What can I do if my Ancestors came from Hungary? - James Tanner (18 July 2024)

James Tanner breaks down the process of starting to research your ancestors from Hungary or any other unfamiliar European country.
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Thank you so much! I started doing genealogy in 2015. It was because my husband’s family was paternally Hungarian, without any clues other than his grandfather’s name and a town name, Kassa . The town name was given phonetically so I studied old maps looking for any towns that looked like they could sound like ‘ KAsha’. Let me add that everyone from that generation was deceased and an estrangement existed between my husband and his father. The language was a huge challenge. My approach was to delve into the country’s history and learning the geography as well. It took me 5 years to even discover my first tiny clue. Discoveries did follow in time. Certainty only goes so far back because of record destruction due to Jewish roots, world wars, country border changes, the iron curtain, etc. This added German, Hebrew and Slovakian to the language mix as well. It is a daunting task to find even the basics. 31:59