Hi! My name is Stacey DeLong and this is my first Hungarian Heritage Expo! I live in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. My maternal great-grandparents and others in the family emigrated here to Elizabeth, NJ from Hungary in 1905. My great-grandparents then settled in Moore Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania 8 years later. My great-uncle and his wife left Elizabeth and settled in Detroit, Michigan. Just last week I made a breakthrough and was able to trace my great-grandfather, Niklos Focht’s family back to Lenauheim/Schadat/Csatad, Hungary where my 5th great-grandfather, Heinrich Focht, was an original settler from Germany. My maternal great-grandmother, Iren Folinuscz, lived in Transylvania in Dobra Commune, Hunyad County, Hungary. She taught my grandmother and mother how to bake all of the yummy Hungarian goodies and so much more! My grandmother always talked about being German and her parents coming from Germany, but I never knew they were Germans living in those areas of Hungary. I’ve been told my other sets of great-grandparents are also from Hungary, so I can’t wait to start researching them and learning more. I’m excited to attend the classes at the Expo and learn more about my heritage!
