Kisiratos / Dorobanti

EvaRacz2

Hi,

I am interested in catholic church books from the second half of the 19th century from Kisiratos, now Dorobanți (Arad county) in Romania. According to some documents that I have found online, it was probably already an independent parish with its own church books during that period. Catalog search didn't come up with anything either under the Hungarian or the Romanian name. Any tips on where else I might look?

Thanks,

Éva

Christopher Kovach_1

The 1877 gazetteer says Kisiratos was also called Almásiratos, was enumerated with Szentpal, and the Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic records were in Arad, Arad.

The 1888 gazetteer says it was part of Kurtics, the Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic records were in Arad-Szent-Márton.

The 1913 gazetteer says it was part of Kürtös, the Roman Catholic records in Szentmárton and the Greek Catholic records in Felsősimánd and Arad.

EvaRacz2

Thank you very much for the information, I was afraid that the entries might be scattered in different church books. Where did you find those gazetteers?

Christopher Kovach_1

Here's a link to several gazetteers:https://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/Gazetteers/Gazetteers.htm

Julia Szent-Györgyi

More gazetteers (with some overlap with the Burgenland Bunch's stuff):

Central Statistics Office scans: https://www.kshkonyvtar.hu/article/56/959/helysegnevtarak

Tabular English version of Dvorzsák, with links to tabular English version of 1913 with modern placenames/jurisdictions, along with links to the PTE scan of Dvorzsák (after you remove the Wayback Machine stuff from the URL): https://web.archive.org/web/20160327063819/http://www.radixhub.com/radixhub/gazetteers/1877

Lipszky's Repertorium (1808), text part: https://digitalia.lib.pte.hu/hu/pub/lipszky-janos-repertorium-locorum-objectorumque-in-xiii-tabulis-1808-2532. Maps to go with it: https://maps.hungaricana.hu/en/HTITerkeptar/415/.

If you have Hungarian ancestors, I recommend downloading the 1913 (see KSH link above) and bookmarking some version of Dvorzsák, as a bare minimum. Between them, they'll generally give you a good starting point on where the church was, and after 1895, where the registry office was.

EvaRacz2

Thank you both; these are great resources :)