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- Join the project.
- Build your family tree with everything you know about your family. Add the earliest ancestor with a Szombathely connection in each branch to the project.
- Please try to avoid creating duplicate records. If you encounter duplicates, request merges and invite the manager to join the project for the city in which the family resided.
- Ask for curator support, if needed. I am a Geni curator and my name is Benjamin Schoenbrun. My Szombathely family resided in Szombathely and in the village of Szentmárton, (annexed by Szombathely in 1885) from at least January 1, 1863 until my great grandmother, Johanna Lefkovits (Wurmfeld) and others boarded the train to Auschwitz June 1944.
SOURCES
The following are sources for Szombathely:
- Feudáliskori összeírások; Zsidók összeírása 1768-1848 Zsidó iratok, folyamodványok a toleranciaadók csökkentéséért, 1777-1848: Feudal and Early Jewish records (1729845)
- Izraelita Hitközseg, Szombathely; Anyakönyvek, 1850-1895: Jewish vital records for Szombathely and surrounding towns (Film 642938 and the Orthodox community on Film 642939 Item 1); some records are actually earlier.
- Szekszárdon a Tolna Megyei Levéltárban. Állami anyakönyvek, 1895-1975; Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths for Szombathely and the surrounding environs (videk), Vas, Hungary. Text in Hungarian. Civil registration began October 1895. Newer records are gradually becoming available as privacy laws allow.
- Vas County Archive. Hungary, Vas, Szombathely (Kerület), Civil Registration, 1916-1980: Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths for Szombathely and the surrounding environs (videk), Vas, Hungary. Text in Hungarian. Newer records are gradually becoming available as privacy laws allow.
- Jews in Szombathely in 1944. According to the order of the Ministry of the Interior, on 4 April, 1944 the Jews of Hungary, including the Jews of Szombathely, underwent obligatory registration. The registration information included first and last name, name of mother, place and date of birth, address, name of spouse, names of children, occupation, and subscription of telephone and radio. The list enabled the concentration and deportation of the local Jews to Auschwitz. This list includes 3,116 names representing about 1,353 individuals with the names of their mothers and spouses. This is from Yad Vashem (file 0.15/H317) and available on Jewishgen.org (https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Hungary/)
- Jewishgen.org (various sources using the city names Szombathely and Steinamanger on Jewishgen.org)
- Yad Vashem