Need help locating a birth record

JTippets

Hello,

I could use some assistance in locating the birth record of Mary Theresa Smilak, born 23 January 1904 in Mezőkovácsháza, Hungary.

She should be right about here:

"Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9GBZ-98CJ?cc=1452460&wc=929G-4WL%3A40678201%2C46223301%2C41418101 : 16 June 2014), Csanád > Mezőkovácsháza > Births (Születtek) 1901-1906 > image 381 of 761; Archiv der Stadt Budapest (Archive of the City), Hungary.

But I cannot seem to spot her or the names of her father (Stephen Smilak) or mother (Anna Yustin).

Could someone please help?

Thanks! JT

Julia Szent-Györgyi

What is your source for that birthdate and birthplace? It appears that one or both of them are wrong, or there was a delay in registering her birth: I checked from January to mid-June. (The deadline for reporting a birth or death was three months. If it took longer than that, there had to be an investigation and the registrar had to get official permission for the delayed entry.)

Julia Szent-Györgyi

Found an older brother: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9GYB-LXB?i=589

Number 156. Dated in Mezőkovácsháza, 23 September 1900.

Informant: the below-named father, known personally to registrar.

Father: István Smilyák, Roman Catholic, agricultural day-laborer, residence Mezőkovácsháza, birthplace Véghegyháza, age 26 years

Mother: Anna Jusztin married name Mrs. István Smilyák, Roman Catholic, residence and birthplace Mezőkovácsháza, age 19 years

Birth: 18 September 1900, 2 a.m.

Child: boy, Roman Catholic, István

Read forth, approved, and signed.

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He was probably their first or second child, because here's their wedding, nineteen months previously: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9GY1-9LBM?i=161

Number 16. Dated in Mezőkovácsháza, 5 February 1899.

Groom: István Smilyák, Roman Catholic, helping family member of his smallholder father, residence and birthplace Véghegyháza, 4 June 1874, known personally to assistant registrar

Father: András Smilyák, smallholder, Véghegyháza

Mother: Mrs. András Smilyák born Mária Breznai, smallholder's wife, Véghegyháza

Bride: Anna Jusztin, Roman Catholic, helping family member of her agricultural day-laborer father, residence and birthplace Mezőkövácsháza, 9 January 1880, known personally to assistant registrar

Father: Rókus Jusztin, agricultural day-laborer, Mezőkovácsháza

Mother: Mrs. Rókus Jusztin born Anna Nagypál, agricultural day-laborer's wife, Mezőkovácsháza

Witness: András Czuth, smallholder, Véghegyháza, age 41 years, known personally to assistant registrar

Witness: Péter Bulovszki, agricultural day-laborer, Mezőkovácsháza, age 46 years, known personally to assistant registrar

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Note that the groom in the next marriage (number 17) is the bride's older brother György.

Judging by the numbers, the Hungarian genealogy society (MACSE) has Mezőkovácsháza births fully indexed 1895-1915, and I'm not finding your Mary Theresa among them (under any spelling of the surnames). They must have moved before she was born.

Julia Szent-Györgyi

Turns out the original date (and place) was right, but the registration districts were rearranged: her birth is filed on FamilySearch under Tótkovácsháza, but is actually labeled Végegyháza.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GGBM-S356?i=400

Number 7. Dated in Véghegyháza, 26 January 1904.

Informant: István Smilák, day-laborer, residence Véghegyháza, known personally to registrar

Father: István Smilák, Roman Catholic, day-laborer, residence and birthplace Véghegyháza, age 29 years

Mother: Anna Jusztin married name Mrs. István Smilák, Roman Catholic, residence Véghegyháza, birthplace Mezőkovácsháza, age 26 years

Birth: Véghegyháza, 23 January 1904, 3 p.m.

Child: girl, Roman Catholic, Mária

JTippets

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