Foreign Words Used by Donauschwaben  |  German Verbs  |  Hungarian-English Research Terms & Phrases

Common Latin in your daily genealogical research  |  Romanian Occupation – English Translations

Who remembers “Tapolcsányi – Topolcsányi”?
It’s now at dvhh.org! . . .

HUNGARIAN GIVEN NAMES
With English, Latin, German, Rumanian equivalents.

NAMES OF MONTHS
In Latin, English, German, Croatian, Chech, Polish equivalents

Donauschwaben Glossary
Commonly used words and terms found during Donauschwaben researcher & discussions.

Alte Deutsche Handschrift ~ Old German Handwriting

Inserting German characters on a PC: 
Hold down the “Alt” key & punch in numbers on the numeric keypad on the right: 
ä = 132 | Ä= 142 | ö= 148 | Ö=153 | ü=129 | Ü=154 | ß=225

Relationship Chart

Genealogy Symbols & Abbreviations [used in church records]

Baptism – Marriage – Death “Page Headings” for Hungarian records, translated to English.

English Versions of Foreign Names [pdf]

Internet Genealogy [Aug/Sep 2011 Issue, the DVHH is mentioned under “Net Notes”]

Genealogical Codicil to My Last Will and Testament

Austria-Hungary Family Research

Hungarian Census Records

Where is the little German village my ancestor came from?



Last updated: 09/01/2025

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