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From: Dennis J. Bauer< >
Subject: Re: Where is CSURGO
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 19:36:42 EDT
References: <33A8E53F.5E0C@mo.net>

David, according to the DS Ortsnamenbuch, Csurgo is in Kom. Somogy, west
of Nagyatad in the former Schwaebische Turkei, Hungary.
Dennis.

On Thu, 19 Jun 1997 01:52:31 -0600 David AlanPetre Witte <>
writes:
>To: Group
>
>Tonight I received an email from a person who thinks we maybe related
>from 4-5 generations back but I can not put even two and two together
>when it come to geography this evening looking for a hand to help me
>decipher the information I received. I will type it as is then make a
>
>couple of comments to help triangulate my questions
>
>Istvan Furo who lives in Sweden and whose family presently lives in
>Hungary.:
>Now, my grandfather's father (Furo1, for simplicity) was working for
>the
>Hungarian railways at around the end of the last century. He was then
>
>stationed in Zagred in Croatia where my grandfather and his brother
>were
>born in 1898 and 1900. Furo 1 was oringally from a small city CSURGO,
>
>again in southwestern Hungary. However, my grandmother told me a few
>times that the parents of Furo ! were coming from Backsa which is the
>neibbouting area to Banat. So, it might very well be that we are
>connected at a branching point 4-5 generations back.
>
>Does anyone know where CSURGO is or what county of Hungary it was in?
>Any records exist for this area and was it in Backsa and how does this
>
>area relate to Banat if any?
>
>I am confused as all get out
>
>
>David
>
>

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