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| Dear Gajzágó!
As I know there was no mass migration to Transylvania in the named period, but much before: the Armenians arrived before 1672, because the low by Apafi Mihály which is giving them trading rights in Transylvania is of this date. I don't know particulary about Gajzágó family when exactly they arrived, but I think around that time. If you are still interested I might do some reserch in Budapest, later on, because now I am abroad - and I don't want to say something wrong. Don't be tricked by the name, because the Armenians have left Ani, the old capital around 1239, so when they've arrived to Transylvania they haven't had "real" Armenian names anymore, but more phonetically simplified names, or nicknames picked up in the foreign environments - in Crimea, in Moldova. As far as I know (up to the Armenian genealogy of Szongoth) Gajzágó means The Lame Isaak (Gaj/Sako), and obviously is a nickname. Please, let me know if you are interested anymore, and I will see what I can do. (And I have some Gajzágó friends in Transylvania and Budapest as well.) Best regards, Kinga Kali | ||
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