Kéty / Kety (Hungarian)

Tolna County

The majority of the original settlers had first arrived in other communities mostly on the von Mercy estates before coming here in response to an invitation from the nobleman who promised them not to interfere in their religious life as Lutherans. These Hessians arrived in the mid 1740s and an “underground” Levite Lehrer served them even though they were placed under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic priest in Zomba where all of the earliest information on these families can be found beginning in 1748. They also went to nearby Lutheran churches whenever possible especially Kistormás and can also be located under some of the other communities already listed.

The baptismal/birth records of the Lutheran Church begin in 1786 and in addition to Lutheran families living in the community other families in the vicinity were also served from Kéty including: Murga, Tabód, Odan Puszta, Tevel and Dorog.

The families here also intermarried with families from: Gyönk, Murga, Kistormás, Gerényes, Izmény, Mucsfa, Szárázd, Bátaapáti, Kalaznó, Felsö Nána, Nagyszekély, Dorog, Tófü, Harta, Bonyhád, Bogárd, Börzsóny, Györe, Keszö Hidegkút, Odan Puszta, Tékes, Varalja, Belecska, Majós, Tabód, Kölesd, Györköny, Tevel, Nyoma, Zsibrik, Zomba, Alsónána, Kismányok, Nádasd, Somogydöröcske, Bonnya, Rác Kozar, Csikostöttös, Mórágy, Hidas, Mekényes, Gadács, Paks, Udvári and Nagy Ág.

by Henry A. Fischer

Lookups Guide: Henry Fischer - Kéty (Evangelical Lutheran) 1787-1895 (Also includes: Tabod, Murga) Church Record Transcriptions 

Last updated: 09/10/2026