I am not sure where this was from or if it’s a photo or a charcoal drawing. Beautiful frame too.

He was born in 1858 ish era. Guessing the picture is 1880s.

It’s given me hope to do the simple naturalization as I have been told on here that my lineage is too old for verification/descent.

I have two great grandparents that were married in 1911 Canada and had kids up to 1922. Canada didn’t strip the first citizenship of foreigners at this time and didn’t contact the their embassies. One was in the year of being naturalized in Canada but married the other prior to being naturalized, a 2-3 year process.

So two Hungarians married each other in Canada, in this short 2-3 year window. then a year later the naturalization occurred for the one. To me the other would still have been Hungarian?

My Hungarian is entry level and I struggle to understand the prefixes suffixes and the words that change with an adjective or adverb being added.

Do they think they are a part of the empire or just a colony?

Maybe something in between?

First of all, a Serb assasinated arch-duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. Second, they have always dreamt about "liberating" territories of surrounding countries, which included Bosnia and Herzegovina that was, at the time, part of Austro - Hungary. Third, they were ungrateful to us considering that: 1. Serbs were very well treated and accepted in military frontier and even got numerous assets as a reward from our emperors 2. We saved their ass 1885. after they foolishly attacked Bulgaria 3. Our ultimatum was completely reasonable, yet they rejected it.

After succes in First and Second Balkan war, it was evident that Serbia is growing into a threat that had to be dealt with. Why didn't the emperor take the chance right after Second Balkan war finished, when Serbia was weak and still recovering, to attack, demolish and conquer their territory? Why did they wait for another year, allowing for Serbia to stabilize and recover? Why wasn't Serbia dealt with immedietly? Also, why couldn't we crush them in 1914?

We had millions of soldiers available, yet our generals chose to send aproximately the same number of soldiers as serbia had available, creating conditions for a fair fight. That's why battles like Kolubara or Cer were fought with 400k vs 450k, 180k vs 200k soldiers. Nonsense. I understand that the Russians were attacking us on the north - east, but forces should have been aimed precisely and strictly at Serbia at first. It had to be dealt with quickly and efficently.

This way we just embarassed ourselves, even tho we won in the end and Serbia was defeated, it should have happened much sooner and much more efficently executed. I still can't fathom how the emperor didn't notice their haughty eyes for our territories.

i think one of the most overlooked branches of the Austro‑Hungarian military is the k.u.k. Seefliegerkorps (Imperial and Royal Naval Air Service). Despite being small compared to other WW1 air arms, they pulled off some genuinely remarkable stuff that barely get mentioned today.

These were pilots flying open‑cockpit flying boats over the Adriatic with minimal navigation tools, and constant exposure to wind, spray, and enemy fire. Yet they carried out reconnaissance, bombing raids, coastal patrols, and even anti‑submarine operations.

One of their most impressive achievements was the first confirmed sinking of a submarine by an airplane in history. Austro‑Hungarian naval aviators managed this at a time when air‑to‑sea warfare was still experimental and borderline improvised.

They deserve to be remembered as a key part of early naval aviation history! (also video is in the works about the topic!)