Didn’t get a chance to join us for the Expo? Didn’t get to catch all the videos? You don’t have to miss out!
Our Hungarian Heritage Resource Tool Kit has over 10 hours of pre-recorded presentations contributed by 30+ presenters on a variety of topics including:
- GENEALOGY
- LANGUAGE
- TRAVEL
- FOLK ART
- FOLK MUSIC
- HISTORY
- FOOD
- CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
- HUNGARIANS AND COAL MINING IN THE USA
And, a wide variety of digital resources to help you make a deeper connection with your heritage and share it with the ones you love.
Watch this video to learn more!
Check out the 30+ presentations you have access to!
Check out the incredible lineup of speakers featured in the Hungarian Heritage Toolkit!
Tunde Dugantsi
FoodHoney Gingerbread Decorating Demonstration
Tunde Dugantsi is a Hungarian gingerbread artist and cookie decorating instructor living in the United States. Tunde combines the old traditions of her native country with modern techniques to create beautiful edible art pieces. She shares her art in her cookie decorating books, Youtube videos, live and online classes and her Saveur Blog Award Finalist blog. She lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky with her husband and three children. http://www.tundescreations.com/
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Krisztián Skoumal
GenealogyThe Most Important Online Sources at FamilySearch & About the Jewish Registers
Krisztián Skoumal lives in Budapest, Hungary and has been working on family research projects for 27 years. He has had clients from 30 countries and enjoys genealogy, travelling and photography in his free time.
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Réka Pigniczky
History Intro to Memory Project: Visual History Archive of Hungarian Emigration History
Réka Pigniczky is a Hungarian-American journalist and award-winning documentary filmmaker currently living in Budapest. She founded 56Films in 2005 with her first feature documentary "Journey Home." (www.56films.hu) She co-founded the Memory Project Visual History Archive of Hungarian Emigration in 2015 with Andrea Lauer Rice (www.memoryproject.online).
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Andrea Lauer Rice
Cultural ConnectionsIntro to Memory Project & Intro to Hungarian American Coalition
Andrea Lauer Rice is President of the Hungarian American Coalition, the community’s largest umbrella organization. She is co-founder of Memory Project, a collection of video-based life histories of Hungarians who immigrated to the US, especially in 1956. She is the proud daughter and granddaughter of 56-ers and has created numerous projects to teach the next generation about the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Hungarian heritage. She lives with her husband and children in GA.
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Andrea Tordai
TravelThe Beauty of Lake Balaton
Andrea lives in Gödöllő, Hungary with her husband. She has been a tour operator for over 30 years and is passionate to include hidden treasures of Hungary in her tour programs. She loves exploring Hungarian and spending time with her four young granddaughters.
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Ildikó Fekete
Folk ArtEaster Eggs in the Pannonian Basin
Ildikó Fekete is originally a mathematician, but works in the field of information technology. She first learned about egg decorating as a child and now creating and researching Easter eggs is her hobby. Her goal is to research the traditional patterns and recreate these eggs, showing their beauty to the public.
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Katalin Solymosi
LanguageLet's Have a Little Fun with Hungarian: Fun and Useful Hungarian Expressions
Katalin was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary. She received a master's degree in teaching biology and ecology in Budapest from the Eötvös Loránd Science University. Since 2016, Kati has lived in California with her husband. She has been teaching Hungarian since 2018. She teaches at the House of Hungary in San Diego, here at The Hungarian Store, and she also teaches private classes. In her free time she loves hiking, cooking, and playing board games and jigsaw puzzles.
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Kinga Tittel
TravelThe Hidden Mini Treasures of Budapest
Kinga Tittel has been a tour guide in and around Budapest, Hungary since 2008. She loves wandering around the streets of Budapest with her children and explaining about the beautiful and interesting spots of Budapest. Kinga wrote Fabulous Budapest is one of her numerous books and is a wonderful travel guide to the city. If you understand Hungarian, she has a radio show. You can tune in to Klasszik Rádió, available online as well, every day at 6:30-45pm CET.
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Anna Hamp
LanguageLive Class: Let's Learn Az a szép & Live Workshop: Hungarian Language Clinic
Anna Hamp was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary. She got her teaching degree from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. After immigrating to the United States, she taught English as a Second Language at various colleges and universities in California and Colorado. During the pandemic, she started teaching Hungarian online to students from all over the U.S. and Canada. She truly enjoys it when her students suddenly understand some aspect of this unusual language and maybe even learn something new about their own language in the process.
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Annamaria Torok
FoodOur Culinary Heritage: Gulyásleves by Annamaria's Kitchen
Annamaria Torok is the founder of Annamaria’s Kitchen. She is well known for her delicious Hungarian dishes. Annamaria is passionate about Hungarian cooking and baking: she often holds live and online baking classes. She is the author of four cookbooks. In her recipes she cleverly combines the traditional Hungarian cuisine with her own new ideas. As a native Hungarian she lives in Canada, near Toronto.
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Andrew Laszlo Jr.
Author TalkFootnote to History: From Hungary to America, The Memoir of a Holocaust Survivor
Andrew Laszlo Jr. grew up in Roslyn, New York. His great-grandfather on his mother’s side was an indentured servant who came to America circa 1868 and moved to Butte, MT after serving his indentureship. He was a founder of one of the earliest Jewish congregations in Montana. He bought a cattle ranch in Ennis, MT which the family still owns.
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Briane Turley
HistoryOur Laughter is Drowned in Smoke': Life and Labor of the Appalachian Hungarians, 1880- 1930
Briane Turley is an Associate Professor of History at West Virginia University where he directs the Appalachian Hungarian Heritage Project. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia (PhD and MA), where he specialized in Modern European and American Religious History. Turley resides in West Virginia, with his wife, Ann. They are proud parents of Christopher, a recent M.A. graduate of the University of Szeged and US Congressional Intern.
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Cathy Cassady Corbin
HistoryHimler of Himlerville and the World
Cathy Cassady Corbin is a retired English teacher, currently an editor, from Morehead, Kentucky, and holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Eastern Kentucky University and Morehead State University. Cathy is the editor of Martin Himler's powerful autobiography, The Making of an American (The Autobiography of a Hungarian Immigrant, Appalachian Entrepreneur, and OSS Officer). Cathy and her husband, Tom Corbin, are Co-Coordinators of the Martin County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.'s Himler Project.
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Ádám Fledrich
FoodCooking Demo: Four Faces of the Hungarian Pancake (palacsinta)Ádám has spent 20 years in tourism all over in Europe. He has run a hotel in Italy and Austria, as well as Hungary. He is a passionate eater and believes the best way to have a superb dish is to make himself.
Connie Hampton Connally
Author TalkFrom Stories to Novels: The Siege of Budapest and the Rákosi Era
Connie Hampton Connally is a fiction writer living in Tacoma, WA. Her novel The Songs We Hide, set in communist Hungary, has been praised as “a captivating masterpiece of historical fiction” (Foreword Reviews), and her new novel of the siege of Budapest, Fire Music, won the Scriptoria Literary Fiction Award. Connie and her husband frequently travel abroad, and she is currently writing a third novel set in Peru.
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Didi Ijjas
Folk ArtEmbroidering a BusinessDidi (Diana) is from Argentina, but her grandparents were from Hungary. Currently, she is studying in Budapest. She loves Hungarian embroideries, and decided to start a small business (himzesbydidi) and sell her own works. She embroiders Hungarian motifs on everyday items: tote bags, hats, sweatshirts, pillowcases, headbands, and more. She focuses on maintaining the traditional Hungarian patterns, but sometimes she mix them up a little bit to create a different style.
Doug Cantrell
HistoryAliens in Appalachia: Hungarian Miners in the Mountain South Coalfields
Doug Cantrell holds the rank of Professor of History and Department Chair within the Kentucky Community and Technical College. He is one of a handful of scholars who has studied and written about immigration to the Appalachian coal fields. For the past 35 years he has taught Kentucky History, American History, Appalachian Studies, and World History at the Elizabethtown Campus. He holds academic degrees from Berea College and the University of Kentucky and currently resides in Elizabethtown, Kentucky with Lisa his of nearly 36 years and their well-raised cat, Sabrina. During his spare time he pursues largemouth and smallmouth bass on Nolin River Lake and on Lake Cumberland, where he renovated a log home. He currently is finishing a book tentatively titles Aliens, Appalachian, and Americans: Immigrants in the Southern Appalachian Coalfields, 1860-1940.
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Joan Toth
Cultural ConnectionsSister Cities: Sonoma, CA and Tokaj, HU
Joan serves as co-chair of the Sonoma-Tokaj, Hungary Sister City Committee. The Sonoma-Tokaj Committee’s signature program is its internship exchange with Tokaj. Each fall, the cities exchange winemaking interns for a three-month stint at Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma and the Hetszolo Winery in Tokaj. The program is a way for budding winemakers to experience the harvest season and winemaking in world class wine regions. Joan is very proud to be Hungarian. Her father was born in the small village of Abaujvar, Hungary, about 45 minutes north of Tokaj.
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Juliette Stokes
Family HistoryLike Mother, Like Daughter
Juliette Stokes is a second generation Hungarian-American born in Boston, MA, USA and living in Paris, France. She is proud to be Hungarian and currently in the process of receiving her citizenship. She hopes to not only carry on but amplify her Hungarian heritage.
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Karolina Toth
Cultural ConnectionsWhy you Should Host an Exchange Student
Karolina Toth is a cognitive scientist by trade, educated in the United States. She now resides in her native, Budapest, and works as a freelance high-performance coach and company culture consultant. She hosts the Level-up Engineering podcast and the Hungarian AVK (Leadership Anonymous) podcast.
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Katalin Lovász
Folk ArtMatyó Embroidery Then and Now
Katalin Lovász is an embroidery instructor and textile artist. She was born and raised in Hungary and now lives in New York's Hudson Valley region, where she teaches embroidery and creates sustainable fashion pieces inspired by folklore textiles. Her work pays respect to the many meanings of the textiles surrounding our lives. As an immigrant she has a deep interest in our rootedness in both personal and communal histories, and how these histories can be infused into the textiles we use and wear every day.
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Liz Szabó Vos
TravelHeritage Travel: Why You Should Consider Visiting Your Ancestral Towns
Liz is loves to discover, celebrate, and share her Hungarian heritage and encourages others to do the same, particularly within their family. Her mother, Elizabeth A. Szabo, serves as her inspiration. Liz lives in southern Indiana with her husband, Don. She frequently travels to Hungary and loves when she gets an opportunity to visit with her relatives there.
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Lori Rogers-Stokes
Family HistoryLike Mother, Like Daughter
Lori Rogers-Stokes is a Hungarian-American learning designer and public historian living in eastern Massachusetts. Her mother’s family lived for centuries—and still live—in Rudabányácska, and that very eredeti (original) inheritance lives on through her son Paul and daughter Juliette.
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Orsi Lajos-Berla
HistoryHungarian Café CultureOrsi completed her studies at the Baptist Theological Academy where she specialized in missions. She also attained an interior design certificate. She has worked alongide the Evangelical Free Church in Hungary for over 2 decades bringing all of her knowledge into projects like renovating an old movie theater and turning it into a Community Center (KMK). Her favorite project was dreaming up the missional concept of Montazs Art Café, as well as designing the actual physical space. Today she lives in an enchanting little town with her husband and two children.
Sarah Pedlow
Folk ArtThe Tradition of Written Embroidery from TransylvaniaSarah Pedlow, founder of ThreadWritten, is an artist working with embroidery and cultural preservation through workshops, textile travel retreats, and fine art. ThreadWritten supports women artisans, traditional textile practices, and the preservation of heritage through research, education, and the cultivation of a global community of makers.
Timea Szep
Folk ArtMaintaining Traditions: Transylvanian Egg Decorating
Timea Szep is from Csikszereda in Transylvania, Romania. She moved to the United States in 2005. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two children and visits her family in Transylvania as often as possible. Both Timea and her husband come from a Hungarian culture and have been keeping the traditions and language alive in their home as well.
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Vickie Fields
GenealogyHow Your Library Can Help with Genealogy Research
Vickie Fields is the Special Collections Librarian at Willard Public Library. She has a BS in Organizational Leadership from the University of Evansville and a Masters in Library and Information Services from Valdosta State University. Vickie was a homeschool mom for thirty years, and is enjoying the challenge of helping others with their genealogy research.
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Zina Bozzay
Folk MusicHungarian Folk Singing: From Village Life to Urban Practice
Zina Bozzay is an active performer, researcher, arranger, and teacher of traditional Hungarian village folk songs around the world. Born in San Francisco as the daughter of a Hungarian immigrant and trained by master folk singers in Hungary, she collects songs from the last living village singers who learned in the oral tradition. Zina founded the Hungarian Folk Singing Circle (Népdalkör) in 2010 with a focus on serving Hungarian-Americans and non-Hungarian speakers, and since then has taught folk songs to thousands of people from over 50 countries, currently teaching at several institutions in Budapest as well as in her popular international online classes. She is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, holds a Masters degree in Music Composition, and has the highest level of accreditation as an Advanced Hungarian Folk Singing Educator through the Hungarian government. www.zinabozzay.com.
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Zsófia Gebel Simó
LanguageFrom Roots to Words: The Beauty of the Hungarian Language & Improve Your Hungarian with Fun Games
Zsófi is a native Hungarian from beautiful Transylvania, the Hungarian area of Romania. Her mission is to show to the world how rich, descriptive and truly beautifully unique the Hungarian language and culture is. She has lived in 4 different countries, learned 6 different languages but her heart was always pulling her back home where her family is, where she can practice my own traditions and mother tongue and where her roots are. She started learning languages more then 25 years ago and her approach to language teaching is holistic, unique and effective.
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As you can see from these amazing value-packed presentations, this is an event you do not want to miss. Be a part of the Hungarian Heritage Expo!
Total value $1000+ but available for just $147
for a limited time!
What’s in the Hungarian Heritage Resource Tool Kit?
6 months of Presentation Access
Watch, and re-watch all of the presentations for the next six months! Getting together with family in the upcoming months? Long in and watch one of the presentations together and talk about it. You can talk about relatives, traditions, folk art, language, and more by showing a presentation – many are between 15-20 minutes long, and then have a conversation about it! Initiate discussions, spark creativity and curiosity! Watch presentations at your own pace. That’s 10+ hours of presentations contributed by 30+ presenters on a variety of topics including genealogy, language, travel, folk art, folk music, history, food, and cultural connections. That is a $500 value by itself.
One month of membership in The Hungarian Living Community
Looking to connect with others? You can be a full member and join in on the learning and connection opportunities of The Hungarian Living Community for one full month! Then take advantage of 10% off the yearly renewable price after that!
All the extras
There are so many great resources included with the Tool Kit! From travel to language resources and folk art to cooking resources! So many great things to help you make a deeper connection with your heritage!
The Hungarian Heritage Resource Tool Kit makes a great gift!
Treat yourself! Or give this special gift to the person in your life who is passionate about their Hungarian heritage. You never know how these presentations and other great resources will encourage and inspire someone to take make a more intentional connection with their heritage!
Check out more details below!
Check out the digital resources…
Food and Folk Art
- Folk Art Coloring pages to print and color
- Special Folk Art resources from two of our presenters
- Four Palacsinta Recipes from Ádám Fledrich
- Special Recipes from Annamarie’s Kitchen
- Honey Gingerbread Cookie and Icing Recipes from Tunde Dugantsi
- Hungarian Expo Recipe Collection Contribute one of your favorite Hungarian family recipes and also share a special family story about it. We’ll gather all of the submitted recipes and stories and send you this special collection as a downloadable pdf for you to print or save on your computer. Let this project inspire you to start collection the stories and recipes of your family. It’s a beautiful gift to give to someone who is moving out on their own.
Genealogy and History
- Celebrating My Heritage Workbook – Document your family information. This is a resource to help you organize your important family story in one place
- Book Club Discussion Questions for The Songs We Hide and Fire Music ny Connie Hampton Connally
- You know you’re from a Hungarian family when…” This pdf compilation was contributed by our readers and we have gathered them for you
- Hungarian Revolution: 1956 This booklet offers and interactive way for children to connect with this important historical event, contributed by Andrea Lauer Rice, Lauer Learning
- Magyars in America This booklet will help you see the contributions of Hungarians in the U.S., also designed for children and contributed by Andrea Lauer Rice, Lauer Learning
- Interview Questions to use as you ask family members about your family story, contributed by Andrea Lauer Rice, Lauer Learning
Language and Travel
- 10 Great Coffeeshops in Budapest contributed by Orsi from Montázs Art Café
- 10 Online Hungarian Word Games for the A1 Learner by Hungarian by Sophie
- 5 Day trips by train from Budapest — ready to take a day and explore outside of Budapest? This mini guide will give you some great ideas! contributed by Andrea Tordai
- Important Travel Tips for Hungary and Mini Phrase Guide — Planning to visit Hungary soon? Here are important tips we have collected through our years of travel.
- 12 Tips for Taking Great Travel Photos contributed by Ron Anton Rocz
- Useful Phrases in Hungarian pdf — usage, literal translation, and meaning
And more…
Some feedback from this year’s Hungarian Heritage Expo:
Frequently Asked Questions
When will I get access to everything?
As soon as you make your purchase you can log into the Expo website and start watching videos and getting ahold of the other great resources in the Hungarian Heritage Resource Tool Kit. Then you will receive an email about your opportunity to sign in to The Hungarian Living Community. .
How do I access the bonuses?
Each of the bonuses will be linked near the speaker’s presentation or you can find them under Tool Kit Resources.
Don’t see something you are looking for? Email Liz@HungarianHeritageExpo.com
What language are the presentations in?
All the presentations are in English.
I already have one or more of the speaker resources. Can I get a discount?
We are not able to offer discounts, but know that you are getting an incredible value, even if you have several of the speaker bonuses already.
The total value of the Hungarian Heritage Resource Tool Kit is over $1000.
Do you offer refunds?
Due to the digital nature of the product and the fact that it contains downloads and material from multiple businesses, we are not able to offer refunds for any reason. Please look through all the details before you purchase and email Liz@HungarianLiving.com with any questions you have!
I have other questions!
No problem! Send an email over to Liz@HungarianHeritageExpo.com and we’ll get back to you within 1-2 business days.
Your Hungarian Heritage Resource Tool Kit includes 10+ hours of presentations contributed by 30+ presenters. A $500 value. Add in all the speaker bonuses and the opportunity to be in The Hungarian Living Community for 30 days as a full member and the total value is $1000+.
Sign me up for the Hungarian Heritage Tool Kit!