The town of Csatalja falls into Bacs-Bodrog megye.
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910
The LDS-Mormons (Family History Center) website is listing a Roman Catholic church and Jewish records. You can order the films and gather the ancestral information you are looking for.
www.bmi.net/jjaso to familiarize yourself with church wording.
Hungary's phone site is at :
www.matav.hu/tudakozo
http://tudakozo.matav.hu
Does anyone have the address for the Registrar's office in Csatalja or possibly an e-mail address. Has anyone been in contact with that office and do you know if English would be acceptable to communicate?
I do have the Csatalja Family book as well. Thank you for the offer. I have all the records on my Proschinger/Praschinger family from their marriage in 1811, moving to Backi Breg, my grandparents marrying in Kolut & coming to the U.S. So far I have been unable to find where my 3rd great grandfather came from prior to Csatalja other than the marriage entry states Moravia. Someone did go to the Catholic Church in Csatalja for me just recently but nothing new was found. I was wondering if the Registrar's office would have any records going back that far as the marriage record states he had to apply for "Home Rights" (English Translation) before he could marry Victoria Wagner. I was hoping for some documentation regarding this.
In Hungary, only 1895th Since October 1, there are "public registers". Only, these books are in the office (Polgármesteri hivatal).
Before 1895 oct. 1. just the church registers are.
Ask you the archives:
http://archivum.asztrik.hu/?q=en
Hello Robi,
Thank you again for the last information you sent. I looked at the Kalocsa website and tried to determine if records going back to 1811 for Csatalja were on-line. I couldn't find anything so I've sent them a message. Hopefully they will answer as I don't want to pay if they don't go back to that date. Following is the English translation I received for the Latin Church Book Record of Marriage for Mathaeus Proschinger & Victoria Wagner: On Oct. 22, 1811 after the banns had been posted and no impediment had been discovered, in this church I wedded the bachelor Mathaeus Proschinger who originally hailed from Marovia but who by the most respected Mayor of this town was found deserving to be granted home rights because he had twice been a rebel soldier .....
Because of the statement that the Mayor granted him 'Home Rights" in my American way of thinking I thought it would be a Civil matter rather than a Church matter. Your thoughts on this please.
Judy