“… if my prayer will be heard.” The First 15 Years of the Szeklers from Bucovina Settled Near Luduș in Archival Documents Cover Image

„…ha meg halgatásra talál az én esedezésem…” A Marosludas mellé telepített bukovinai székelyek első 15 éve a levéltári forrásokban
“… if my prayer will be heard.” The First 15 Years of the Szeklers from Bucovina Settled Near Luduș in Archival Documents

Author(s): Mária Orsolya Tóth
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: colonization; Szeklers from Bucovina; archival documents; colonization and naturalization requests

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the recently discovered archival documents about the Szeklers from Bucovina settled near Luduș, found in the National Archives of Budapest, representing four types of documents. The first one is a record of farmers who needed support for purchasing domestic animals. The next report is the documentation of the naturalization request and its process. The third type of documents consist in three settlement requests presented in the second part of the colonization along with the response. The last document shows an expropriation case and its remedy. These documents are processed for the first time. All the presented files reveal some so far unknown features about the Szeklers from Bucovina established near Luduș, giving a new perspective on the anthropological and politico-economic research.

  • Issue Year: LXXXIII/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 21-36
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Hungarian