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Passport, Certificate, Government & Other Document Examples

Representative examples of various historical documents of interest to genealogists are presented here.  Other contributions are appreciated.  I would especially like to post a passport from the former Zemplen and Ung counties, pre-1918 Hungary.

 

Passports | Birth Certificates | Naturalization Certificates | Miscellaneous | Other Document Links

 

QUICK LINKS

1871 Austrian Passport

1899 Hungary Passport (Saros)

1901 Declaration of Intent, USA

1906 Declaration of Intent, USA

1907 Hungary Passport (Bekes)

1907 Hungary Military Passport (Forgaras)

1907 Christening Certificate (Keresztelési kivonat)

for an 1882 birth, Hungary

1909 Hungary Passport (Abuj-Torna)

1913 Kivonat - Birth - Roman Catholic

1915 Hungary Passport (Abuj-Torna)

1915 United States Naturalization Certificate

1920 Czechoslovakia Passport / Cestovni list

1920 issue of a record extraction (Szuletesi anayakonyvi

kivonat) for a 1910 birth, Czechoslovakia.

1929 Czechoslovakia Passport

1929 Kivonat Birth, Civil

1929 Rodny list - Birth, Civil

1939 Naturalization - Canada

1948 Reformed Church Baptism Certificate

Slovak-American League Certificate

Click on each image for a larger view.

 

PASSPORTS

 

I. AUSTRIAN PASSPORTS (Pre-1918)

 

Image 2: 1871 issue of an Austrian Passport  Credit and thanks to John Adam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II. HUNGARY PASSPORTS (Pre-1918)

 

1899 issue of a Hungary Passport - Village of Bajorvágás (present-day Bajerovce); Felső-tárcai District, Saros County (present-day Slovakia) - Nine Images Includes document holder from F. Missler, shipping agent.  This traveler appears to have been assigned to the Imperial and Royal Army, Infantry Regiment Nr. 6.  Credit and thanks to Bill Lucak

 

1907 issue of a Hungary Passport - Bekes County (present-day Hungary) - Four Images.

Credit and thanks to Paula Knebler.

1907 issue of a Hungary Military Passport, Forgaras County (present-day Romania),

6 images.  Credit and thanks to Christina Pomeroy

More Military Information  This traveler was assigned to the "K and K, Infantry, Regiment Nr. 31.

 

1909 issue of a Hungary Passport - Origin: City of Kassa, Abuj-Torna County (present-day Kosice, Slovakia) - Four Images.  Credit and thanks to Steve Brickse.  Translation

 

1915 issue of a Hungary Passport - Origin: City of Hidasnemeti, Abuj-Torna County (present-day Hungary) Issued during World War I (1914-1918) - Two images.  Credit and thanks to Frank Kurchina.  Translation

 

III. CZECHOSLOVAKIA PASSPORTS (Inter-War, 1918-1938)

 

1920 issue of a Czechoslovakia Passport / Cestovni list (Credit and Thanks to Carol Novotni)

   

 

1929 issue of a Czechoslovakia Passport (4 images)

Credit and thanks to John Adam

 

 

Note: World War I: 1914-1918, World War II: 1938-1945

 

BIRTH CERTIFICATES

 

CHURCH CERTIFICATES
 

1907 issue of a Christening Certificate (Keresztelési kivonat) for an 1882 birth, Hungary  Credit and Thanks to Carol Novotini

 

1920 issue of a record extraction (Szuletesi anayakonyvi kivonat) for a 1910 birth, Czechoslovakia Credit and Thanks to Carol Novotini

 

 

1948 issue of a Reformed Church Baptism Certificate (Kivonat) (birth of 1881) Issued in Hungary, 1948

Credit and thanks to Paula Knebler

 

 

1913 issue of a Roman Catholic Birth Certificate (Kivonat); Birth of 1862.  Credit to Paula Knebler

 

Civil Birth Certificates


 1929 issue of a Kivonat (Extraction from a Birth Certificate) for an 1874 birth, issued in 1929, Village of Sarospatak, Czechoslovakia (Thanks to John Adam)

 

 1929 issue of a Rodny list - (Birth Certificate) for a 1901 birth, issued 1929, village of Dubravka, Czechoslovakia. (Thanks to John Adam)

 

 

NATURALIZATION DOCUMENTS

Pre-1906 (1901) Declaration of Intention  Thanks and credit to George Dolnack

While many images of these documents have been posted on the web, these are of interest since they are of an individual from our region of research.

 

1906+ USA Declaration of Intention  Thanks and credit to George Dolnack

 

1915 United States Naturalization Certificate  Thanks and credit to Paula Knebler.

 

1939 Canada Naturalization Certificate (Credit to Kelly Gyurkovits)

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

1901, Hungary Work Log Book, Bacs-Bodrog County.  Logbook of a journeyman cabinetmaker.  Credit and Thanks to Jean Helbrecht  Translation

 

1919, Slovak-American League - Acknowledgement of a financial contribution made by Stephan Baraj to support the Liberation of Slovakia.  1919.   Credit and thanks to Mike Maristch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER DOCUMENT LINKS

 

 

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