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<u>'''Information Provided:<br>'''</u>'''Births and baptisms'''--names of child, father, and usually mother; date of christening; name and sometimes place of residence of godparents.<br>'''Marriages'''--names of groom and bride, sometimes names of parents, date of marriage, places of origin or residence. <br>'''Deaths and burials'''--name of deceased, date of death and/or burial, sometimes names of parents or spouse, and occasionally place of origin. | <u>'''Information Provided:<br>'''</u>'''Births and baptisms'''--names of child, father, and usually mother; date of christening; name and sometimes place of residence of godparents.<br>'''Marriages'''--names of groom and bride, sometimes names of parents, date of marriage, places of origin or residence. <br>'''Deaths and burials'''--name of deceased, date of death and/or burial, sometimes names of parents or spouse, and occasionally place of origin. | ||
<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). | <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). The [http://archives.unitarian.ro Unitarian Church in Transylvania] has established its own archive in the city of Cluj, and digitized its records. 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 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. | 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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