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Hello, I'm trying to find information on my grandfather and his family. His name is Ferenc Maly / Mali (could also be Franz). They lived in Basaid, he was born early 1900's. He was killed we believe somewhere between 1944-48.
Is there anywhere I can research more on the town and the people that lived there before the 1940's?
I saw in a forum for Mokrin that there is a great link with photos is there anything like this for Basaid?
We also had relatives in Bikac
I am in Australia and unfortunately I can't read Serbian.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Karina
Posted : 08/05/2014 10:26 am
Hello Karina,
They most likely come from the village of BAŠAID near Kikinda. Did you extract the immigration records in Australia? Also, as a member you should post in the SGS section. If you want to I can move this topic there.
Regards,
Sergej
Posted : 09/05/2014 7:56 am
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Dear Sergej
Thank you so much for your reply. I am new to this so if you think I should post in the SGS section I am happy for you to move this post.
The information I have is only from my mother's birth certificate. If you know what would be the best website to search for any information on Basaid that would be greatly appreciated. I believe that a lot of records may have been lost/destroyed during 1944-48.
Thanks again
Posted : 09/05/2014 9:00 am
Hi,
no records were destroyed 1944-1948 but unfortunately nothing is available online for the period you need. There is a way to obtain information on your family that you need though: through municipal office civil vital records - did he have any children born that you know the exact date of birth and name of the mother and her maiden surname? I can order for you such official birth certificate, and it will have the father's exact birth date and place of birth. That will enable me to then order his birth certificate which will have this same information for his parents.
The cost of obtaining this document is abt 10 euros per document if I manage to pass it off as a request from inside of Serbia.
So please, if you know this information and if you are interested you can forward it to my email [email protected]
The only alternative to this is research on location and that costs a lot more.
I live in Hungary, ( Budapest) and there are some copies of records from today Serbia that are available here in the central archive or microfilms, but I need to check if anything is available for Basaid/Basahíd parish.
I will also let you know if I find anything in Hungarian language relating to the death of your ancestor - was he killed as active soldier or reported missing after the WWII?
There are comissions and listings of victims that are available to public that have information on place and circumstances of death, I will check those too.
For your family from Bikács have you checked the FamilySearch collections for Hungary? There is a lot of information available now online that was not there just a few years ago, and I can help you with both Serbian and Hungarian language. 
As for heritage websites and groups for Basaid village, if there are any active around I will post the links. For a bit of historical perspective I suggest you check our fb page, I posted a great resource on history of places and people from Austria-Hungary in Hungarian language that is available in electronic format, series of books called "Hungarian Counties and Cities Edition" ( Magyarország vármegyéi és városai sorozat.
www.facebook.com/rodoslovlje
Here are the links for the area you are interested in ( Kikinda), losts of pictures and information but available only in Hungarian:
Torontal county people:
http://mek.oszk.hu/09500/09536/html/0024/7.html
Torontal county places:
Posted : 16/06/2014 6:54 pm