1. Hungarian Special Interest Group 2005 Report

2. Mission JewishGen's Hungarian Special Interest Group (H-SIG) is for those with Jewish roots in the area known as "greater Hungary" or pre-Trianon Hungary and covers all those areas that were once predominantly Hungarian-speaking. This includes all of present-day Hungary and Slovakia and lands that are now within Romania, the Ukraine, Austria, Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia.

4. Leadership Vivian Kahn, Coordinator vkahn@kmort.com Carol Robinson, Research Coordinator and Acting Webmaster caroljr@alamedanet.net Alfred Klein, Treasurer alfredklein@hotmail.com

5. 2005 Accomplishments H-SIG is unique in that all of our projects are accomplished by volunteers (rather than paid transcribers) We published the Holocaust Memorial, Marriage and Death Databases. We updated the H-SIG website with new information

6. Activities H-SIG listserve Transcription projects to support the All Hungary Database

7. All Hungary Database History DateAHD Status 7/2002First communication from Vivian 3/2003AHD published with 45,000 records 12/2003125,000 records 4/2004AHD 1 yr old with 140,000 records 12/2004195,000 records 3/2005AHD 2 yrs old with over 240,000 records

8. All Hungary Database Current Databases 1828 Hungarian Property Tax Census 1848 Hungarian Jewish Census 1869 Census Other Hungarian Census Records, 1795-1850 Hungarian Births, Marriages and Deaths Databases Holocaust Memorial Database Who’s Who in Budapest Yizkor Book Necrology JewishGen Holocaust Database

9. All Hungary Database Current Databases Cont. JOWBR: –Hungary (Gyor, Eger, Kisvarda) –Slovakia (Presov, Dobra, Kosice, Vranov nad Taplou) –Transcarpathia (Munkacs, Ukraine) –Transylvania (Sighet, Romania) Vranov Transport Lists Jewish Names in Selected U.S. State Department Files

10. Census Projects

11. Holocaust Projects

12. Vital Records Projects

13. Future Projects Ready for Volunteers Ungvar Pinkas ROM-SIG 1848 Census Records (non-FHL) Formal 1869 Census Project Nyirbator Chevra Kadisha Membership Records Future Efforts Megye Hungarian Census Teams Additional Cemeteries for JOWBR Additional Yizkor Books

14. Needs More Coordinators More transcribers always welcome A webmaster to redesign the website and keep it up-to-date Ongoing financial support for JewishGen