Sankt Martin an der Raab: Catholic Church Records
This database is courtesy of Ferenc Zotter, who indexed Catholic marriage and death records from Sankt
Martin an der Raab (Hungarian: Rába-Szent-Márton, Alsó-Strázsa) for MACSE (Magyar
Családtörténet-kutató Egyesület = Hungarian Society for Family History Research;
https://macse.hu/) and made the databases available to us. The source for
the data is FamilySearch digital record collection # 4620349, with marriage data here:
familysearch.org/search/film/004620349?i=43; and
death data here:
familysearch.org/search/film/004620349?i=207.
The transcription for the Sankt Martin an der Raab Catholic parish for the years 1828 to 1895 consists of the complete
transcription of the 1,854 marriage records and 7,624 death records from 1828 through early 1895. Given (first)
names have been standardized to a single Hungarian form but surnames were transcribed as recorded. Copyright for the
transcription remains with Ferenc Zotter.
Sankt Martin an der Raab (Hungarian: Rábaszentmárton, Alsóstrázsa) was
also the official Catholic recording location for:
- Doiber (Döbör),
- Eisenberg an der Raab (Vashegy),
- Gritsch (Grics, Gercse),
- Neumarkt an der Raab (Farkasdifalva),
- Oberdrosen (Rábaör, Felsőstrázsa),
- Welten (Velike),
- Windisch Minihof (Tótlak, Kistólak, Kistótlak).
The underlined Hungarian names are used throughout the database to identify the villages.