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	[[Image:Romania counties.png\|center\|~~500px~~\|The Counties of Romania]] This map can assist is finding which historical area your ancestor is from. The blue is Wallachia, The green is Transylvania, including the areas Crisana and Maramures. The Banat is also included in Transylvania and comprises the counties of Timis and Caras-Severin in the southwest of Transylvania. The red is Moldavia, including southern Bukovina in Suceava county. The yellow is Dobrogea. The current Republic of Moldova is also shown; historically, it was part of Moldavia. There follows some historical maps tracing the development of modern Romania: [[Image:Romania 1600.png\|center\|Romania in 1600 at the time of Mihai Viteazu]] The above map shows the Romanian principalities when they were united under Mihail Viteazu in 1600.		[[Image:Romania counties.png\|center\|600px\|The Counties of Romania]] This map can assist is finding which historical area your ancestor is from. The blue is Wallachia, The green is Transylvania, including the areas Crisana and Maramures. The Banat is also included in Transylvania and comprises the counties of Timis and Caras-Severin in the southwest of Transylvania. The red is Moldavia, including southern Bukovina in Suceava county. The yellow is Dobrogea. The current Republic of Moldova is also shown; historically, it was part of Moldavia. There follows some historical maps tracing the development of modern Romania: [[Image:Romania 1600.png\|center\|Romania in 1600 at the time of Mihai Viteazu]] The above map shows the Romanian principalities when they were united under Mihail Viteazu in 1600.

	[[Image:Romania Modern Historical.jpg\|center\|350px\|Romania 1918-1940]]This shows Romania at its greatest extent, between the two World Wars.  There are a couple of errors in the map: the current Republic of Moldova does not include northern Bukovina or the area along the Black Sea.  These were annexed to Ukraine in 1940, about the same time that southern Dobrogea was ceded to Bulgaria.		[[Image:Romania Modern Historical.jpg\|center\|350px\|Romania 1918-1940]]This shows Romania at its greatest extent, between the two World Wars.  There are a couple of errors in the map: the current Republic of Moldova does not include northern Bukovina or the area along the Black Sea.  These were annexed to Ukraine in 1940, about the same time that southern Dobrogea was ceded to Bulgaria.