Exciting E-Mail Received!

I received an e-mail from another family member last night! His (I think?) name is Dezso Szabo. He is 58 years old, lives in Rabapatona, and has invited us to spend a day with his family while we are in Rabapatona. His father (Jozsef Szabo)'s mother, Erzsebet Nagy, was my grandmother Julianna's sister. He goes on to say that I have a lot of relatives on this branch of the family tree. It seems that he is also a "genealogist" as he has many names and dates, some back to the 1700's! The earliest record he has is a birth certificate from 1715. Another expense item to add to our vacation budget...money to copy documents!! :0)

The Hungarian names get pretty confusing because they seem to use the same first names over and over from each generation to the next generation. Many times, mother and daughter will have the same first name!

Wayne and I went to Michigan in 1984. My mother's family moved to Detroit, from Divernon, Illinois, in 1925. My grandparents, and now, both of my aunts are buried there, in Woodmere Cemetary. In 1984, 2 years after my mother passed away, we went to visit my only living aunt, Olga, and my only cousin, Debbie. They took us to the "old neighborhood" of Delray, which was mostly a Hungarian community. We visited Szabo's Meat Market. It was a corner grocery where all the Hungarians shopped. I remember eating delicious Hungarian sausage that my aunt bought from Szabo's. There was an article in their local newspaper about Szabo's, and, of course, being the "pack-rat" that I am, I bought a copy. I will be taking a copy of that to Hungary for my new Szabo family members!

So...interesting things continue to develop for our vacation!! And the days are really ticking away!! Also, our list of "followers" on our blog has grown, and I'm so excited!!