Hello,

I've been doing some renewed search on known family members, and found
out my grandmother's uncle appears on a book named:
A MagyarorszÃ¥gi Symbolikus NagypÃ¥holy fÅ?hatósÃ¥ga alatt dolgozó
szabadkÅ?mŹves pÃ¥holyok tagjainak nÊvsora : Hivatalos kiadÃ¥s / kiadja a
magyar kirålyi belßgyminiszter. - Budapest : Magyar Kirålyi Állami
Nyomda, 1920. -

Being in Israel I find it very hard to believe I will ever come across
a copy of that one. Is anyone on this group able to put a hand on this
book? I would appreciate the help. I am interested in an excerpt
regarding Dr. Istvan SPITZER >from Zombor/Sombor, which is supposed to
appear on page 215/263, not sure which or whether both.

I would appreciate any help.
Best regards,
Amit Naor
Israel

Dear Amit,

A check of WorldCat using the words magyarorszagi symbolikus in the title search indicates this was an annual periodical or yearbook for Hungarian Freemasons. Â That suggests your great-great-uncle was a Freemason and that the book may have some information on him. Â The bibliographical record for this periodical is extremely confusing and individual year volumes are rarely cataloged so I can't tell if it's held by a library in WorldCat. Â I suggest contacting the Hungarian National Library, which should have a full run of this periodical.

Good luck in your research.

Yours,
Jenny Schwartzberg
The Newberry Library
Chicago, IL
USA

Probably unlikely that you'll find this book anywhere in Israel unless someone
has a personal copy but you may be able to find it on-line. Check the National
Szechenyi Library catalogue at http://nektar2.oszk.hu/librivision_eng.html
The Szechenyi reportedly has a copy of all materials printed in Hungary. See
http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/contributor/P01210 for description of
collection and more information.

Vivian Kahn, Oakland, California
JewishGen Hungarian SIG Coordinator