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Online Resources

• Links to Old maps online of Romania by oldmapsonline.org
• Cities of Romania by mapsofworld.com
• Maps of Romania by biega.com
• Romania Vintage Map by discusmedia.com
• A collection of antique maps issued before 1850 by Molls Map Collection
• Großfürstentum Siebenbürgen (1769–1773) - First Military Survey
• Google Maps
• David Rumsey Historical Maps Collection
• Library of Congress Maps Collection
• Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
• Archive.org
• Harvard University Scanned Maps
• UWM American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection
• University of California Berkeley Library

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Historical Maps

Historical maps tracing the development of modern Romania.

Counties of Romania

Blue: Wallachia · Green: Transylvania · Red: Moldavia · Yellow: Dobrogea

This map can assist is finding which historical area your ancestor is from. Transylvania includes 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. Moldavia includes southern Bukovina in Suceava county. The current Republic of Moldova is also shown; historically, it was part of Moldavia.

Romanian Principalities in 1600

This map shows the Romanian principalities when they were united under Mihail Viteazu in 1600. Two centuries later, the principalities were still surviving, surrounded in a sea of empires, who still desired the Romanian lands. The biggest change is that the Russian empire had replaced the Polish empire to the east. As of 1794, Poland no longer existed, itself being the victim of surrounding empires.

Romania in 1800

Union of Wallachia and Moldavia, 1859

The map below shows the union of Wallachia and Moldavia, which occured in 1859. This is the first time the name "Romania" was used for the area. The united principalities were christened the Kingdom of Romania in 1878 by King Carol I, when Romania was recognized as an independent country by the Congress of Berlin. Dobrogea was added to the kingdom at that time.