Home location of early German immigrants to Aldebro, Heves, Hungary
I believe my ancestors arrived in Aldebro in the 1760s as part of Count Grassalovich's resettlement of the area. Their surname was variously spelled Schweitzer, Schvaitzer, Sveitzer, Svajcer, Schaitzer (among others). They were Catholic.
I have written Aldebro town council, the Heves Provincial museum, and various web sites but have not received replies.
I understand the Count's holding were extensive. I would like to know with a degree of certainty the area my ancestors emigrated from and records from that time I might pursue.
I have been unable to locate a copy of the following book. Does anyone know if it provides an answer to my query?
Thank you in advance for any help you might be able to provide.
Dennis Switzer
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It looks like Baptisms (Kereszteltek), Marriages (Házasultak) and Deaths (Halottak) from 1788-1895 are available here:
If you click on the camera icons at the bottom you can view them. You may need to login to Family Search in order to view.
Hope this helps.
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Based on what's written on the place's Hungarian Wikipedia page (https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldebr%C5%91), nobody knows where exactly the settlers came from.
Someone apparently did an analysis of the local surnames and concluded that several families probably came from the Rhine Palatinate, but the source for this information is a dead link, so I don't know which names they had in mind.
Both the Wikipedia page and the longer article on the town's homepage (http://aldebro.hu/a-telepules-tortenete/) agree that settlement of the area finished in about 1760; that's apparently when the church in Aldebrő was built.
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