A continent. Borders Asia on the east along the Ural and Caucasus mountains, separated from Africa by the Mediterranean Sea.
5
votes
1answer
49 views
19th century Austro-Hungarians in Sweden? Or, Swedes in Austria-Hungary (Carpathian Mts)? Perplexed!
I am researching a family that I strongly believe has Carpatho-Rusyn roots, at least on one side. However, I have not been able to find any birth information for any of the children, their parents, or ...
5
votes
2answers
95 views
How to best track Romanian & Hungarian ancestry
My soon to be wife is Romanian, I would like to add her family to my tree so that any future children will have a more complete tree rather than just Dad's side.
My issue is that her mother is the ...
5
votes
2answers
53 views
Where should I start research for someone adopted from Eastern Europe?
One of my close living relatives was adopted from Hungary at the age of two, in 1991. Unfortunately, the only real information we currently have is the full name of her birth mother and her city of ...
12
votes
5answers
183 views
Name selection practices driven by the Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic code was a consistent body of law adopted in many parts of the Europe (and other places) that were conquered by Napoleon I. These laws covered, among other things, property rights and ...
9
votes
4answers
116 views
Where can I find Jewish Historical Information Pre WWII in Europe?
I am looking for a site/records for information on Jewish History in Europe of pre WWII era.
Mainly of birth and marriage records from Poland.
7
votes
6answers
427 views
How far back can Western European Genealogy normally be traced?
I've been researching my family history, and I hit a roadblock. The oldest records I can find are from German church records in the early eighteenth century. I can find nothing older. Is this a ...
