Tallapoosa/Budapest, Georgia (GA)
Archivist:
Jody
McKim
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Who would imagine
that in the back woods of
northwest Georgia there would be
remnants of Danube Swabian
immigrants from days gone by, found
in a small community called
"Budapest" in Tallapoosa, located in
Haralson County. I had to see
it for myself and in 2002 I did.
The quaint small Budapest cemetery,
has about 15 graves. On the
headstones are some names familiar
to those in my Donauschwaben
research of Banat, but to the local
residents, they were all considered
"Hungarians" - regardless of ethnic
background.
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While researching my
family from
Austria-Hungary whose
destination was Atlanta,
Georgia, I discovered
this settlement of
"Hungarians"
in
Haralson County . . .
Tallapoosa,
Georgia,
and that
Atlanta
& Tallapoosa
were destinations for
many Donauschwaben from
the villages:
Blumenthal,
Blumental (German) /
Masloc (Hungarian) /
Maslak (Romanian);
Fibisch (German) /
Temesfüres (Hungarian) /
Fibis (Romanian);
Temeschburg or Temeswar (German) /
Temesvár (Hungarian) /
Timisoara (Romanian);
Franzstadt/Mehala
(German) -
Suburb of Timisoara /
Ferenczvaros
(Hungarian).
Today these locales are
territories of Romania,
in the Banat region of
the former
Austria-Hungary.
Historical records in
Georgia refer to these
immigrants as Hungarians
or Magyar, regardless of
their ethnicity, due to
their former
citizenship.
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A Little
History
Local Genealogical
Research Aids
Tallapoosa/Budapest,
Haralson Co., & Georgia State
Records
Tallapoosa/Budapest
Danube Swabian Surname Registry
Budapest Community
Budapest Cemetery
Cemetery Cleanup Day - Nov 3, 2008
St. Joseph's Church, 1969
A Journey in Search of my Family
By
John Frey, 2008
Blumenthal,
a village in former Hungary
Fibisch, a village in former Hungary
Nearby . . .
Fruithurst, AL
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Tallapoosa/Budapest, Georgia Archivist: Jody
McKim
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Monday January 26, 2009
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