Re: CIZMAR or CIZMARU in Ocna-Mures (near 1770)

Marianne

Your English is fine, no need to apologize.I am not related, not researching and not Romanian, but can help with some websites.

Cizmar would translate to shoemaker, bootmaker. The spelling in Magyar might be Csizsmar or something close to it.

A map of Austria-Hungary empire :
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htmhttp://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm
The old 1910 Hungarian megye map is at:
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910
The town of Marosujvar is in Also-Feher megye.
A good locator is www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm

www.rat.de/kuijsten/navigator
www.genealogienetz.de/reg
www.genealogy.ro
www.whitepages.roRomania's phone site
A surname CIZMAR, CIZMARU and CIZMARIU shows up.
Take a look even in Ellis Island website.You need to register but no money involved.