Hello again Lajos,

Please accept my apologies for the delayed reply, but I was hoping to have some luck at my local LDS family history center and perhaps have some new data to share regarding my patriline.

Unfortunately it looks as if some additional detective work will be in order. Even though my great-great grandparents were married in the cathedral in Székesfehérvár in 1873, it does not appear as though either of them were baptized there (in either 1848 or 1852). At this point I plan to investigate the other 2 parishes in Székesfehérvár – namely the Felsõváros parish and the military parish – before exploring other options.

As an alternative, I checked in the 1843 census of nobility for Fejér megye. In so doing, I came up with several possible locations, a number of which are in reasonable proximity to Székesfehérvár including:

Polgárdi
Seregélyes
Bicske
Bodmér
Felcsút
Tinód (Sárbogárd)
Rácalmás

Given the fact that my surname also turns up in some locations in Veszprém megye, I was wondering if you were aware of any analogous listings of nobility for Veszprém megye for approximately the same time frame (~1840s). I didn’t see anything specific in the LDS catalog, but I am well aware that their listings are far from exhaustive.

I have heard that the 1828 census of landowners did not necessarily include the nobility, so I have been hesitant to depend on that source. Is this reported exclusion in fact true?

I have also explored localities on the 1715 census available on the Arcanum website and came up with a few of interest (present-day locations in both Fejér megye and Veszprém megye), even though this predates any knowledge that I have of my family by >130 years.

It will be another 2 or 3 weeks until my next microfilms arrive, so in the meantime, I’m open to suggestion.

Best regards,
Brian