Inheritance cases
The database of inheritance cases (and other cases not requiring litigation) has mainly been built on the basis of the document pools of inheritance cases run by civil law notaries or courts in the capital (eg. the Royal Court of Justice of Budapest), but it also includes descriptions of non-litigational procedures run by them. The inheritance cases between 1872 and 1956 have survived in a fragmentary state and have been recorded, more so from the period between the two world wars and that following 1945. The capital's jurisdiction has been determined on the basis of the deceased's last domicile, so the property’s extensive location could also affect rural settlements.
The records include the type of the case, and the legators’ (the deceased, and in other cases, the applicants and other interested parties) personal data; the date of death in the case of an inheritance trial, with an indication of certain important document types (will, fatality records, bequest inventories). 73,000 records can be found in the database which represents roughly 100,000 customers’ personal data through non-litigational procedures and inheritance trials.
The database can be accessed through the Hungarian Cultural Heritage Portal.
The cases can be consulted on the basis of their reference code (eg. HU BFL - VII.1.d - 1909 - III.0515) in the archival research room. We have to note that the public records of this database don’t always mean unlimited access: to view the cases started after 1954 and the inheritance trials arising after 1924 concerning minors, it may be required the acquisition of a supporting resolution. About the archival materials affected by the construction of the database you can find detailed information in this table:
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Archival reference |
Fond/subgroup |
Time period of the materials held in the database |
Time period of the materials available in digitalized version |
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VII.1.d. |
Documents of the Royal Court of Appeal of Budapest. Judicial Documents |
1891-1915 |
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VII.2.c. |
Documents of the Royal Court of Budapest. Civil Lawsuit Documents |
1872-1918
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1872-1914 |
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VII.3.b. |
Documents of the Royal Court of Exchange in the First Instance of Pest. Judicial Documents |
1842-1863 |
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VII.4. |
Documents of the Royal Commercial Court of Budapest |
1873, 1889 |
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VII.6.a. |
Documents of the Royal I-III District Court of Budapest. Civil Lawsuit and Out-of-court Documents |
1933-1949 |
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VII.7.c. |
Documents of the Royal IV District Court of Budapest. Documents of inheritance cases |
1904-1912 |
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VII.8.c. |
Documents of the Royal V District Court of Budapest. Documents of inheritance and enforcement cases |
1899-1910 |
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VII.9.c. |
Documents of the Royal VI District Court of Budapest. Documents of inheritance cases |
1902-1909 |
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VII.10.c. |
Documents of the Royal VII District Court of Budapest. Documents of inheritance cases |
1898-1909 |
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VII.11.c. |
Documents of the Royal VIII-X District Court of Budapest. Documents of inheritance cases |
1898-1913 |
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VII.12.b. |
Documents of the Royal Central District Court of Budapest. Civil Lawsuit and Out-of-court Documents |
1914-1950 |
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VII.19. |
Documents of the District Court of Újpest |
1948-1950 |
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VII.21. |
Documents of the District Court of Kispest |
1947-1950 |
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VII.155. |
Documents of Rónay, Tibor, notary |
1942-1949 |
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VII.156. |
Documents of Kaprinay, Endre, notary |
1935-1950 |
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VII.158. |
Documents of Fodor, Antal, notary |
1938-1946 |
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VII.160. |
Documents of Fekete, László, notary |
1943-1949 |
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VII.163. |
Documents of Lénárt, Dezső, notary |
1939-1948 |
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VII.164. |
Documents of Sárközi, Sándor, notary |
1934-1940 |
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VII.166. |
Documents of Szilléry, Péter, notary |
1948 |
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VII.167. |
Documents of Haviár, Gyula, notary |
1943-1945 |
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VII.171. |
Documents of Hedry, Aladár, notary |
1911-1947 |
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VII.172. |
Documents of Cholnoky, Imre, notary |
1931-1947 |
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VII.177. |
Documents of Hajós, Béla Ödön, notary |
1918-1925 |
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VII.178. |
Documents of Barcs, Béla, notary |
1919-1939 |
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VII.179. |
Documents of Lázár, Ferenc, notary |
1927-1949 |
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VII.180. |
Documents of Barcs, Ernő, notary |
1926-1952 |
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VII.182. |
Documents of Somogyi, Béla, notary |
1946-1949 |
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VII.187. |
Documents of Holitscher, Szigfrid, notary |
1939-1946 |
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VII.189. |
Documents of Králik, Árpád, notary |
1937 |
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VII.190. |
Documents of Meixner, László, notary |
1939-1955 |
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VII.191. |
Documents of Antalffy-Zsiros, Aladár, notary |
1942-1950 |
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VII.195. |
Documents of Joannovits, Jenő, notary |
1939-1946 |
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VII.196. |
Documents of Richter, Richárd, notary |
1931-1947 |
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VII.197. |
Documents of Horváth, Kamilló, notary |
1938-1949 |
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VII.198. |
Documents of Lukács, Izsó, notary |
1944 |
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VII.199. |
Documents of Szemerjay Petrán, Tibor, notary |
1940-1950 |
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VII.206. |
Documents of Petró, Béla, notary |
1937-1950 |
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VII.207. |
Documents of Haller, Károly, notary |
1928-1950 |
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VII.208. |
Documents of Tóth (Tóthfaludy), Aladár, notary |
1933, 1939 |
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VII.209. |
Documents of Krenner, Zoltán, notary |
1942-1950 |
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VII.215. |
Documents of Markó, István, notary |
1930-1950 |
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VII.217. |
Documents of Kiss, József, notary |
1933 |
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VII.219. |
Documents of Teőke, Béla, notary |
1929-1947 |
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VII.220. |
Documents of Matheovits, Ferenc, notary |
1940-1949 |
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VII.226. |
Documents of Bathó, Kálmán, notary |
1937-1950 |
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VII.229. |
Documents of Keszthelyi, Zoltán, notary |
1945-1952 |
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VII.233. |
Documents of Hajdú, János, notary |
1947-1953 |
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VII.234. |
Documents of Hedry, László, notary |
1947-1956 |
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VII.236. |
Documents of Füredy, Jenő, notary |
1948-1952 |
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VII.240. |
Documents of Feri, Sándor, notary |
1944-1950 |
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VII.242. |
Documents of Kozányi, Pál, notary |
1942-1950 |
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VII.243. |
Documents of Tóth, Endre, notary |
1945-1949 |
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VII.246. |
Documents of Kiss, Dezső, notary |
1946-1953 |
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VII.247. |
Documents of Werner Elemér, notary |
1946-1949 |
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VII.250. |
Documents of Tímár Miklós, notary |
1947-1951 |
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VII.258. |
Documents of Horváth, István, notary |
1945-1949 |
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VII.262. |
Documents of Némethy, Vilmos, notary |
1944-1945 |
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VII.264. |
Documents of Susich, Ervin, notary |
1939-1948 |
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VII.267. |
Documents of Török, Béla, notary |
1947-1952 |
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VII.268. |
Documents of Konkoly Thege, Sándor, notary |
1942-1943 |
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VII.270. |
Documents of Kovácsy, Zoltán, notary |
1937-1946 |
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VII.271. |
Documents of Klein, Andor, notary |
1945-1950 |
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VII.278. |
Documents of Morvay, Zsigmond, notary |
1933-1949 |
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VII.279. |
Documents of Tárczay, Rezső, notary |
1939-1948 |
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VII.280. |
Documents of Varga, Béla, notary |
1939-1949 |
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XXV.151. |
Documents of Selmeczy, István, notary |
1947-1955 |
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XXV.152. |
Documents of Vuits, András, notary |
1952-1956 |
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XXV.153. |
Documents of Hegyháti, István, notary |
1950-1956 |
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XXV.154. |
Documents of Bessenyei, Tibor, notary |
1951-1953 |
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XXV.155. |
Documents of Róna, Pál, notary |
1950-1956 |
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XXV.156. |
Documents of Török, Pál, notary |
1952-1955 |
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XXV.157. |
Documents of Záhony, László, notary |
1950-1953 |
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XXV.158. |
Documents of Jékey, István, notary |
1950-1956 |
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XXV.159. |
Documents of Décsi, Lajos, notary |
1944-1954 |
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XXV.160. |
Documents of Rosta, Imre, notary |
1951-1954 |
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XXV.161. |
Documents of Lelkes, József, notary |
1954-1956 |
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XXV.162. |
Documents of Sághy, Imre, notary |
1954-1956 |
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XXV.163. |
Documents of Vajda, Sándor, notary |
1950-1956 |
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XXV.164. |
Documents of Beleznai, László, notary |
1950-1953 |
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XXV.165. |
Documents of Gerlai, Károly, notary |
1948-1954 |
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XXV.166. |
Documents of Draskovics, Jenő, notary |
1952-1955 |
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XXV.170. |
Documents of Hollós, Olivér, notary |
1951-1956 |
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XXV.171. |
Documents of Káli Nagy, Elemér, notary |
1954-1955 |
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XXV.172. |
Documents of Bárány, Aladár, notary |
1951-1954 |
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XXV.173. |
Documents of Fertőfehéregyházi, László, notary |
1951-1952 |
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XXV.174. |
Documents of Nemes, Móric István, notary |
1950 |
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XXV.175. |
Documents of Jelinek, Győző, notary |
1950-1955 |
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XXV.176. |
Documents of Pap, Ádám, notary |
1951-1956 |
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XXV.177. |
Documents of Wágner, György, notary |
1954-1956 |
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XXV.178. |
Documents of Quirico, Pál, notary |
1955-1956 |
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XXV.179. |
Documents of Dékány, Imre, notary |
1955-1956 |
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XXV.180. |
Documents of Jékelfalussy, Aladár, notary |
1926-1952 |
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XXV.181. |
Documents of Frankl, Imre, notary |
1950-1954 |
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XXV.182. |
Documents of Porázik, Tibor, notary |
1954-1956 |
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XXV.183. |
Documents of Günther, Ferenc, notary |
1950 |
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XXV.184. |
Documents of Frank Kiss, Jenő, notary |
1954-1956 |
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XXV.185. |
Documents of Katona, József, notary |
1955 |
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XXV.186. |
Documents of Molnár, Dezső, notary |
1950-1954 |
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XXV.187. |
Documents of Vargyas, Antal, notary |
1949-1956 |
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XXV.188. |
Documents of Erdődy, Jenő, notary |
1951-1953 |
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XXV.189. |
Documents of Klein, Imre, notary |
1951-1955 |
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XXV.190. |
Documents of Balogh, János, notary |
1953-1954 |
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XXV.192. |
Documents of Polónyi, Jenő, notary |
1953-1955 |
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