Military Records
by Natalie Cottrill, 2004
Historically, Hungary has required military service of most of
the male population. There were sometimes exceptions, but generally men 18 to 25
years of age served in some capacity.
Military muster rolls (Katonai nyilvántartási jegyzék) contain
a good deal of genealogically valuable information. The muster rolls list the
name (Magyar name), birth date,
residence at the time of enlistment, and the parents' names for each of the
soldiers.
These records are mostly available and are arranged
chronologically by military unit. If the military unit is known, then research
should be undertaken for the years that the ancestor was 18 to 25 years old. The
unit can be determined only from surviving family papers, or doing a regional
unit by unit search. Military districts were different than civil districts but
were usually centered in the more well-populated regions of Hungary.
Muster Rolls for approximately 150 military districts in
present-day Hungary are also present at the Family History Library (FHL). Below
is a list of muster rolls that were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of
Utah for military districts in Hungary with the dates available. The records are
not indexed.
1756-1841 for Heves Megye
1794 for Tarna vidéke
1794 for Tisza-vidéke
1794-1865 for Gyöngyös
1794-1865 for Eger
1825-1895 for Dunapataj
1831-1841 for Fejér Megye
1837-1868 for Sárbogárd
1841-1887 for Solt
1845-1858 for Rácalmás
1850-1851 for Kaposvár
1850-1859 for Csurgó
1850-1885 for Tolna Megye
1850-1913 for Szentes
1851-1860 for Gyoma
1851-1881 for Kaposvár
1851-1893 for Szeged
1852-1858 for Mágocs
1852-1860 for Karád
1852-1868 for Igal
1852-1882 for Marcali
1852-1898 for Siklós
1852-1900 for Pécs
1852-1900 for Szentlorinc
1852-1900 for Pécsvárad
1852-1900 for Mohács
1852-1916 for Miskolcz
1852-1918 for Budapest
1853-1854 for Mezotur
1853-1858 for Edelény
1853-1858 for Dárda
1853-1865 for Tiszafüred
1853-1879 for Nagyatád
1853-1915 for Szeged
1853-1915 for Szigetvár
1854 for Szolnok
1854-1817 for Pécs
1854-1860 for Mezotur
1854-1861 for Szolnok
1854-1863 for Mezokövesd
1854-1872 for Bicske
1854-1888 for Sajószentpéter
1854-1889 for Csongrád
1854-1889 for Vál
1854-1889 for Mór
1854-1891 for Mezocsát
1854-1915 for Nagykorös
1856-1858 for Sásd
1856-1889 for Székesfehérvár
1856-1917 for Miskolcz
1857 for Szolnok
1857-1862 for Kecskemét
1858 for Békés
1858-1865 for Heves Megye
1858-1913 for Kiskunhalas
1858-1917 for Debreczen
1859-1916 for Baja
1859-1917 for Pápa
1859-1917 for Turkeve
1860-1872 for Somogy Megye
1860-1879 for Csákvár
1860-1887 for Dunaföldvár
1861-1872 for Sármellék
1862-1865 for Mátra Vidék
1862-1868 for Babocsa
1862-1887 for Völgység
1862-1888 for Szendro
1863-1865 for Eger
1863-1885 for Eger
1863-1888 for Gönc
1864-1890 for Szegvár
1864-1915 for Mezoberény
1865-1916 for Monor
1866 for Várpalota
1866-1888 for Dombovár
1867 for Szegvár
1867-1879 for Bodajk
1868-1916 for Tóközi járás
1869-1893 for Orosháza
1869-1900 for Makó
1869-1914 for Gyor Megye
1869-1914 for Sokoróaljai járás. Hadkiegészito Parancsnokság
1869-1914 for Koszeg
1869-1914 for Kapuvár
1869-1915 for Hódmezovásárhely
1869-1915 for Tata
1869-1915 for Kiskunfélegyháza
1869-1915 for Gödöllo
1869-1916 for Battonya
1869-1916 for Csorna
1869-1916 for Gyor
1869-1916 for Pomáz
1869-1918 for Vác
1869-1918 for Bia
1871-1889 for Muraszombat
1871-1914 for Keszthely
1871-1916 for Sopron
1872-1902 for Kismarton
1872-1904 for Sopron
1872-1914 for Sárvár
1872-1915 for Békéscsaba
1873-1879 for Körmend
1873-1879 for Sárkeresztur
1873-1884 for Gálszécs
1873-1886 for Varannó
1873-1886 for Simontornya
1873-1888 for Homonna
1873-1888 for Tokaj
1873-1888 for Sztropkó
1873-1888 for Nagy-Mihály
1873-1888 for Szerencs
1873-1892 for Csongrád Megye
1873-1893 for Sátoraljaújhely
1873-1894 for Párkány
1873-1898 for Hegyhát vidéke
1873-1900 for Baranyavár
1873-1916 for Nyiregyháza
1874-1887 for Esztergom
1874-1887 for Tolna Megye
1875-1888 for Bodrogköz
1876-1880 for Nezsider
1876-1882 for Magyaróvár
1876-1915 for Tab
1876-1915 for Kiskunfélegyháza
1878-1889 for Adony
1880-1887 for Szinna
1880-1914 for Szombathely. Hadkiegeszíto Parancsnokság
1880-1914 for Pacsa
1880-1916 for Mezokovácsháza
1881-1884 for Nemesdömölk
1882-1915 for Nagykanizsa
1884-1918 for Makó
1886-1896 for Ózd
1887-1914 for Szentgotthárd
1888-1917 for Zalaegerszeg
1889-1915 for Nagykáta
1890-1917 for Zalaegerszeg
1891-1914 for Devecser
1893-1915 for Nagylak
1895 for Veszprém
1896-1899 for Békéscsaba
1905-1914 for Szeghalom
1909-1914 for Vasvár
1910-1917 for Kispest
1914 for Sárospatak
1869-1902 for Csepreg
It is expected that other Muster lists will be found at the Hungary State
Archives. If you'd like us to search these records for you, please
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