23andMe
Why Most Europeans Don’t Use 23andMe or AncestryDNA
Unless you’re 100% Native American, you probably have some distant cousins living across the ocean. Maybe some of them have taken a DNA test, but you won’t find out unless […]
Austria
1950s
The Bellanich Family: Research to Reunion
News stories about adoptees finding their birth families through DNA have become pretty common. Reunion tales often show heartwarming photos or interviews of the families after they’ve found each other. […]
1920s
Meet the Happy Burgenlanders from the SS Hansa
On January 1, 1923, The SS Hansa became the first trans-Atlantic liner of the year to dock in Manhattan. The ship carried about 1,500 passengers, including 400 immigrants. Most of […]
DNA
Güssing District, Burgenland Compiled Family Trees
This is a compilation of dozens of family trees from the Güssing region of Burgenland, Austria (pre-1920: Vas Megye, Hungary). While helping others build family trees, I found many of […]
Austria
Austria-Hungary, Galicia, Prussia? Understanding Europe’s Changing Borders
The geographic location of your forefather’s birth may not be in the same country as it was known a century ago. Maybe he spoke German, but his birth record was […]
1930s
The Trump Babies of Milwaukee
“My dad told me I was left on the doorstep of Humboldt and Meinecke.” Lawrence* was trying to recall any additional details about his search for his biological parents. He […]
Autosomal Data
Using Hot and Cold Segments to Identify Distant Cousin Matches
by Jane Horvath and Frank Paukowits Originally Published in THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS – No. 286 April 30, 2018, © 2018 by The Burgenland Bunch The Chromosome Browser is one […]
Austria
Translating Parish Records – Births
Most Hungarian birth/baptismal records prior to October 1895 will be found in Catholic Church parish registers. At the time, Hungary was predominantly Catholic, accounting for over 60% of the country’s […]
Genealogy
Translating Parish Records – Deaths
Paging through a book of death records from the 1800s can be a pretty dismal task. With tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, and a slew of other nasty ailments decimating the population, […]
Austria
Where is Western Transdanubia?
Where is Western Transdanubia? Per Wikipedia: Transdanubia comprises the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom, Fejér, Veszprém, Vas, Zala, Somogy, Tolna, Baranya and the part of Pest [Hungary] that lies west of […]