https://www.radixindex.com/en The RadixIndex news feed en János Bogárdi Copyright 2022 2026-06-10T20:34:42+01:00 weekly 1 2000-01-01T12:00:00+01:00 https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/202308291030 29 Aug 2023 10:30:00 +0100 RadixIndex RadixIndex site providing records for Hungarian and Central European family history reseearch goes on with its databases, for an unknown period, until further notice. The site should be accessible the way it has been for the last one year: it's not possible to buy new access topaid contents, however, people with accounts on August 31, 2022 should still be able to log in and to retrieve records.

]]> RadixIndex site providing records for Hungarian and Central European family history reseearch goes on with its databases, for an unknown period, until further notice. The site should be accessible the way it has been for the last one year: it's not possible to buy new access topaid contents, however, people with accounts on August 31, 2022 should still be able to log in and to retrieve records.

]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/202207261246 26 Jul 2022 12:46:00 +0100 RadixIndex RadixIndex the 22+ year old subscription site to Hungarian genealogy was left without many options. RadixIndex decided to shoot down its access buying service with a 30 days notice.

Existing customers will be able to log in their accounts and use the databases to the extent of their record retrieval credit, but they will not be able to top up accounts.

* Update of August 25, 2022: the final date will be August 27, 2022]]> RadixIndex the 22+ year old subscription site to Hungarian genealogy was left without many options. RadixIndex decided to shoot down its access buying service with a 30 days notice.

Existing customers will be able to log in their accounts and use the databases to the extent of their record retrieval credit, but they will not be able to top up accounts.

* Update of August 25, 2022: the final date will be August 27, 2022]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201911031116 03 Nov 2019 11:16:00 +0100 RadixIndex RadixIndex is marked for uploading the last lines from the main parts of Austria-Hungary's Verlustliste, a series of hundreds of booklets listing the casualties of the military in World War I. This RadixIndex database is currently 2,538,406 records strong.

To reach its complete status this resource still needs to process about 50-100,000 records in the correction sections of the booklets, 58,000 records skipped for illegibility and 48,000 records marked for mixed problems.]]> RadixIndex is marked for uploading the last lines from the main parts of Austria-Hungary's Verlustliste, a series of hundreds of booklets listing the casualties of the military in World War I. This RadixIndex database is currently 2,538,406 records strong.

To reach its complete status this resource still needs to process about 50-100,000 records in the correction sections of the booklets, 58,000 records skipped for illegibility and 48,000 records marked for mixed problems.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201812261631 26 Dec 2018 16:31:00 +0100 RadixIndex RadixIndex mark the 5 million record milestone. For now and for the months coming efforts at the site are concentrated to complete the WW1 Austria-Hungary casualties list database.

To make the free-for-all record count seven figure, too, RadixIndex has just opened surnames at the 126-150 positions of top names. The 150 most frequent surnames with variations offer 1,013,597 records as of today, a number that is going to grow with future updates to the site.]]> RadixIndex mark the 5 million record milestone. For now and for the months coming efforts at the site are concentrated to complete the WW1 Austria-Hungary casualties list database.

To make the free-for-all record count seven figure, too, RadixIndex has just opened surnames at the 126-150 positions of top names. The 150 most frequent surnames with variations offer 1,013,597 records as of today, a number that is going to grow with future updates to the site.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201809121833 12 Sep 2018 18:33:00 +0100 RadixIndex Verlustliste, the WW1 Austria-Hungary casualties list now offers more than 2 million records. This database is about 80% complete now, the database is about 500,000 records short of reaching the complete status.

Besides the new records, links to scanned pages in ANNO, the digital library of Austria's National Library are also added to query result pages. ANNO uses jpeg images of the scanned pages, which are easier to use with web browsers compared to the more obscure DjVu format offered on Kramerius.]]> Verlustliste, the WW1 Austria-Hungary casualties list now offers more than 2 million records. This database is about 80% complete now, the database is about 500,000 records short of reaching the complete status.

Besides the new records, links to scanned pages in ANNO, the digital library of Austria's National Library are also added to query result pages. ANNO uses jpeg images of the scanned pages, which are easier to use with web browsers compared to the more obscure DjVu format offered on Kramerius.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201711291545 29 Nov 2017 15:45:00 +0100 RadixIndex RadixIndex opens an Advent calendar with a feature never seen before on the site: surnames starting with the day's letter going to be available absolutely free to any visitor of the site.

The schedule of the letters is not pre-announced: the day's letter is revealed at midnight (Budapest time). Out of the 26 letters in the English alphabet Q X and Y will be combined into one day and this way the advent calendar opens its 24th, last window on December 23.]]> RadixIndex opens an Advent calendar with a feature never seen before on the site: surnames starting with the day's letter going to be available absolutely free to any visitor of the site.

The schedule of the letters is not pre-announced: the day's letter is revealed at midnight (Budapest time). Out of the 26 letters in the English alphabet Q X and Y will be combined into one day and this way the advent calendar opens its 24th, last window on December 23.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201702131638 13 Feb 2017 16:38:00 +0100 RadixIndex RadixIndex site is now available through a secure, SSL connection.

There is nothing to be done on the site visitors' side, as the change, we hope, is fully managed by the website. One possible action to be taken is by those subscribers of the site who saved their passwords to their web browsers. They will be asked to save it again, as the http:// in the website's URL is now replaced by https://.]]> RadixIndex site is now available through a secure, SSL connection.

There is nothing to be done on the site visitors' side, as the change, we hope, is fully managed by the website. One possible action to be taken is by those subscribers of the site who saved their passwords to their web browsers. They will be asked to save it again, as the http:// in the website's URL is now replaced by https://.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201702031521 03 Feb 2017 15:21:00 +0100 RadixIndex RadixIndex these past few days made the site reach a milestone: the service mostly used by family historians now offers more than 4 million records.

Year 2017 has brought updates to three of RadixIndex's databases. RadixRef, the database indexing persons found in printed biographical collections and directories received 50,000 new records. Most of them are from regiment histories in memory of WWI, yet other publications processed include an end of the 19th c. book that contains the names and physical description of criminals. Verlustliste, the database covering the WWI losses of the Austro-Hungarian army received an update of 60,000 records, while RadixRefA 12,000 records. Census data gathered due to Empress Maria Theresa's 1767 Urbarium decree have started to emerge in RadixRefA for a couple of settlements.]]> RadixIndex these past few days made the site reach a milestone: the service mostly used by family historians now offers more than 4 million records.

Year 2017 has brought updates to three of RadixIndex's databases. RadixRef, the database indexing persons found in printed biographical collections and directories received 50,000 new records. Most of them are from regiment histories in memory of WWI, yet other publications processed include an end of the 19th c. book that contains the names and physical description of criminals. Verlustliste, the database covering the WWI losses of the Austro-Hungarian army received an update of 60,000 records, while RadixRefA 12,000 records. Census data gathered due to Empress Maria Theresa's 1767 Urbarium decree have started to emerge in RadixRefA for a couple of settlements.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201612181627 18 Dec 2016 16:27:00 +0100 RadixIndex RadixRefA. RadixRefA indexes archival sources, materials that haven't been published in print. The merely 250 records at its debute will see a growth in magnitude in December 2016, according to the plans.

Part of the records included in the database have copies available at various online, unindexed archival sites and collections, while another part of the database provides references to archival collections not available on the internet.]]> RadixRefA. RadixRefA indexes archival sources, materials that haven't been published in print. The merely 250 records at its debute will see a growth in magnitude in December 2016, according to the plans.

Part of the records included in the database have copies available at various online, unindexed archival sites and collections, while another part of the database provides references to archival collections not available on the internet.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201612152033 15 Dec 2016 20:33:00 +0100 RadixIndex advent calendar with 10 windows to RadixIndex. The windows opening between 15 and 24 December show various RadixIndex or other Hungarian genealogy related surprises to site visitors.

Besides the website, followers of the RadixIndex Facebook page will also be kept posted about the windows just opened. As some of the surprises will be limited in time, it's worth to return to either the website or the Facebook page several times, if not daily during the period.]]> advent calendar with 10 windows to RadixIndex. The windows opening between 15 and 24 December show various RadixIndex or other Hungarian genealogy related surprises to site visitors.

Besides the website, followers of the RadixIndex Facebook page will also be kept posted about the windows just opened. As some of the surprises will be limited in time, it's worth to return to either the website or the Facebook page several times, if not daily during the period.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201608121105 12 Aug 2016 11:05:00 +0100 RadixIndex
Coupon code YR2000S brings the price of a RadixIndex (standard) subscription down to $20 (from 2016's $30). When opting for a RadixIndex Light subscription enter YR2000L at checkout - and receive a discount of $5, i. e. $10 price instead of $15. To save $2.5 with the RadixIndex Mini subscription, apply the YR2000M coupon code at payment - the 2016 price of $7.5 would be recuced to $5.

This sale is live from August 12, 2016 and ends at 23:59 US EST on August 15, 2016. There are no limitations on the number of packages/sales per subscriber, sale discounts are available both for new and existing RadixIndex subscribers.]]>
Coupon code YR2000S brings the price of a RadixIndex (standard) subscription down to $20 (from 2016's $30). When opting for a RadixIndex Light subscription enter YR2000L at checkout - and receive a discount of $5, i. e. $10 price instead of $15. To save $2.5 with the RadixIndex Mini subscription, apply the YR2000M coupon code at payment - the 2016 price of $7.5 would be recuced to $5.

This sale is live from August 12, 2016 and ends at 23:59 US EST on August 15, 2016. There are no limitations on the number of packages/sales per subscriber, sale discounts are available both for new and existing RadixIndex subscribers.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201608121021 12 Aug 2016 10:21:00 +0100 RadixIndex World War 1 Verlustliste/Casualty list database gained 250,000 records.

With addition of the new records the completion of this Austro-Hungarian database passes 50%: out of the estimated 2-2.4 million records 1,350,000 are currently available. Further updates for this database are expected for the coming months of 2016.]]> World War 1 Verlustliste/Casualty list database gained 250,000 records.

With addition of the new records the completion of this Austro-Hungarian database passes 50%: out of the estimated 2-2.4 million records 1,350,000 are currently available. Further updates for this database are expected for the coming months of 2016.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201608121011 12 Aug 2016 10:11:00 +0100 RadixIndex
True to be told, during the last couple of years there was only about one check/year received, which would mean that the change hopefully won't affect many of family history researchers. The most used option, instant payment and access with cards/PayPal is at our subscribers' disposal. Bank transfers might also work, but would delay access a couple of days and incur additional costs on the subscribers' side.]]>
True to be told, during the last couple of years there was only about one check/year received, which would mean that the change hopefully won't affect many of family history researchers. The most used option, instant payment and access with cards/PayPal is at our subscribers' disposal. Bank transfers might also work, but would delay access a couple of days and incur additional costs on the subscribers' side.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201507011734 01 Jul 2015 17:34:00 +0100 RadixIndex
With this current update the casualty list is getting close to being 50% complete - a milestone RadixIndex hopes to pass later this year.]]>
With this current update the casualty list is getting close to being 50% complete - a milestone RadixIndex hopes to pass later this year.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201412131014 13 Dec 2014 10:14:00 +0100 RadixIndex Verlustliste database, a collection at RadixIndex that indexes the published casualty lists of Austria-Hungary's military during World War I and thanks to the addition the number of records available in this database has gone beyond one million.

The current geographical distribution of the records in this database:
Austrian Empire:
- Bohemia: 150820
- Bukovina: 12729
- Carinthia: 6804
- Carniola: 7847
- Dalmatia: 10980
- Galicia: 112466
- Littoral (Görz and Gradiska and Istria): 9222
- Lower Austria: 42383
- Moravia: 52400
- Salzburg: 2964
- Silesia: 12159
- Styria: 21835
- Tirol: 12571
- Upper Austria: 14821
- Vorarlberg: 1889

Kingdom of Hungary:
- Kingdom of Hungary (proper): 364789
- Croatia-Slavonia: 39758

Bosnia and Herzegovina: 26214

Unknown: 99387

This database, like all other at RadixIndex, contain free records, too. Part of the free records are available through the list of most popular surnames and the daily openings of new surnames in the site's 2014 advent calendar. On top of that CroaRiva.com (guide to Croatia's Adriatic coast) publishes a growing number of records from Verlustliste that pertain to the Croatia's coastal area. Names from Croatia's northeastern region are expected to appear in batches on the soon to be launched site, Slavonia.info.]]> Verlustliste database, a collection at RadixIndex that indexes the published casualty lists of Austria-Hungary's military during World War I and thanks to the addition the number of records available in this database has gone beyond one million.

The current geographical distribution of the records in this database:
Austrian Empire:
- Bohemia: 150820
- Bukovina: 12729
- Carinthia: 6804
- Carniola: 7847
- Dalmatia: 10980
- Galicia: 112466
- Littoral (Görz and Gradiska and Istria): 9222
- Lower Austria: 42383
- Moravia: 52400
- Salzburg: 2964
- Silesia: 12159
- Styria: 21835
- Tirol: 12571
- Upper Austria: 14821
- Vorarlberg: 1889

Kingdom of Hungary:
- Kingdom of Hungary (proper): 364789
- Croatia-Slavonia: 39758

Bosnia and Herzegovina: 26214

Unknown: 99387

This database, like all other at RadixIndex, contain free records, too. Part of the free records are available through the list of most popular surnames and the daily openings of new surnames in the site's 2014 advent calendar. On top of that CroaRiva.com (guide to Croatia's Adriatic coast) publishes a growing number of records from Verlustliste that pertain to the Croatia's coastal area. Names from Croatia's northeastern region are expected to appear in batches on the soon to be launched site, Slavonia.info.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201412011845 01 Dec 2014 18:45:00 +0100 RadixIndex advent calendar of the site opens a popular surname between the 1st and 24th of December - one surname a day.

Since 2010 there have already been 70 surnames with more than 500,000 records for free searches - the free stock is now expected to grow a couple of thousand records every day. Surnames like Boros, Deák, Kelemen, Kocsis, Novák, Oláh, Pál, Sándor, Sipos and their alternate spellings are to appear during the first days of December.]]> advent calendar of the site opens a popular surname between the 1st and 24th of December - one surname a day.

Since 2010 there have already been 70 surnames with more than 500,000 records for free searches - the free stock is now expected to grow a couple of thousand records every day. Surnames like Boros, Deák, Kelemen, Kocsis, Novák, Oláh, Pál, Sándor, Sipos and their alternate spellings are to appear during the first days of December.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201406051532 05 Jun 2014 15:32:00 +0100 RadixIndex Verlustliste database at RadixIndex grew its geographic coverage by adding 300,000 records from various areas of the Hapsburg Monarchy.

The Verlustliste database indexing Austria-Hungary's published casualty lists from World War 1 up until today provided information on the military from the Hungarian part of the Monarchy, now 200,000 of its 500,000 records cover soldiers from other parts of the country, ranging from the Czech lands to Bosnia-Herzegovina and from Galicia to Tirol.

During the summer months of 2014 RadixIndex plans to add about 500,000 more records to the Verlustliste database.]]> Verlustliste database at RadixIndex grew its geographic coverage by adding 300,000 records from various areas of the Hapsburg Monarchy.

The Verlustliste database indexing Austria-Hungary's published casualty lists from World War 1 up until today provided information on the military from the Hungarian part of the Monarchy, now 200,000 of its 500,000 records cover soldiers from other parts of the country, ranging from the Czech lands to Bosnia-Herzegovina and from Galicia to Tirol.

During the summer months of 2014 RadixIndex plans to add about 500,000 more records to the Verlustliste database.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201306051941 05 Jun 2013 19:41:00 +0100 RadixIndex has gone beyond 2.5 millions. Visitors of the site would find 190,000 new entries in the WW1 Verlustliste databases and a batch of 310,000 entries has been added to RadixRef, as well.

The newest of RadixIndex's databases is Verlustliste, the casualty list of the KuK military in WW1, now has information about 200,000 soldiers from Hungary. Most of the records added to RadixRef happen to be also military-related - the bulk of the update is the index to Hungary's military gazette for the 1941-1944 period with rank changes and decorations.]]> has gone beyond 2.5 millions. Visitors of the site would find 190,000 new entries in the WW1 Verlustliste databases and a batch of 310,000 entries has been added to RadixRef, as well.

The newest of RadixIndex's databases is Verlustliste, the casualty list of the KuK military in WW1, now has information about 200,000 soldiers from Hungary. Most of the records added to RadixRef happen to be also military-related - the bulk of the update is the index to Hungary's military gazette for the 1941-1944 period with rank changes and decorations.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201212111234 11 Dec 2012 12:34:00 +0100 RadixIndex Verlustliste, the casualty list of Austria-Hungary's military during the years of World War 1.

At its launch records cover soldiers from the Kingdom of Hungary of the time, losses of the military from other parts of the empire are expected to appear at a later date.]]> Verlustliste, the casualty list of Austria-Hungary's military during the years of World War 1.

At its launch records cover soldiers from the Kingdom of Hungary of the time, losses of the military from other parts of the empire are expected to appear at a later date.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201010201614 20 Oct 2010 16:14:00 +0100 RadixIndex conference of the Young Archivists Association (Hungary) was databases, digitization and service. I was asked to deliver a presentation about RadixIndex as a subscription site.

The sketch of the presentation has been uploaded to this website and is available as a Microsoft PowerPoint file (.ppt) as well as an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file.]]> conference of the Young Archivists Association (Hungary) was databases, digitization and service. I was asked to deliver a presentation about RadixIndex as a subscription site.

The sketch of the presentation has been uploaded to this website and is available as a Microsoft PowerPoint file (.ppt) as well as an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201002102218 10 Feb 2010 22:18:00 +0100 RadixIndex RadixIndex, the subscription-based website providing genealogists and local historians with Hungary-related databases was launched on February 1, 2010. Now, on the occasion of its tenth birth day I would like improve RadixIndex services by taking steps ahead, one at a time. First of the main elements in this process is the addition of 100,000 new records every week during the following 10 weeks - this way the record count should reach 2 million records by April. The other major change is the transformation of the free records policy. Instead of the former practice of the free availability status of newly added records the records containing the 70 most frequent surnames become available for anyone. Every day during the 70 day period of 10 February - 20 April one surname from the most frequent list is added to the freely available set. This new system is first applied to the RadixRef database, which is to be followed by other existing or coming databases.

10 years anniversary - thank you!
First of all, I would like to thank everyone using the RadixIndex website in their research and I'm especially grateful to people who subscribe to the paid databases of the site. Their support along with the site's occasional advertizers has secured RadixIndex's long life - in Internet terms.

10 years anniversary - the fiesta of 100,000 new records for 10 weeks
Leaving behind the 1 million records milestone I would like to make up for the lack of new additions the last couple of years. During these 10 weeks, most probably on Wednesdays or Thursdays, at least 100,000 new records are going to be added to the service. The bulk of the coming records will become part of the RadixRef set, however, there are some new databases in the plans, too.

The first round of the weekly record additions on the 10th of February adds 100,024 indexed records from 19 publications to the RadixRef collection. Amongst the processed titles one can find regiments histories from the time of World War 1, books about particular counties, a 1907 directory of Southern Hungary (the Banat) and the 1920 list of freemasons in Hungary.

Records with the most frequent surnames become free
The revised policy of free records access, I believe, serves RadixIndex users in several ways. One aspect is that the volume of freely available records becomes significantly bigger: opening the top 70 surnames (and their variations) means that in 10 weeks about 20% of all the records - with estimated number of 400,000 - will be free for all. Genealogists all know that researching ancestry with common surnames is a challenge - with the opening up of common surname records RadixIndex would like to provide a helping hand to family historians in the need. Thirdly, RadixIndex subscribers have been facing the ever returning glitch of running out of record retrieval quotas by launching queries of frequent surnames - let it be provisional, this new regime of free records might be a solution for that problem, too.

So, during these 70 days (10 weeks) every day one top surname and its variations (altogether up to about 500 surname versions) become free. The process is initially applied to RadixRef, which is followed by the rest of the databases. The list of the 70 surnames is available on our website, as well as the daily schedule of thei opening. It should be noted, that the digital copies, where applicable, remains reserved to RadixIndex subscribers.

From the RadixIndex lab: search interfaces, subscriptions
These coming weeks should bring updates to search interfaces and to the members' pages. This development is gradual, changes may come week by week - I hope these will be for the better. It does help if visitors of the site cast their comments or suggestions - feedback is much appreciated!

Beyond personal subscriptions the wish to offer corporate subscriptions have been in the plans for some time now. I do hope that one of the coming updates can report about the availability of institutional subscriptions.

Email newsletter binned - new news channels introduced
RadixIndex used to send updates in its email newsletter up to November 2002 - this was the last edition published. As the saying goes in Hungary, much water has run in the River Danube since then. Email spam became a concern to a level that Hungary's Parliament passed the act XLVIII in 2008 that required the collecting of postal addresses where email addresses are recorded.

This pathetic decree was then withdrawn, but, anyway, I decided that the email newsletter would not be the way to go. As a result, I deleted the list containing newsletter subscriber emails on February 9, 2010. Please accept my apologies if this prevents anyone from being updated about RadixIndex.

Instead of the newsletter in the email interested researches have new options. There is a newly introduced news page on the RadixIndex website, with its RSS feed accessible with RSS feed readers. Then, news are added to RadixIndex's Facebook page and tweets with short references to the RadixIndex Twitter account. Occasional updates will be published on the recently dormant RadixLog blog, too.

Maps project discontintued - maps available elsewhere
My efforts to digitize the 1:200,000 scale sheets of the so-called 3rd Military Topographic Survery of Austria-Hungary have become obsolete years ago, so, I decided to end this project. The same sheets I was about to scan - in fact, even more of them - were made available by Budapest's ELTE University, followed by the collection of the 1:75,000 series by the AtHu75 project. And add to these the digitized and publicly available part of the Arcanum map products already online - and even more coming. All these led me to abandon the RadixIndex map project and focus on non-duplicate data.

Still, if anyone as a subscriber feels that (s)he really needs a sheet section to be prepared by me, please, contact me at RadixIndex support to see if I can help.

Newish Radix websites and plans
Depending on the date of your last visit to RadixIndex, there might be sites that are new to you. Since 2003 RadixForum has been a message board to post surname or locality specific queries about researched or sought after families and places. Launched in 2007, going down to the town level, RadixHub's purpose is to become a directory of websites helpful in Hungarian genealogy and local history research. RadixHub incorporates versions of two important Hungarian gazetteers: the 1877 (Dvorzsák) one (with church affiliations) and the 1913 - the last one before the dissolution of Austria-Hungary. 2008's, still beta-phase RadixRobot might with time become a powerful Hungarian surname search engine querying parallel dozens of online databases - when using enter radixrobot as user name and robot1 as password.

This year brought Austria Hungary.info online and with it an early 1900s gazetteer of the non-Hungarian part of the Habsburg Empire. This site is a by-product of the preparations I'm making for a yet another site hopefully seeing its launch later this year.

And lastly, there is something that people knowing the Hungarian language might make some use of: hosted by RadixIndex, the Csaladtortenet email list is a listserve of a approx. 500 family history researchers mainly from Hungary. This great bunch of people helps each other with research problems, shares tips, methods, websites.

Happy researching!
I'm sure 2010 is going to be a year bringing much success to people digging their Hungarian roots. The amount of information available on the internet is growing at an amazing speed - and RadixIndex is happy to join this party!

With my best wishes, János Bogárdi from Pécs, Hungary.]]> RadixIndex, the subscription-based website providing genealogists and local historians with Hungary-related databases was launched on February 1, 2010. Now, on the occasion of its tenth birth day I would like improve RadixIndex services by taking steps ahead, one at a time. First of the main elements in this process is the addition of 100,000 new records every week during the following 10 weeks - this way the record count should reach 2 million records by April. The other major change is the transformation of the free records policy. Instead of the former practice of the free availability status of newly added records the records containing the 70 most frequent surnames become available for anyone. Every day during the 70 day period of 10 February - 20 April one surname from the most frequent list is added to the freely available set. This new system is first applied to the RadixRef database, which is to be followed by other existing or coming databases.

10 years anniversary - thank you!
First of all, I would like to thank everyone using the RadixIndex website in their research and I'm especially grateful to people who subscribe to the paid databases of the site. Their support along with the site's occasional advertizers has secured RadixIndex's long life - in Internet terms.

10 years anniversary - the fiesta of 100,000 new records for 10 weeks
Leaving behind the 1 million records milestone I would like to make up for the lack of new additions the last couple of years. During these 10 weeks, most probably on Wednesdays or Thursdays, at least 100,000 new records are going to be added to the service. The bulk of the coming records will become part of the RadixRef set, however, there are some new databases in the plans, too.

The first round of the weekly record additions on the 10th of February adds 100,024 indexed records from 19 publications to the RadixRef collection. Amongst the processed titles one can find regiments histories from the time of World War 1, books about particular counties, a 1907 directory of Southern Hungary (the Banat) and the 1920 list of freemasons in Hungary.

Records with the most frequent surnames become free
The revised policy of free records access, I believe, serves RadixIndex users in several ways. One aspect is that the volume of freely available records becomes significantly bigger: opening the top 70 surnames (and their variations) means that in 10 weeks about 20% of all the records - with estimated number of 400,000 - will be free for all. Genealogists all know that researching ancestry with common surnames is a challenge - with the opening up of common surname records RadixIndex would like to provide a helping hand to family historians in the need. Thirdly, RadixIndex subscribers have been facing the ever returning glitch of running out of record retrieval quotas by launching queries of frequent surnames - let it be provisional, this new regime of free records might be a solution for that problem, too.

So, during these 70 days (10 weeks) every day one top surname and its variations (altogether up to about 500 surname versions) become free. The process is initially applied to RadixRef, which is followed by the rest of the databases. The list of the 70 surnames is available on our website, as well as the daily schedule of thei opening. It should be noted, that the digital copies, where applicable, remains reserved to RadixIndex subscribers.

From the RadixIndex lab: search interfaces, subscriptions
These coming weeks should bring updates to search interfaces and to the members' pages. This development is gradual, changes may come week by week - I hope these will be for the better. It does help if visitors of the site cast their comments or suggestions - feedback is much appreciated!

Beyond personal subscriptions the wish to offer corporate subscriptions have been in the plans for some time now. I do hope that one of the coming updates can report about the availability of institutional subscriptions.

Email newsletter binned - new news channels introduced
RadixIndex used to send updates in its email newsletter up to November 2002 - this was the last edition published. As the saying goes in Hungary, much water has run in the River Danube since then. Email spam became a concern to a level that Hungary's Parliament passed the act XLVIII in 2008 that required the collecting of postal addresses where email addresses are recorded.

This pathetic decree was then withdrawn, but, anyway, I decided that the email newsletter would not be the way to go. As a result, I deleted the list containing newsletter subscriber emails on February 9, 2010. Please accept my apologies if this prevents anyone from being updated about RadixIndex.

Instead of the newsletter in the email interested researches have new options. There is a newly introduced news page on the RadixIndex website, with its RSS feed accessible with RSS feed readers. Then, news are added to RadixIndex's Facebook page and tweets with short references to the RadixIndex Twitter account. Occasional updates will be published on the recently dormant RadixLog blog, too.

Maps project discontintued - maps available elsewhere
My efforts to digitize the 1:200,000 scale sheets of the so-called 3rd Military Topographic Survery of Austria-Hungary have become obsolete years ago, so, I decided to end this project. The same sheets I was about to scan - in fact, even more of them - were made available by Budapest's ELTE University, followed by the collection of the 1:75,000 series by the AtHu75 project. And add to these the digitized and publicly available part of the Arcanum map products already online - and even more coming. All these led me to abandon the RadixIndex map project and focus on non-duplicate data.

Still, if anyone as a subscriber feels that (s)he really needs a sheet section to be prepared by me, please, contact me at RadixIndex support to see if I can help.

Newish Radix websites and plans
Depending on the date of your last visit to RadixIndex, there might be sites that are new to you. Since 2003 RadixForum has been a message board to post surname or locality specific queries about researched or sought after families and places. Launched in 2007, going down to the town level, RadixHub's purpose is to become a directory of websites helpful in Hungarian genealogy and local history research. RadixHub incorporates versions of two important Hungarian gazetteers: the 1877 (Dvorzsák) one (with church affiliations) and the 1913 - the last one before the dissolution of Austria-Hungary. 2008's, still beta-phase RadixRobot might with time become a powerful Hungarian surname search engine querying parallel dozens of online databases - when using enter radixrobot as user name and robot1 as password.

This year brought Austria Hungary.info online and with it an early 1900s gazetteer of the non-Hungarian part of the Habsburg Empire. This site is a by-product of the preparations I'm making for a yet another site hopefully seeing its launch later this year.

And lastly, there is something that people knowing the Hungarian language might make some use of: hosted by RadixIndex, the Csaladtortenet email list is a listserve of a approx. 500 family history researchers mainly from Hungary. This great bunch of people helps each other with research problems, shares tips, methods, websites.

Happy researching!
I'm sure 2010 is going to be a year bringing much success to people digging their Hungarian roots. The amount of information available on the internet is growing at an amazing speed - and RadixIndex is happy to join this party!

With my best wishes, János Bogárdi from Pécs, Hungary.]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/201001110000 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 RadixIndex early 1900s gazetteer of Austria-Hungary is the fruit of these efforts. Kudos go to Brigham Young University for sharing Gemeindelexikon on the web.

]]> early 1900s gazetteer of Austria-Hungary is the fruit of these efforts. Kudos go to Brigham Young University for sharing Gemeindelexikon on the web.

]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/200811120000 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100 RadixIndex RadixRobot was called into existence. The service is still in beta phase. To access it please use 'radixrobot' as the username and 'robot1' as a password.

]]> RadixRobot was called into existence. The service is still in beta phase. To access it please use 'radixrobot' as the username and 'robot1' as a password.

]]> https://www.radixindex.com/en/news/200710070000 07 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100 RadixIndex RadixHub aims at creating a web directory of pages helpful in genealogy and local history research.

RadixHub features two of old Hungary's significant gazetteers. The one from 1877 (by Dvorzsák) is especially helpful in finding out parish and temple affiliations and the one from 1913 was the last gazetteer published before Austria-Hungary's dissolution at the end of WW1.]]> RadixHub aims at creating a web directory of pages helpful in genealogy and local history research.

RadixHub features two of old Hungary's significant gazetteers. The one from 1877 (by Dvorzsák) is especially helpful in finding out parish and temple affiliations and the one from 1913 was the last gazetteer published before Austria-Hungary's dissolution at the end of WW1.]]>