös today.
I hope I have the opportunity to visit there again!
Al Starnes

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[Judith Curtis]

My mother is from Rajka, and my father was born in Szombathely, though he always said his family originally came from Gyergyoszentmoklos in Szekelyfold. I was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

[Judith Curtis]

My maiden name is Kézdi and my mother’s maiden name is Weisz.

[Amy Rogers]

My great-grandparents were born in the 1880s in a little town called Barbovo. It’s currently about 10 miles inside the border of Ukraine in the Carpathian province (oblast), but at that time it was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. I also know that they got married in Budapest in 1900 and lived there for a few years before emigrating to the US and settling in West Virginia.

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[Sally Al-Hashimi]

My grandparents were born in the 1870’s-1880’s, came to the U.S. in the early 1900’s. My paternal grandparents: Eperjesi Sámuel from Debréte, HU Weiszer Mária from Szeszta, HU (now Cestice, Slovakia). My maternal grandparents: Jurkó János and Lörincz Mária from Füzérradvány, HU.

[Kelly Edwards]

Yes, I believe my great grandmother was born in Fehérgyarmat. I have never been but would love to!

[AMY GARRETT]

MY NAGYMAMA WAS FROM PEST. NOT CERTAIN OF SPELLING, MY NAGY PAPA FROM NORTH GERMERMEGY COUNTY, WHICH IS NOW CZECLOSLOVOKIA. HUSZTI, FAMILY NAME

[Lajos Kriso]

Both sides came from Hernadvecse.

[Stephen Smith]

My grandmother was born in Batina, modern day Croatia, in 1909. I have not had a chance to visit yet. This is Smith Istvan.

[Susan Vance]

My grandfather was Stephen Kovacs (later changed to Smith). His parents and brother Bela immigrated from Hejce, a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary.

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