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A JewishGen SIG

JewishGen's Hungarian Special Interest Group (H-SIG) is for those with Jewish roots in the area known as "Greater Hungary" or pre-Trianon Hungary and covers all those areas that were once predominantly Hungarian-speaking. This includes all of present-day Hungary and Slovakia and territory now within Romania, the Ukraine, Austria (including present-day Burgenland), Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia.

The Sub-Carpathia Research Group covers parts of the pre-World War I counties of Bereg, Maramaros, Ugocsa, and Ung now in Ukraine.

 

Eliyahu Reisman with Rabbi Mendel Teichman

    Eliyahu Reisman (left), a former resident of Ungvar (now Uzhorod, Ukraine), is the son of Emanuel Reisman, who maintained the Ungvar pinkas (register of burials in the Jewish cemetery) until he was deported in April, 1944. Eliyahu Reisman brought the pinkas with him when he emigrated to Israel. To his right is Rabbi Mendel Teichman, the rabbi for all of west Ukraine, including Uzhorod. JewishGen volunteers have transcribed the burial records to include in the JewishGen On-line Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) database http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/.

  • Bobby Furst has presented a digital copy of the burial book for Michalovce, Slovakia, to the H-SIG. Burials range from the 19th century until the late 20th century. If interested in helping to transliterate the book for the JewishGen On-line Worldwide Burial Registry, please contact Benjamin Schoenbrun (hsigmaster@verizon.net).
  • We have added a partial list of Jewish Austro-Hungarian soldiers awarded medals for bravery or awarded the Highest Citation in the battles against Italy and Prussia in 1866 donated by Fritz Neubauer and Nolan Altman. Refer to the Names Lists Section of Data.
  • IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy presentations: 2011 H-SIG business meeting PDF (Washington, DC), 2008 H-SIG business meeting (Chicago, Illinois) PowerPoint Presentation, 2007 presentation (Salt Lake City, Utah).]

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Last updated: May 23, 2012