| Radix: Re: Pocza | Hello Brenda and Zlatica,
I've looked at the ship manifest and the place associated with Ferenc Pocza appears twice on it. The one in the "Place of birth" column (on the right of the manifest) is easier to read. Using the Hungarian telephone directory you can find a number of Pocza-s from Hungary's Vas County.
The English version of the telephone directory is now here: http://tudakozo.matav.hu/matavonline_en , the Hungarian one is here: http://tudakozo.matav.hu/ . The Hungarian offers more filtering and display options. Use the form in the middle column: enter "Pocza" into the "Név:" field, enter "Vas" into the "Megye:" field, and 100 in the bottom to the "Max. találat" field. Hit "keresés", and you will see Poczas in Hungary's Vas County.
You will see a couple of people living in Mesteri. This is your grandpa's place of birth! At those times there were two Mesteri-s: Alsó-Mesteri (Lower Mesteri) and Felső-Mesteri (Upper Mesteri): http://www.radixindex.com/cgi-bin/hn1913.cgi?place=mester , then they merged.
Hope this helps.
Janos Bogardi / Radix. |
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