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= Church Records = | = Church Records = | ||
Churches kept records of births and baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials in their congregations. Such records, created and maintained by churches, are called church records (''registre parohiale''). Church records are an extremely reliable source for studying families and relationships. In Transylvania, church records began in the early 1600s, and in the Banat in the early 1700s. In Wallachia, Moldavia and Bukovina most records began in 1775, and in Bessarabia and Dobruja in 1814. Transcripts of church records were made as early as 1784 in Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina. In Wallachia and Moldavia they began officially in 1831, but in some areas transcripts were kept as early as 1806. | Churches kept records of births and baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials in their congregations. Such records, created and maintained by churches, are called church records (''registre parohiale''). Church records are an extremely reliable source for studying families and relationships. In Transylvania, church records began in the early 1600s, and in the Banat in the early 1700s. In Wallachia, Moldavia and Bukovina most records began in 1775, and in Bessarabia and Dobruja in 1814. Transcripts of church records were made as early as 1784 in Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina. In Wallachia and Moldavia they began officially in 1831, but in some areas transcripts were kept as early as 1806. | ||
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<u>'''Location:'''</u> <br>Local parishes maintain their own church registers for approximately the past 100 years. Records prior to that they have been transferred to the district offices in each ''Judet'' (county). There are 41 ''Judete'' in Romania. The transcripts (copies) of some church records are may be found in archives in Hungary, Serbia, Poland and Germany. | <u>'''Location:'''</u> <br>Local parishes maintain their own church registers for approximately the past 100 years. Records prior to that they have been transferred to the district offices in each ''Judet'' (county). There are 41 ''Judete'' in Romania. The transcripts (copies) of some church records are may be found in archives in Hungary, Serbia, Poland and Germany. | ||
Some of Romania's church records have been microfilmed and are | Some of Romania's church records have been microfilmed and are available through the Family History Library and family history centers. These are mostly records of ethnic Hungarians or ethnic Germans which the Library has acquired at archives in Germany and Hungary. To determine the specific records available, you must search the Family History Library Catalog for the place where the parish was seated. | ||
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