Notarial deeds

The notarial deeds database processes series of deeds from private and state notaries in Budapest, extending from the establishment of the institution of notary (from 1875) till 1956. This is the largest, almost completely intact, and at the same time - because of the political and economic weight of the capital - the most important ensemble of notarial documents. At that time, the most varied civil law transactions could be recorded in deeds: these included, most importantly, sale and purchase, gift giving, cession, inheritance, marriage contract, adoption, testamentary arrangements, etc. The recording of the data from 1875 to 1914 will soon be finished, moreover, in the case of some notaries the process is in a stage covering the post-1945 period. Most of the database has digitized materials attached, which are freely accessible online to the general public. Use of the notarial institution had no territorial jurisdiction, therefore, many (in 10-15% of the cases) rural or foreign clients asked for the services of notaries in the capital.

The details of the parties making the transactions are featured in the records, as well as those of associated persons (lawyers). Since regular scrapping of these documents have been implemented only on the parts preceding World War I (concerning signature-verification protocols) and document decay has rarely happened, and because of the fact that certain documents and protocols were almost always recorded the customer's status (occupation) and place of residence, this personal database is extremely rich. In many cases, we can identify and track whole series of legal transactions of some families and people. 430,000 documents can be found in the database which represents roughly one million customers.

The whole database with digitized pictures can be accessed through the Hungarian Cultural Heritage Portal

The cases that are not searchable here can be consulted on the basis of their reference code (eg. HU BFL - VII.221 - 1899 – 0228) in the archival research room. It is worth highlighting the fast pace of the growth affecting both the data and the images, therefore, it would be advisable to return to these websites regularly. About the archival materials affected by the construction of the database and the digitization process you can find detailed information in this table:

Archival reference	Fond/Subgroup	Time period of the materials held in the database	Time period of the materials available in digitalized version
VII.151.	Documents of Rupp, Zsigmond, notary	1875-1918	1875-1918 (full)
VII.152.	Documents of Zimány, Alajos, notary	1875-1909	1875-1909 (full)
VII.153.	Documents of Rónay, Károly, notary	1898-1929	1898-1929 (full)
VII.154.	Documents of Sümeghi, László, notary	1918
VII.157.	Documents of Báthor, Gábor, notary	1909-1918
VII.160.	Documents of Fekete, László, notary	1926-1950
VII.161.	Documents of Deszkáss, Gusztáv, notary	1898-1913
VII.162.	Documents of Stern, József, notary	1913-1928
VII.168.	Documents of Görgei, István, notary	1875-1911	1875-1911 (full)
VII.169.	Documents of Máday, Sándor, notary	1875-1878
VII.170.	Documents of Jeszenszky, Danó, notary	1879-1900
VII.171.	Documents of Hedry, Aladár, notary	1911-1912
VII.173.	Documents of Gászner, Béla, notary	1875-1910
VII.174.	Documents of Gorove Antal, notary	1875-1881	1875-1881 (full)
VII.175.	Documents of Steinbach, István, notary	1875-1897
VII.176.	Documents of Stamberger, Ferenc, notary	1896-1908	1896
VII.177.	Documents of Hajós, Béla, notary	1918
VII.178.	Documents of Barcs, Béla, notary	1918
VII.179.	Documents of Lázár, Ferenc, notary	1944
VII.180.	Documents of Barcs, Ernő, notary	1944
VII.182.	Documents of Somogyi, Béla, notary	1944
VII.183.	Documents of Tokaji, Nagy Lajos, notary	1875-1900
VII.184.	Documents of Weinmann, Fülöp, notary	1875-1912	1875-1912 (full)
VII.185.	Documents of Weiser, Károly, notary	1875-1895	1875-1895 (full)
VII.186.	Schilling Rudolf közjegyző iratai	1895-1913
VII.187.	Holitscher Szigfrid közjegyző iratai	1912-1920, 1944
VII.188.	Documents of Róth, Zsigmond, notary	1912-1918
VII.190.	Documents of Meixner, László, notary	1940-1941, 1944, 1946, 1948-1950
VII.192.	Documents of Rhorer, Géza, notary	1896-1926
VII.193	Documents of Charmant, Oszkár, notary	1900-1926	1900-1926 (full)
VII.194.	Documents of Nádossy, Gábor, notary	1918
VII.195.	Documents of Joannovits, Jenő, notary	1944
VII.196.	Documents of Richter, Richárd, notary	1944
VII.198.	Documents of Lukács, Izsó, notary	1944
VII.199.	Documents of Szemerjai-Petrán. Tibor, notary	1944
VII.200.	Documents of Ökröss, Bálint, notary	1875-1889	1875-1889 (full)
VII.201.	Documents of Zarka, Dénes, notary	1889-1896	1889-1896 (full)
VII.202.	Documents of Kormos, Béla, notary	1896-1902	1896-1902 (full)
VII.203.	Documents of Cottely, Géza, notary	1896-1926
VII.204.	Documents of Szabó, Albert, notary	1902-1924
VII.205.	Documents of Kőrössy, Bertalan, notary	1944
VII.209.	Documents of Krenner, Zoltán, notary	1944
VII.210.	Documents of Krajner, Emil, notary	1875-1878
VII.211.	Documents of Mannheimer, Ignác, notary	1879-1896	1879-1896 (full)
VII.212.	Documents of Grubiczy, László, notary	1882-1884	1882-1884 (full)

VII.213.	Documents of Kiss, Aladár, notary	1885-1914
VII.216.	Documents of Jeszenszky, István, notary	1897-1925
VII.217.	Documents of Kiss, József, notary	1900-1939
VII.218.	Documents of Kálmán, Antal, notary	1913-1915
VII.221.	Documents of Plihál, Viktor, notary	1897-1902
VII.224.	Documents of Velsz, Emil, notary	1900-1902
VII.246.	Documents of Kiss, Dezső, notary	1946-1947
VII.268.	Documents of Band, Lajos, notary	1918-1930
VII.269	Documents of Konkoly-Thege, Sándor, notary	1939-1944
VII.278.	Documents of Morvay, Zsigmond, notary	1944
VII.279.	Documents of Tárczay, Rezső, notary	1944
VII.284.	Notary deposits	1882-1973