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asouto: Balla

My grandfather was Janos Balla. He was from Balla, Hungary. Is this the same as Ballahaza? If, not, are the two cities related? Where can I find what Balla is now called?

16/02/2006, 21:50:32
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Zlatica : Re: Balla

asouto,

A good locator of a town is
www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm
I find a Matraballa, Heves megye, Hungary; Ballahaza and Szilagyballa,Szilagy megye, (now)Romania on the old map http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910
You have papers that say that your BALLA was born in Balla?
51 BALLAs Janos came thru Ellis Island. www.ellisislandrecords.org might your ancestor's manifest be among them?

17/02/2006, 00:04:35
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kezdi: Re: Balla

Ballaháza today is in Romania and called Mal, use that if using present day maps, like Mapquest, Ballahaza if using pre 1920 Map of Hungary.

17/02/2006, 09:09:34
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