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== Record Finder Table for Romania ==
This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
This Record Finder table links to the Romania topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
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Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
 
{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Romania Church Records|Church Records]], School Records
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Romania Census|Census Records]], [[Romania Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], Obituaries
*[[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Romania Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania Census|Census Records]]
*[[Romania Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Romania Biography|Biography]]
*Obituaries
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Birth date and birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Romania Church Records|Church Records]], [[Romania Jewish Research|Jewish Research]]
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Romania Census|Census Records]], [[Romania Military Records|Military Records]], [[Romania Biography|Biography]], Obituaries
*[[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Notarial Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Romania Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Romania Maps|Maps]], [[Romania History|History]]
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
| Historical Geography
*[[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Romania Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Romania Biography|Biography]]
*[[Romania Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Obituaries
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Romania Church Records|Church Records]], [[Romania Jewish Research|Jewish Research]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Romania Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Romania Biography|Biography]], Obituaries
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
| Societies
*[[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Notarial Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Romania History|History]]
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Romania Maps|Maps]], Societies
*[[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania Census|Census]]
*[[Romania Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Romania Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*Notarial Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Romania Language and Languages|Languages]]
*Genealogies
|
*Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Directories
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Societies
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Notarial Records
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Societies
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Notarial Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Societies
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Names, Personal
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Nobility, Heraldry
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
|
*[[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania Census|Census]]
*[[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Romania Taxation|Taxation]]
*Directories
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Romania Church Records|Church Records]], Directories, Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Romania Military Records|Military Records]], [[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Romania Census|Census Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
*Nobility
| [[Romania Census|Census Records]], [[Romania Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Romania Probate Records|Probate Records]], Notarial Records
*Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Romania Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
* Directories
*Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania Military Records|Military Records]],
*[[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Romania Census|Census Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Romania Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Romania Maps|Maps]]
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
| Historical Geography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania History|History]]
*[[Romania Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Romania Church Records|Church Records]], [[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], Directories
*Social Life and Customs
| [[Romania Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Genealogy
*[[Romania Military Records|Military records]]
| Societies
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
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| align="left" |Vocabulary
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania Language and Languages|Languages]]
*[[Romanian Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Turkish Genealogical Word List]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Romania Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
*Names, personal
| —
|-
|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Romania Church Records|Church Records]], [[Romania Jewish Research|Jewish Research]]
 
| [[Romania History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
| Social activities
|
| Social Life and Customs
*[[Romania Letter Writing Guide]]
| [[Romania History|History]]
|}
|}


 
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[[Category:Romania Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Revision as of 15:45, 12 June 2017

Romania Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Romania Background
Local Research Resources

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age Civil Registration, Church Records, School Records Census Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration, Obituaries
Birth date and birthplace Civil Registration, Church Records, Jewish Research Census Records, Military Records, Biography, Obituaries
Boundaries (parish, district, or county) Gazetteers, Maps, History Historical Geography
Death information Civil Registration, Church Records, Jewish Research Cemeteries, Biography, Obituaries
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration Societies
Historical background History Maps, Societies
Language helps Languages
Living relatives Directories Societies
Maiden name Civil Registration, Church Records Notarial Records
Marriage information Civil Registration, Church Records Notarial Records
Naming customs Names, Personal
Noble families Nobility, Heraldry
Occupations Civil Registration, Church Records, Directories, Occupations Military Records, Emigration and Immigration, Census Records
Parents, children, and other family members Civil Registration, Church Records Census Records, Land and Property, Probate Records, Notarial Records
Physical description Military Records Emigration and Immigration
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps Historical Geography
Places of residence Civil Registration, Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Directories Taxation
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogy Societies
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries
Religion Church Records, Jewish Research History
Social activities Social Life and Customs History