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From: R Chomos <>
Subject: [HUNGARY-L] Re: HUNGARY-D Digest V99 #64
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:12:57 -0700


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> HUNGARY-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 64
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> #1 [HUNGARY-L] Global Gazetteer [Tibor Majlath <]
> #2 [HUNGARY-L] Re: {not a subscriber} ["Joseph M. Nemeth" <.]
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> Subject: [HUNGARY-L] Re: {not a subscriber} List Members-REVERSE interest
> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:36:56 -0600
> From: "Joseph M. Nemeth" <>
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> There are many Hungarians in Hungary interested in genealogy, but few people own
> computers in Hungary, compared to the USA. Even the telephone isn't in every
> house as it is in the western countries. The situation is improving there, but
> it will take many more years to even get close to what we have in this country
> (USA).
>
> Joseph
>
> Steve Brickse wrote:
> >
> > Someone on another-country-list asked an indirect question as to know if
> > there were people from that particular country as list members and the
> > answers came flying in.
> > I opened my e-mail and was awestruck at the quantity of messages posted
> > to her answer.
> > I am REALLY not asking the SAME question; but, curiousity has gotten the
> > better of me.
> > How is the communication outside of THE capital city, Budapest, doing as
> > far as people connected to various forums, not necessarily THIS one.
> > I really have not seen that much activity from cities outside of the
> > capital-city.
> > Is there REVERSE-interest as to those people researching into
> > Hungarian-relatives who have emmigrated TO the United States, BY
> > Hungarians. All I am seeing are United States - folks interested in
> > finding their ROOTS -- -- -- FROM the Hungarian regions ?
> > Can anyone afford an "educated" answer ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Researching in the Vizsoly, Abauj-Torna Megye the names:
> > BRICHXE, MUSHINSKY (with their variant spellings)

Hi Steve:
This is only a guess but after visiting rural Hungary in the spring I would say the
following.
Yes they are pleased that we are still interested in our roots.
They are interested but not to the same degree. I think providing a living takes a
larger effort there than it does here so they don't have spare time for such things.

Their future is not as stable as ours?? and they spend a lot of time worrying about
how they will survive in their old age.
Communications are not nearly as established as here. One family we visited had a
sattelite dish, colour TV, cordless phone and a computer. This may have been
because their son has a degree in agriculture and still lives at home. The second
family had colour TV. I never saw a phone. A couple of rural families do not a
country make but it is a bit of an insight.

Richard Chomos

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