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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
== Record Finder Table for Romania ==
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.


Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
== List of Topics ==
 
This Record Finder table links to the Romania topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
===Vital Events ===
 
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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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|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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|-
| Age
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| civil, church, notarial, school
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| naturalization, emiigration
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[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
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|-
| Birth date and birthplace
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| civil, church, notarial, jewish
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| census, military, cemetery, boigraphies
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Notarial Records
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|-
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| gazetters, maps, history
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| historical geography
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[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===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| civil, church, notarial, jewish
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| cemetry, bipographies
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Emigration information
| align="left" | Maiden name
| emigration and imigration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Romania Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Notarial Records
|-
|-
| Historical background
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| history
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| maps
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[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
|-
|-
| Language helps
| align="left" | Living relatives
| language
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*Genealogies
*Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
|-
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| directories
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Maiden name 
| align="left" | Immigration date
| civil church
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| notarial
*[[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Societies
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| civil, church
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| notarial
*[[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Societies
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| names
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|genealogy
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Noble families
| align="left" | Residence
|heraldry, nobility
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|
*[[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"
|-
|-
| Occupations
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| directories, occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| military, emigr
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| align="left" | Nobility
| church civil genealogy
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|notarial
*Nobility
*Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| Physical description
| align="left" | Occupation
| military
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| emigr immigr
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Religion
| gazetters, maps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| historical geography
*[[Romania Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania History|History]]
*[[Romania Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| align="left" | Social activities
| church civil emigr directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| taxation
*Social Life and Customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania History|History]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania Military Records|Military records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Romania Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
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|-
|-
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| genealogy
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Romania Language and Languages|Languages]]
*[[Romanian Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Turkish Genealogical Word List]]
|-
|-
| Record-finding aids
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| archives and libraries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|
*Names, personal
|-
|-
| Religion
| align="left" |Online classes
| church jewish
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| cemeteries
 
|-
|-
| Social activities
| align="left" |Writing for records
| social
|
| history
*[[Romania Letter Writing Guide]]
|}
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[[Category:Romania Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]
 
[[Category:Romania Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Latest revision as of 20:54, 11 August 2025

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Record Finder Table for Romania[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Romania topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
  • Notarial Records
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
  • Notarial Records
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives
  • Genealogies
  • Directories

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
  • Societies
Country and town of origin
  • Societies

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nobility
  • Nobility
  • Heraldry
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
  • Social Life and Customs
Physical description

Reading the Records[edit | edit source]

Vocabulary
Naming patterns
  • Names, personal
Online classes
Writing for records
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