Anette,
Nógrád is one of the nicest part of Hungary. Homokterenye is an old settlement, originally it was named "Atyaháza" (House of Father). Presently three villages built to each other: Homokterenye, Jánosakna and Nádújfalu. Now the "new" settlement is named Mátraterenye. I think, you can get help of the leader of the library of the town, named Kürti Jánosné (Mrs Kürti) You can write her by the e-address:
matraterenye@xmail.profinter.hu , but I think, the snail mail would be better:
Kürti Jánosné Könyvtáros
Mátraterenye
Kossuth út 178
Europe-Hungary
Also, you are lucky, because one of the leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was born in Homokterenye! You can write him on the way of the Hungarian Ambassy in Washington: 3910 Shoemaker Street,
NW Washington D.C. 20008 His name is: Dr. Gecse, Attila
(we write at first the surname in Hungary). You can write him, do not hesitate; the people of Nógrád are usually very-very friendly...... :-) (and the ladies has very nice legs :-) ) Take a copy of this correspondence and send him like reference.
Mátraszele is the neighbor village of Mátraterenye, and Váraszó is a littlebit farer. Please. look at the map:
http://lazarus.elte.hu/moterkep/mb.htm , then click to letter M, then to the name Mátraterenye. Mátraszele will be left of it, Váraszó to right. You can see the detailed maps of these villages here:
Mátraterenye:
http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&mid=12&...Mátraszele:
http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&mid=12&...Váraszó:
http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&mid=10&...Finally it looks like for me, that the surname (Family name we call in Hungary) was the Pál, and I found two Páls in the phonebook of Mátraterenye, and much of them are living in Váraszó.
Váraszó has a little homepage
(
http://www.hevesmegye.hu/Varaszo/Varaszo.htm ) where you can find the e-address of the townhall, also their address. The name of the major is: Szekeres Arzén.
Write them, but if you write by snail mail, do not forget the "Europe-Hungary"!!!
Here you can see thge near 1000 years old church of Váraszó.
http://syrius.elte.hu/varak/varaszote/varaszo.htm Maybe your greatgrandfather told prayer here.........
What can I help you more?
Lajos Reich, Hungary, Budapest