How to find a church in Hungary or Mukacheve, Ukraine?

Question

I am trying to locate churches in Szabolcs - Szatmar - Bereg megye (county) in Hungary, and also Munkacs (Mukacheve, Ukraine). I am looking for churches that would have been in exsitence from mid 1800's until at least early 1900's. We believe they were Eastern Rite Catholic (Byzantine Catholic) because that is the church my grandmother was baptized.

Are there any websites or resources available? I've googled and searched online with no luck.

Answer 1

I just add few links, maybe some of them will be useful.
http://www.ferences.hu/index.php?newlang=english
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10634a.htm
http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/m/munkacs.html
http://mukacevo.totallyexplained.com/
http://www.faswebdesign.com/ECPA/Byzantine/Ruthenian.html
http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/dupka/
http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/dupka/dupka14.htm
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Churches of Hungary
http://www.magyartemplomok.hu/index.php?lang=en

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county
http://www.1hungary.com/info/szabolcs-szatmar-bereg_county/
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Answer 2

First, you're going to need to enlist the help of someone who speaks Hungarian for the Hungarian portion of your search. In that part of Hungary you're not going to find too many English speakers.

Second, you're really going to have to work linguistically to find the information in Mukachevo. That part of Ukraine has been Hungarian, Slovakian, Soviet Russian, and Ukrainian. It's hard to say exactly what language the records may (or may not) be in. During the time period you are looking at, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Hungarian-Slovakian part, so the records may be in Hungarian. That is part of Ukraine now, however, and you will need someone who speaks both Ukrainian and Hungarian to help since Ukrainian is the language of that region. Finding someone who speaks Russian and Hungarian is a poor substitute, but you may be forced to do that. (That is the part of Ukraine where speaking Russian is not looked upon with favor.)

In the end, you may be forced to come here and deal with the locals at the local churches. Most of the records here from that time period are not "on-line".

LATER EDIT: The other problem you will have to contend with is that during the Soviet period, many churches were closed and converted to other uses. Who knows what became of their records. As I rode through Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine with my fiancee one day, I was amazed at how many buildings that are now schools, rec centers, restaurants, etc. used to be churches. One of my favorite restaurants in Kecskemet, Hungary was a church before the Soviet occupation.

Answer 3

Try contacting the Chancery of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo