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Using a Historical Map of Austria-Hungary in Your Research

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(David Rumsey Map Collection) If your Prague-born immigrant ancestor is listed on passenger manifests or in census records as “Austrian” or your Romanian ancestor as “Hungarian,” you might be confused. The culprit behind your ancestral identity crisis is likely the now-disbanded nation-state of Austria-Hungary, a behemoth of a country that once stretched from the Carpathian View Website VIP Subscription

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Andrew Koch is the editor of Family Tree Magazine.

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