BB News No. 138 dtd 31 Mar 2005

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 138 DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY (Our 10th Year- Issued monthly as email by G. J. Berghold) March 31, 2005 (c) 2005 G. J. Berghold - all rights reserved) **Current Status Of The BB: Members-1196 *Surnames Listed-4296 *Query Board Entries-3109 *Newsletters Archived-138 *Number of Staff Members-17 RECIPIENTS PLEASE READ: You are receiving this email newsletter because you are a BB member or have asked to be added to our distribution list. To unsubscribe, send email with message "remove". ("Cancel" will cancel membership, website listings and newsletter.) Send address and listing changes to the same place. Sign email with your full name and include BB in the subject line. Send no attachments or graphics. To join the BB, see our homepage. If you join, your email address will be available from our websites. We are not responsible for Spam or Virus that may result. You can opt for your address to be unlisted but members will not be able to contact you. We can't help with non-Burgenland family history. Email comments are appreciated, but may be published unless we are requested not to do so. Articles without a by-line are written by the editor and reflect his views. If you join, please exchange data in a courteous and cooperative manner. This first section of our 2-section newsletter concerns: 1. Chicago Viennese Ball - Tom Glatz 2. Ethnic Links - Margaret Kaiser 3. Burgenland Village History - Neuhaus am Klausenbach - Ron Wolf 4. Hungarians Of Louisiana - Margaret Kaiser 5. A Burgenland Record From 1678 & How To Find A Map 6. Güssing Castle Organization Holds Press Conference - Heinz Koller 1. CHICAGO VIENNESE BALL - from Tom Glatz Tom writes: I thought that I had better send this while it is fresh in my memory. It isn't a Burgenland event as such but it is attended by Chicago Burgenländer. I had the pleasure of attending the American Friends of Austria Viennese Ball on Saturday, February 19th. It was held at the Drake Hotel in the Gold Coast Room. This is a beautiful Chicago Landmark from the 1920's. This year's theme was "Tales from the Vienna Woods". It is the next best thing to being in Vienna during the ball season. I had never heard live Viennese music before such as Stolz, Lehar, Strauss, etc. Music this year, as in the past several years, was played by the famous Franz Benteler and his Royal Strings. It is a black tie event. Since many of the people attending are from the various Austrian organizations, they have the chance to wear their honorary medals, bestowed upon them by Austrian provinces or by the federal government of Austria. This year's event was sponsored by the Consul General of Austria in Chicago, Dr. Elisabeth Kehrer. However since she was not able to attend, her assistant Consul Gernot Wiedner was present. Consul Kehrer will leave Chicago to become the first and new Austrian Ambassador of Malta. She will be replaced by Dr. Robert Zischg who is originally from Tirol. I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Zischg at the ball. He is genuinely interested in the BG and BB as was Dr. Kehrer. I know you dislike attachments, but I thought it would be nice to send just one picture from the event. Chicago BG president Karl Billisits and Dr. Zischg are standing with me. (ED. Note: In the picture Tom and Karl are wearing their Burgenland Ehrenzeichen medals, awarded for their exemplary service to Land Burgenland. They were excellent BB representatives. They look most distinguished. If you've never attended a Viennese Ball you are missing one of life's finer cultural events. Many Austrian societies throughout the US feature them-my wife and I've attended those sponsored by the Austrian American Society in Wilmington, Delaware and enjoyed them immensely-"Wien, Wien Nur Du Allein-sollst stets die Stadt meiner Träme sein!") 2. ETHNIC LINKS - from Maragaret Kaiser (ED. Note: As one of our BB staff, Margaret spends a lot of time searching the net and sharing items of interest to the BB. Some that we consider of immediate interest get added to the newsletter - a few follow.) * Subj: BB - 1899 Allentown City Directory (ED: I've previously mentioned the importance of city directories. I'm happy to see these added to the net. This site has others in addition to the year 1899. Visit http://distantcousin.com/Directories/PA/Allentown/1899/) * Subj: New URL - Lehigh Valley (PA) Cemeteries URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lehvalcem TITLE: Lehigh Valley Cemeteries DESCRIPTION: Photo documentation of Cemeteries in the Lehigh Valley area (Lehigh and Northampton Counties) of Pennsylvania. * Thought you might be interested in this upcoming tour, Vienna-Budapest-Paris, The Operetta Extravaganza. Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow and Czardas Princess are woven together into one musical experience. Cast is European, Budapest Operetta Theater. There are 9 color photos from the show; elaborate costumes. Follow Other Performances and then Operetta links from following site, www.salutetovienna.com Schedule in brief: May 12, Hagerstown, MD May 13, NYC May 15, New Brunswick, NJ May 16, Pittsburgh, PA May 17, Toronto, ON May 18, Kitchener, ON May 21, Wisconsin Dells, WI May 22, Chicago, IL * "Hungarian Minorities and Minority Boundary Maintenance in Burgenland," is a scholarly essay by Michael Sozan about Hungarians who live in Burgenland as a result of Trianon. Unterwart, the upper section of Oberwart, and Siget in der Wart, are neighboring towns and are called the Orseg (the Hungarian language island in Southern Burgenland). Another Hungarian town in Burgenland is Mitterpullendorf, which is located 45 kilometers from the Orseg. Michael Sozan's essay may be read at: http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/tria/tria43.htm. This essay is from a collection published in 1982, called, "Total War and Peacemaking, A Case Study on Trianon (Vol. VI)." 3. BURGENLAND VILLAGE HISTORY-NEUHAUS AM KLAUSENBACH - from Ron Wolf Ron writes: Last year I found a relative in the Neuhaus am Klausenbach area. He is the Burgomeister and a member of the Burgenland Landtag. I wrote to him a few weeks ago inquiring about a published history of the Gemeinde I saw mentioned in the BB newsletter. It is called 500 Jahre Marktgemeinde Neuhaus am Klausenbach 1478-1978. He sent me a copy and said the book is still available for EUR 5,00 (about $6.60 plus postage) from the Gemeindeamt. If anyone is interested the address is: Marktgeimende Neuhaus am Klausenbach 8385 Neuhaus am Klausenbach, Hauptstrasse 25 Austria I visited the area in 2001. When I wrote to get information on lodging, it took them a couple of days to find an English speaker. So it is best to communicate in German. Fortunately, I have learned to write a comprehensible letter in the language. I am also fortunate to have a German son-in-law who makes any needed corrections. 4. HUNGARIANS OF LOUISIANA - message from HUNGARY-L as sent by Les Josa Got this email from the Hungarian consulate in New Orleans. I thought it might be of interest in preserving the history of the Hungarian settlement in Albany, LA: From: HUNGARLA Hungarians of Louisiana Inc. and the Hungarian Settlement Historical Society of Albany, Louisiana would like to invite you to a Spring Celebration - a fundraising for the Hungarian School Museum. Speaker: Sen. David Vitter, R-LA. Senator Vitter will present the federal grant to the Hungarian Settlement School Museum. Stephen J. Gergatz, hon. Hungarian Consul, will discuss the Museum road show. Date: Saturday, April 9, 2005, 5:00 PM Location: American Legion Home, Hwy 43, Springfield, LA Admission: $5.00 per person includes goulash or chicken paprikas. Palacsinta, kifli and kalacs will be on sale. Wine auction, music, entertainment and dance performance by the children's dance troupe. Info: Juliana Roberson Petho, 29447 W. Bates Rd.-Hammond, LA 70403-225 567 6679 Please send your tax deductible donation for the museum. Hungarian Settlement Historical Society, P.O. Box 1909, Albany, Louisiana 70711 We encourage all members and friends of Hungarla (http://www.hungarla.com) to support this worthy cause. Stephen and Julianna Gergatz (ED Note: About the time I think I know all there is to know about Austro/Hungarian immigration, I find something new. A Hungarian enclave in Louisiana of all places. We do know that New Orleans was a minor port of entry for Austro/Hungarian immigrants with many settling in Texas. I wonder if Louisiana has any Burgenland immigrants?) 5. A BURGENLAND RECORD FROM 1678 & HOW TO FIND A MAP One of the nice things that can happen after you join the BB is to have some member find one of your family records and send it to you. Many of us are always scanning records and sometimes a name that our friends are looking for pops up. The following is a case in point. Mike Spahits is one of our charter members. He designed the BB logo and helped with the graphics for our website. His is an old Croatian name and goes back to 1526 in southern Burgenland to a village settled by Croatian settlers. They used the Croatian church at Szt. Miklos but on occasion used the church at Güssing. I was scanning some old Güssing records and out popped an early Spahits entry. I just had to forward it to Mike, who has relocated out west from his former home on Staten Island. My email follows: Hi Mike, I meant to send this with the last email. My cousin Klaus Gerger copied some of the very early Güssing church records and downloaded them for me. Lots of my people but I spotted the following baptism - it must be the earliest Spahist record we'll ever find - we can't link it to what you have but it will be a good first entry for any family history you wish to give to that new daughter some day. No doubt these are your ancestors. 14 Feb 1678, Baptized Georgius Spahist, son of Mathias Spahist and wife Helena, from Klein Mürbisch. Why the baptism here? Perhaps Helena was from Güssing - just a short distance from KM. Also at this time, the Güssing church (Maria Heimsuchung) was almost brand new having been built in 1638. Mike responds: HOLY COW!!! That is the second best news that I have heard in a long time! The (new) baby first, of course. THANK YOU! You are still my great hero of Genealogy! Now if I could only find Klein Murbisch on the map. Mine doesn't show it and I can't find it on-line. Any close up scans that you can email or links to maps? To which I respond: Mike, I'm surprised - with as much computer expertise as you have, I was sure you'd be able to navigate our BB homepage. Maybe what you're telling me is that our website isn't as user friendly as it should be! We're getting kind of cluttered. Anyhow (to find a map with your village): *Go to the BB Homepage http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org *Click on BB Map Site (on left hand side of page drop down to Güssing (village name) *Click on small map of District http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/Map/GS/GS-AT.htm Klein Mürbisch is just south of Güssing - print the map *Click on larger scaled map, Look for KMürbisch On extreme left (west) you'll find the Austrian town of Fürstenfeld (it's in Styria right on the Burgenland border - this town can be found on most maps of Austria (if not - it's just north-north east of Graz - the second largest city in Austria) which is in the south east. Hope this gives you what you need. You might also use the TIF files available from the Map Site - I have trouble with them via AOL. Let me know how you make out. Macht's gute. 6. GÜSSING CASTLE ORGANIZATION HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE - from Heinz & Hildegard Koller (ED Note: We have previously mentioned the annual plays performed by the Güssing Burgverien. In 2001, we were guests of BB members Heinz and Hildegard to one such performance. Residents of Güssing they are very active in the affairs of the Verein as well as being active members of the Burgenlandische Gemeinschaft. There is something magic about an historical play performed at night within the confines of this ancient castle. Even with language difficulty it is an awesome experience. This year's play will feature events from the life of Andreas Baumkircher, one of the early aristocrats of southern Burgenland. Information concerning the play can be found by visiting the website mentioned at the end of this article. If you plan to be in Austria during the time this play will be performed, you would do well to consider attending. Following is a partially translated Invitation to the conference as forwarded by the Kollers.) BURGVEREIN GÜSSING 7540 Güssing, Bergstraße 13 Invitation to the Press Conference for the Güssing Castle Play 2005 "Ich, Andreas Baumkircher ..." am Mittwoch, 16. März 2005, 10.00 Uhr, im Foyer des Stadtmuseums in 2700 Wr. Neustadt, Petersgasse 2a Organizations represented at the conference: Der Burgverein Güssing als Veranstalter der BURGSPIELE GÜSSING gibt sich die Ehre, Sie zu diesem Termin herzlichst einzuladen. Wir freuen uns, neben der Repräsentanz der Bgld. Landesregierung und der Stadt Wr. Neustadt (als ehemalige Kaiser-Residenz), auch den Kommandanten der Theresianischen Militärakademie begrüßen zu dürfen. Als Gesprächspartner stehen folgende Persönlichkeiten zur Verfügung: Guest speakers: Landesrätin für Tourismus, Bgld., Mag. Michaela Resetar Bürgermeisterin Traude Dierdorf (Wr. Neustadt) Stadtrat Wolfgang Trofer (Wr. Neustadt) Norbert Koppensteiner, Leiter des Stadtmuseums (Wr. Neustadt) Generalmajor Mag. Norbert Sinn, Kdt TherMilAk (Wr. Neustadt) ObstdhmfD DDr. Hermann Prem, Jurist, Historiker (Hartensdorf, Stmk) Bürgermeister LAbg. Peter Vadasz (Güssing) Wolfgang Werner, Intendant der Opernfestspiele St. Margareten Erhard Jungnikl, Regisseur der Burgspiele (Güssing) Olt Mag. Klaus Stöger, Träger der Titelrolle (Wien-Güssing) Gabi Leonhard und Anton Beretzki, Hauptdarsteller Hildegard Koller, Obfrau des Burgvereines Güssing Die Vertreter der Medien Programm-Ablauf: Musikstück (Gruppe "jazz & more...", Wr. Neustadt) Begrüßung - Stadtrat Wolfgang Trofer Statements - Landesrätin Mag. Michaela Resetar - Bgmst. Traude Dierdorf, Bgmst. Peter Vadasz - Generalmajor Mag. Norbert Sinn: Militär-historischer Bezug - ObstdhmfD DDr. Hermann Prem: Regional-historischer Bezug - Wolfgang Werner: Opernfestspiele im Burgenland - Erhard Jungnikl: Inszenierung "Ich, Andreas Baumkircher" - Hildegard Koller: organisatorisch-wirtschaftliche Daten - Norbert Koppensteiner: "Friedrich III. und der Baumkircher" Musikstück, anschließend Führung durch das Stadtmuseum. Nach der Pressekonferenz laden wir zu einem Imbiß. http://come.to/burgspiele Newsletter continues as no. 138A.

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 138A DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY (Our 10th Year-20 Pages/4 Email Sections Issued monthly by G. J. Berghold) March 31, 2005 (c) 2005 G. J. Berghold - all rights reserved) This second section of our 2-section newsletter concerns: 1. Village Of Langzeil 2. Burgenland Village & Church Histories Response 3. Perusich Inquiry - Unterpullendorf 4. Güssing-Bildein Visit - July 2004 5. Family History & Health Problems 6. Using LDS Family History Centers 1. VILLAGE OF LANGZEIL Member Gene Traupman sent me a marriage license that contains a village in Burgenland for which he can find no reference. He asks if I can identify it. Below is my reply: Your grandfather Traupman was from Szent-Kút (German name today Heiligenbrun)- county (Megye) of Eisenberg (now Güssing Bezirk). That village is easy and can be found in Albert's list. The one you can't find is Langzeil (Langzahl) - an Ortsteile or appendage of Güssing. An Ortsteile is a small village too small to handle its own administration so it comes under the jurisdiction of a larger village - they don't have their own post office or listing in the phone directory. Güssing has another in Rosenberg. These Ortsteile can be hard to find but they are often mentioned in early Urbars as well as in Canonical Visitations. Village Chroniks also mention them. They are not shown in Albert's Village Listings. No doubt that the village mentioned (Langzeilerin) is Langzeil - nothing else in the old district of Eisenberg fits. It's on the road to Heiligenkreuz (R57) about 4 kms sw of Güssing. Parish would have been Güssing. In the RC canonical visitation of 1757, Lanzeil is also spelled Langessail, Langeczait, Langeczailen (close to the spelling on the marriage license), Longehait, and Langecsail. It's shown as a "Filialium" of Güssing then worth 15 Dineros income. The Franciscan cloister in Güssing still owns vineyards there. This "Langzeiler Weingebirge" is important for its many vineyards, it's mentioned as part of the holdings of the Güssing Herrschaft. In 1750 the following family names appear - Taschner, Starer, Suhaz, Mayer; Weinzodl or wine producers - Mayer, Gollis, Pfeiffer, Sorger, Wirth. Some early Langzeil inhabitants showing their house numbers: 168 Hausmutter Anton 170 Tukovic Franz 174 Zotter Johann 176 Artinger Maria 181 Solderic Alois 190 Batthyány Filip Fürst 208 Hedel Johann Some Langzeil inhabitants from 1857: 211 Ehs Franz 207 Hedl Johann 206 Folessy Georg 205 Tantsits Josef 204 Klein Georg 203 Klein Johann 200 Solderits Anna 199 Widder Josef 198 Frühwirth Franz 197 Widder Johann 195 Osel Emerich 194 Klein 194 Mayer 157 Mayer Michael 193 Jandritsits Alois 192 Eberhard Theresia 180 Koller Franz 186 Schleder Johann Erben 185 Gollisch Johann 187 Schraud Lukas 184 Schramel Josef 183 Grossman Josef 179 Wider Josef 182 Golles / Gölles Johann 171 Soldrits Alois 201 Beudel Josef 202 Koller Josef 196 Kowatsits Michael 191 Batthyány Filip Fürst 189 Liebentritt Michael 188 Mayer Georg 178 Batthyány Filip Fürst 177 Batthyány Filip Fürst 175 Golles / Gölles Johann 173 Sorger Georg 172 Jandritsits Theresia 169 Guttman Josef 166 Leutgelb Josef 212 Solderits Josef 165 Solderits Alois 164 Weinhofer Johann Erben 2. BURGENLAND VILLAGE & CHURCH HISTORIES RESPONSE (from Yvonne R. Lockwood) Yvonne is Curator of Folklife, Michigan Traditional Arts Program, Michigan State University and a long time BB member. She writes: Here is a list of festschrifts and church/village histories in my personal library. This is not by any means complete for the Croatian villages; there's been much published in the last decade. Boristof - Ivan Karall. Povijest fare i crikve. Veliki Boristof, 1859-1979. Burgenland Churches - Msgr. Martin Mersic. Baumgarten im Burgenland. Ein Beitrag zur Orts- und Kirchengeschichte des Burgenlandes, 1963. (Father Mersic was priest here) Frankanau - Mag. Anton Kolic. 100 ljet crikva Frakanava. Crtice iz povijesti crikve i fare, 1877-1977. Frakanava, 1977. Frankanau - Franjo Horvat. Iz proslosti Frakanave, 1157-1957. 1958. Grosswarasdorf - Ognjogasno drustvo Veliki Boristof/Freiwillige Feuerwehr Grosswarasdorf, July 1982. Hornstein - Hornstein 1271-1971. Ein Gang durch die Geschichte. Hornstein, 1971 Klingenbach - 700 Jahre Klingenbach 1276-1976. Festschrift. Eisenstadt (n.d.) Klingenbach - 700 Jahre St. Jakobskirche und Pfarre Klingenbach. Wien, 1976. Lutzmannsburg - Harald Prickler. Festschrift. 750 Jahre Weinbaugemeinde Lutzmannsburg. Ein Beitrag zur Mittelburgenlandischen Weinbaugeschichte. 1968 (Harald's natal village) Neudorf - Peter Huisza. 900 ljet Novo Selo (Neudorf). Graz, 1974. Oberpullendorf - Mein Heimatbezirk Oberpullendorf. Heimatkundlicher Arbeitsbehelf. Oberpullendorf, Graz-Wien, 1966. Raiding - 750 Jahre Raiding - Unterfrauenhaid - Lackendorf. Festschrift, 1222-1972. Siegendorf - Siegendorf im Burgenland. Festschrift 1975. Eisenstadt Stinatz - Marktgemeinde Stinatz. n.d. But includes a reprint of Leo Stubits Hochzeit, 1977. So, Marktgemeinde is sometime after that. Unterpullendorf - Csenar Aladar. 750 ljet Dolnja Pulja, Mucindrof-Pervane. (1225-1975) A film was made about Grosswarasdorf/Veliki Boristof: Povijest Velikoga Boristofa. If you go to the website for the Burgenland Croatian Center (www.HrvatskiCentar.at) you might find more information there (and for more books as well). I believe there should be village histories for Filez (Nikitsch), Mjenovo (Kroatisch Minihof, and Veliki Boristof (Grosswarasdorf) published in the last two decades. (ED Note: You will have to search for these. An inquiry to the Civil Office (Gemeindeamt) in the respective villages may provide information as to availability. They'll be in German or Croatian. Don't ask us where they may be found or if they are still available - we don't know.) 3. PERUSICH INQUIRY - UNTERPULLENDORF (from Yvonne R. Lockwood) For the inquiry you received regarding Perusich (name) in Grosswarasdorf. Family with that name reside in Dolnja Pulja (Unterpullendorf). Contacting Jelka Perusich in Unterpullendorf would be the most expedient way to reach them. All the houses have house names, usually named after the founders. I made a map of all the houses and house names when I lived and did research in V.B., but I can't put my hands on it right now. 4. GÜSSING-BILDEIN VISIT - JULY 2004 (ED Note - In purging my files I found this unpublished trip report. It brings us up to date regarding what you can expect if you visit southern Burgenland in the near future. My apologies to the author for not publishing it sooner.) Lillian Mittl writes (editor's additions in parens): Returned from a trip to Gussing and Bildein last week. Your recommendations were extremely helpful. They still have copies of both books you mentioned (Nach Amerika and Die Amerika-Wanderung der Burgenlander) about the migration to America in Gussing. We toured the emigration museum in Gussing, since the woman who supplied the books (BG office) contacted someone who gave us a private tour. We then went on to Bildein. We stopped at Eberau first and were able to obtain a copy of my father's birth certificate, using your hint about where the Bildein records are. It was in Hungarian. When he came to the US, he came with an Austrian passport (probably after 1921). We found some relatives we didn't know existed in Bildein and the home where my father was born and lived until a teenager. Bildein has had some changes in the last 3-4 years with the addition of a new "Gasthaus" and convenience store complex behind the church. They also built a museum in the triangle south of the church, dedicated to a history of the town. They also published a comprehensive history of the town. Our relative gave us a copy. We found my grandfather's grave in the cemetery south of the town. According to a woman who was tending the gravesites north of the church, both cemeteries (north of the church, and south of the town) had the oldest graves turned over. When a person died, they just planted him wherever they wanted. Since space is at a premium, by agreement they turn over the oldest graves for reuse. Most of the graves now are of fairly recent origin. In visiting the area, a good place to stay in Gussing is a complex known as Activpark (a recent addition to the area hotels). It is a sport hotel/motel which is very reasonable and has very good dining facilities and a health complex. Thanks again for all your helpful information. Lillian Mittl, DDS. 5. FAMILY HISTORY & HEALTH PROBLEMS Bob Unger sent me an article some time ago from Time Magazine, the November 22, 2004 issue. The article, entitled The New Family Tree, was on page 100. The U.S. Surgeon General suggests that families should record health history. While health problems seem to run in the family, few people bother to record them. The Surgeon General suggests that learning about you family's health history may provide a longer future. I have had a few queries concerning this subject. The article stated that because family health history is a powerful screening tool, the Surgeon General has created software to help make it fun and easy for anyone to create a portrait of their family's health. This tool, called "My Family Health Portrait" can be downloaded and installed on your computer at no cost. hhs.gov/familyhistory For information on activities of the Office of the Surgeon General, you can visit www.surgeongeneral.gov. (ED Comment: Health history can be easily gathered for recent generations, perhaps even the immigrant generation. Prior to that however, we are hampered by the cryptic or missing causes for death found in old death records. The more cryptic ones can sometimes be identified by using some genealogy publications [the BB ran a list of Hungarian reasons for death in newsletter no. 47B, dated 11/30/98-search the archives.] Bear in mind that the definition of health problems has changed significantly. Infant mortality, plague and poor water and sanitation and poor nutrition probably accounted for most of the early deaths in the years before 1900.) 6. USING LDS FAMILY HISTORY CENTERS (suggested by Margaret Kaiser) (ED Note: Margaret sent the following to a new BB member who didn't know about those great LDS microfilm records. I've adapted it for general use. Also read newsletters 18A, 37B, 41A, 47 and 69B,) These remarks are generic to Burgenland research in any FHC. 1. Finding your nearest FHC Go to https://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator?cid=hp2-1047 Fill in the blanks, Country; State. Add County and City if you know them. Search and a list will be returned. Phones will usually only be answered during the quoted hours. You might want to call to verify that the FHC is open when stated. Some FHCs close due to weather, or have holiday/summer hours. Ask for an introduction to what is available. Tell the volunteer that you wish to order Burgenland Church & Civil Record Microfilm. Provide village (parish) name (use the BB homepage to determine the parish for your village.) You will be shown how to do this. FHCs rates slightly differ. Most FHC's charge $3.75 for a 6 week loan per film. Films may be renewed twice at $3.25 each renewal. With the second renewal the film may be held permanently. Because FHCs are located within church buildings, there are rules of respect to follow. Dress appropriately Behavior is quiet "library behavior." It takes time to study these films, so allow yourself ample time for your visits. 2. Using the Films The Burgenland area films covering years up to October 1895 are copies of church parish registers. Those that are post October 1895 are civil registrations. There are variances in the forms used for these registers. Generally, the pre October 1895 registrations are entries written within a form with several to many entries on a page (births in birth registers, for example), roughly these are in date sequential order. Civil registrations (post October 1895) are somewhat different. Each record was entered on a two sided form. Around 1907-1909, the entries become multi-entries per page. Earlier records were generally recorded in Latin, later records are in the vernacular or a multi-language mix. Don't let this frighten you. Because of the way these are organized, in columns or "fill in the blanks" style, you simply locate surnames of interest, dates are clear, parents names, etc., are understandable. You can also print a Hungarian Genealogical Word List at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Hungary_Genealogical_Word_List or purchase a printed version at the FHC for about $2.75. Should you become puzzled, the BB may be able to help. Make a copy of the page in question and send me an email. A FHC patron assistant will show you how to make a copies of pages of interest.There is a reasonable charge per printed page to cover toner and paper expenses. In some FHCs you may be asked if you need help, in others you need to ask for help. Generally, you will find a sign-in sheet on arrival where you will sign your name and telephone number each time you visit. You will not be called, other than notified by phone in most centers when a film you have ordered has arrived. Identify yourself as a first time visitor and you will be given introductory information (in your case, where the permanent collection is, and how to use the microfilm reader/printing equipment). We were FHC newbies once, and probably had the same questions as you do now, so feel free to send us your questions. 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