Hungary Civil Registrations Index

Civil registration in Hungary began in 1895, marking a transition from centuries of church recordkeeping to state-controlled birth, marriage, and death registers (anyakönyvek). Maintained in Hungarian and occasionally Latin or German, these records offer vital information, including names, parents, occupations, and places of residence.

For genealogists, civil records are indispensable—especially in regions where church records are incomplete or inaccessible. While privacy laws limit access to more recent entries (generally 30 to 100 years), older records are preserved in county archives and digitized collections. Civil registration is particularly useful in tracing families across ethnic lines in Hungary’s historically multiethnic regions.

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