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The town of Nagyesztergar was practically deserted with one road crossing it in a north south direction. I was warned that it would be difficult asking for information as no one spoke English outside of Budapest. This was correct as I found out when attempting to meet someone in the town of Zirc which is only 2 kilometers south of Nagyesztergar and has a larger church where our ancestors may have left some evidence of existence through marriage or birth records.
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Zirc
The food in Hungary reminded me of what my mother would cook with its delicious stews and roasted bone marrow. Food is much heavier then anywhere else I had eaten around Europe.
The area of Hungary and Croatia is overwhelmingly predominantly catholic with not only multitude of churches but also erected effigies of Jesus Christ in all villages and larger towns. |
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History
If my history is accurate, my mother's ancestors had moved out of Hungary immediately before or after its transition to form the all mighty Austro-Hungarian empire, which occurred in 1867, from a time when the territory was still part of the House of Hadsburg and this period constituted the last phase in the constitutional evolution of the Habsburg Monarchy. Perhaps this was the reason why the family left the Hadsburg territory which is now Hungary to inhabit an area that was much more antonymous; Croatia. Most likely the reason for moving was economical. The following slides are pictures from the National History Museum of Budapest and describe the approximate period of which our family transitioned out of Hungary to Croatia and finally, America.
If my history is accurate, my mother's ancestors had moved out of Hungary immediately before or after its transition to form the all mighty Austro-Hungarian empire, which occurred in 1867, from a time when the territory was still part of the House of Hadsburg and this period constituted the last phase in the constitutional evolution of the Habsburg Monarchy. Perhaps this was the reason why the family left the Hadsburg territory which is now Hungary to inhabit an area that was much more antonymous; Croatia. Most likely the reason for moving was economical. The following slides are pictures from the National History Museum of Budapest and describe the approximate period of which our family transitioned out of Hungary to Croatia and finally, America.
Budapest - For slide show press play
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