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In other languages: RomânăResources[edit | edit source]
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- 1607-1914 Romania, Vital Records from Selected Regions, 1607-1914 at Ancestry - index ($)
- 1833-1969 Romania, Iași, Civil Status Records at MyHeritage - index ($)
- 1865-1903 Romania, Civil Registration, 1865-1903 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images ($) Localities include Bolgrad in Ismail County, Hreaţca in Suceava County and various places in Cahul County. Records are held by the National Archive of the Republic of Moldova.
- Historical Population Database of Transylvania
- World Miscellaneous Births, Marriages, Deaths - My Heritage ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms at Findmypast - index & images ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages at Findmypast - index & images ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials at Findmypast - index & images ($)
Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]
Existing civil registration records of Romania are located in local offices of civil registration (Oficiile stării civile) in each city or town, who maintain records for the past one hundred years.
Older records are sent to the National Archives of Romania (Arhivele Naționale ale României) or one of its regional archives.
Arhivele Naţionale ale României (The National Archives of Romania)
Bd. Regina Elisabeta nr. 49, sector 5
Bucureşti
050013
Romania
Telephone: 021 / 314 43 31
Fax: 021/312 58 41
Email: secretariat@arhivelenationale.ro
Online Research, National Archives of Romania
Forty-two regional branches operate, one in each county of Romania and another one in Bucharest (holding documents pertaining specifically to the city)."[1]
No civil registration records are available through the FamilySearch Library at this time.[2]
Background[edit | edit source]
Records of births, marriages and deaths created and maintained by civil government are called civil registration (starea civilă). Civil registration began as early as 1865 in some regions in Romania. These records are an extremely reliable and valuable source for studying and linking families and relationships; they are the most important genealogical source from 1865 to the present.
- Catalogul registrelor parohiale de stare civilă și al registrelor de stare civilă municipale din Transilvania accesibile la filialele județene ale arhivelor Naționale ale României, destinat utilizatorilor (Catalog of parish registers of civil status and municipal civil status registers in Transylvania, accessible at the county branches of the National Archives of Romania), Historical Population Database of Transylvania, 2017. No names of people.
Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]
National civil registration was introduced into Romania (Wallachia and Moldavia) by official decree in 1865. The Hungarian provinces of Transylvania and Banat began in 1895. In Bukovina, Bessarabia and Dobrogea civil registration was not introduced until 1919. Local civil registries were begun earlier on a city by city basis, the earliest dating back to 1607 in Sibiu. Records less than 100 years old can only be accessed by direct descendants in accordance with privacy laws of the European Union. Birth registration is available until 1930, marriage registration is available until 1950, and death registration is available to the present. 85-95% of the population can be found in these records.
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
Birth Records[edit | edit source]
- Name of child
- Date of birth
- Names and ages of parents
Marriage records[edit | edit source]
- Names of bride and groom
- Date and place of marriage
- Birth dates or ages and birthplaces of bride and groom
- Names of parents
Death records[edit | edit source]
- Name of deceased
- Place of death
- Date of death
- Age
- Birthplace
- Parents' names
Divorce records[edit | edit source]
- Names of parties
- Date of final decrees
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Arhivele Naţionale ale României, (accessed 9 August 2021).
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Romania,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1989-1997.