Thomas Tar

Expert Genealogist & Historical Researcher

Fiverr • Freelance

Dec 2010 - Present • 15 yrs 5 mos

For years, my wife Edit and I have dedicated our lives to unearthing the forgotten fates of those who lived and died in the Carpathian Basin. We do not operate like conventional genealogists who merely plug dates into a spreadsheet. Our work is an uncompromising immersion into the historical depths of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Operating primarily in the historical territories of Hungary—with a highly specialized focus on the endless Great Plain (Alföld), the Partium, and the Southeast region (known as the Viharsarok, the "Stormy Corner")—we reconstruct the true, unvarnished epics of everyday people. Our methodology goes far beyond basic searches. We spend our nights meticulously analyzing, cross-referencing, and translating centuries-old vital records, military reports, prisoner-of-war logs, emigration papers, and court documents. We decipher archaic handwriting in Hungarian, Latin, and German, navigating the labyrinth of fragmented archives to find the paths out of dead ends. We firmly believe that genealogy without historical context is just a collection of empty numbers. We track your ancestors through the blood-soaked centuries of Eastern European history. We map their grueling migrations across thousands of kilometers, following their footsteps through devastating wars, brutal famines, and sweeping epidemics. We place their personal struggles into the grand, often unforgiving theater of history. Not everyone was born into nobility, but every ancestor fought a relentless battle for survival so that your family could exist today. They endured unimaginable hardships, and it is our absolute passion to bring them back from the swamp of oblivion. When you work with us, you do not just get a family tree; you receive a fully contextualized, historically accurate, and deeply moving testament to your bloodline's true heritage. We give you the raw reality of your roots.