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From: "Joseph M. Nemeth" <>
Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] NAME: LENGYEL
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 10:00:05 -0500


Jean,

Garadna is in the NE part of Hungary on Hwy E71. It is a very small town
even today. To find data on ancestors you need to look at church record
of nearby towns. FHC should have the information regarding the location
of the towns with churches. By the way: Lengyel means Polish in
Hungarian. Also, Lengyel is a common name, there are many Legyel
families in Hungary and they may or may not be related.

I hope this help some,

Joseph M. Nemeth
Host of HungaryGenWeb

HungaryGenWeb Query page:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Hungary/General

Norb & Jean Schmidt wrote:
>
> I have just discovered that a great-uncle came from Garadna. I find
> it
> in Borsad-Abauj-Zemplen County. The name was Johan Lengyel and he
> arrived in New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm on April 16, 1891. Does
> anyone know this town? or the name? Can I find anything on Garadna
> or
> Lengyel in the LDS Family History Center? By the way, this family
> began
> to spell their name Langor sometime after he was naturalized in the
> 1920's. And, interesting to me, at least, is that my paternal
> grandfather was John (Ivan) Lengyel, from Klucarky. WEre they
> related?
> I don't know. The lived in the same coal patch. One of the John
> Lengyel sons married the daughter of Johan Lengyel. Maybe that is why
> they changed the spelling of their name to Langor. Always
> questions....
>
> Thanks,
> --
> jean schmidt
>
> Searching for: Kenderes, Gulyas, Lendak, Halasz, Kontra, Sovari,
> Lengyel, Dubaj, Sankey, Pauli, Pascho, Kasimir, from Subcarpathian
> Ukraine, Eastern Slovakia, Hungary

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