Romania Genealogical Records

Romania Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Romania Census & Population Lists

Romania Jewish Census (1942)

Transcripts of lists of Jewish men in Romania, including name, date and place of birth, parents' names, level of education, occupation, address and more.

Newspapers Covering Romania

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Romania Immigration & Travel Records

Romania Jewish Family Questionnaires (1945)

Details extracted from questionnaires distributed by the World Jewish Congress in Romania in the spring, summer, or fall of 1945. The questionnaires were 16 pages long and queried families about the head of household and associated family members.

Romania Military Records

Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.

Records from Ten Ghettos (1940-1945)

A database containing genealogical and biographical details of hundreds-of-thousands of Jews living in ghettos in Eastern Europe.

Jews Held in Romanian Concentration Camps Index (1939-1960)

A database containing over 165,000 names of people mentioned in connection with people held in concentration camps in Romania.

Jewish Names in US State Department Files (1910-1929)

An index of close to 10,000 Jews named in State Department files. The records cover Palestine, Romania, and Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Tripoli, Barca, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.

List of Jews in Concentration Camps (1945)

A list of around 1,000 Jews who died in concentration camps.

Romania Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Romania Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Eastern European Holocaust Memorials (1939-1945)

A database containing more than 17,500 people whose names are recorded on Holocaust memorials in 28 communities in present-day Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

Romania Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.

Records from Ten Ghettos (1940-1945)

A database containing genealogical and biographical details of hundreds-of-thousands of Jews living in ghettos in Eastern Europe.

Jews Held in Romanian Concentration Camps Index (1939-1960)

A database containing over 165,000 names of people mentioned in connection with people held in concentration camps in Romania.

Romania Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Romania

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Romania Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Romania Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Romania Reference Works

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.

Historical Description

As a result of the Great War, this country has acquired large territories formerly belonging to Austria-Hungary and to Russia, and now covers an area of 122,282 square miles. The agricultural produce of the country is noteworthy, corn being predominant. Vines and fruit are abundant. Minerals are said to be plentiful, but only salt and petroleum are worked, the latter being the principal industry of the country. The Imports from the United Kingdom in normal times are manufactured goods, machinery, hardware, etc., and amounted in 1920 to £7,803,205 ; Exports during the same year £3,231,892. The population is 17,000,000. Chief cities: Bucharest 400,000, Czeriuncitz 94,000.

The Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers' Guide (1922)

Most Common Surnames in Romania

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Popa170,7181:118
2Popescu128,5531:156
3Pop116,4671:172
4Radu110,5911:182
5Dumitru89,6591:224
6Stan81,3641:247
7Stoica79,9861:251
8Gheorghe79,5421:252
9Matei76,7991:261
10Rusu72,5821:277
11Mihai69,7281:288
12Ciobanu69,0681:291
13Constantin67,5651:297
14Marin67,4091:298
15Ionescu62,3071:322
16Florea62,0351:324
17Ilie61,4941:327
18Toma61,4591:327
19Stanciu61,0061:329
20Munteanu60,0411:334
21Vasile58,7191:342
22Oprea58,5211:343
23Tudor58,0331:346
24Sandu57,6061:349
25Moldovan56,7931:354
26Ion55,2241:364
27Ungureanu55,1741:364
28Dinu55,1121:364
29Andrei53,3731:376
30Barbu51,8051:388
31Serban51,5101:390
32Neagu51,0171:394
33Cristea47,8901:419
34Anghel47,8801:419
35Lazar47,8391:420
36Dragomir47,5531:422
37Enache46,8381:429
38Badea46,7641:429
39Stefan46,4111:433
40Vlad45,9421:437
41Mocanu44,5861:450
42Iordache43,6441:460
43Coman43,1091:466
44Cojocaru42,9991:467
45Grigore42,5401:472
46Voicu41,8201:480
47Dobre41,7071:481
48Petre41,4881:484
49Nagy41,2941:486
50Lupu41,0111:490
51Lungu40,9891:490
52Ivan40,8421:492
53Ene40,4861:496
54Preda40,0091:502
55Roman39,9021:503
56Ionita38,4741:522
57Iancu38,2041:526
58Nicolae37,3581:537
59Balan37,1631:540
60Manea36,7751:546
61Nistor36,7061:547
62Stoian36,4081:551
63Avram36,3531:552
64Pavel36,1491:555
65Simion36,1061:556
66Rus36,0261:557
67Iacob35,6501:563
68Bucur34,5321:581
69Luca34,0981:589
70Olteanu33,9551:591
71Filip33,0671:607
72Tanase32,8841:611
73Costea32,4371:619
74Craciun32,3501:621
75David32,1701:624
76Stancu31,9111:629
77Dumitrescu31,8911:630
78Marcu31,8871:630
79Muresan31,7711:632
80Diaconu31,6641:634
81Nedelcu31,5181:637
82Rotaru31,4111:639
83Baciu31,3091:641
84Szabo30,8061:652
85Zaharia30,4221:660
86Costache29,3661:684
87Alexandru28,9791:693
88Suciu28,9081:695
89Dan28,8751:695
90Anton28,7871:697
91Bogdan28,4651:705
92Rosu28,3841:707
93Moraru27,9861:717
94Toader27,3691:734
95Paraschiv26,5731:756
96Sava26,2931:764
97Nica25,9641:773
98Kovacs25,9081:775
99Nita25,7411:780
100Muntean25,6991:781
101Constantinescu25,5091:787
102Albu25,3121:793
103Cretu25,2461:795
104Calin25,0551:801
105Olaru24,5591:818
106Varga24,4891:820
107Georgescu24,4761:820
108Dragan24,1381:832
109Popovici23,9211:839
110Ardelean23,7861:844
111Dumitrache23,6131:850
112Chiriac23,4451:856
113Petcu23,3511:860
114Miron23,2431:864
115Dima23,0081:873
116Mihalache22,9551:875
117Zamfir22,5261:891
118Paun22,4901:893
119Marinescu22,1891:905
120Petrescu21,8511:919
121Niculae21,7121:925
122Ghita21,7011:925
123Neacsu21,4881:934
124Soare21,4541:936
125Moise20,9661:958
126Bratu20,9061:960
127Damian20,3481:987
128Ursu19,9181:1,008
129Croitoru19,8041:1,014
130Istrate19,7901:1,015
131Sirbu19,6391:1,022
132Pascu19,4591:1,032
133Savu19,3751:1,036
134Manole19,1821:1,047
135Dinca19,0721:1,053
136Apostol18,9581:1,059
137Micu18,8441:1,065
138Stroe18,7711:1,070
139Nitu18,7311:1,072
140Draghici18,4531:1,088
141Crisan18,2341:1,101
142Tudorache18,1661:1,105
143Cozma18,0251:1,114
144Grosu17,9891:1,116
145Rosca17,4431:1,151
146Oancea17,2751:1,162
147Ignat17,2661:1,163
148Radulescu17,1381:1,172
149Adam17,0401:1,178
150Mihaila17,0231:1,179
151Sima16,9381:1,185
152Irimia16,8911:1,189
153Molnar16,8091:1,194
154Necula16,7951:1,195
155Ciocan16,7281:1,200
156Manolache16,7061:1,202
157Balint16,7041:1,202
158Grecu16,6571:1,205
159Burlacu16,4881:1,218
160Nastase16,4051:1,224
161Macovei15,9971:1,255
162Pirvu15,9921:1,255
163Turcu15,9521:1,259
164Simon15,9401:1,260
165Kiss15,7621:1,274
166Marian15,6211:1,285
167Chirila15,5281:1,293
168Panait15,5121:1,294
169Cazacu15,4561:1,299
170Teodorescu15,0531:1,334
171Trandafir15,0321:1,336
172Militaru15,0301:1,336
173Oltean14,8721:1,350
174Stanescu14,7371:1,362
175Farcas14,5631:1,379
175Negru14,5631:1,379
177Maxim14,5611:1,379
178Toth14,4841:1,386
179Gabor14,3711:1,397
180Florescu14,2021:1,414
181Dumitrascu14,1001:1,424
182Pintilie14,0971:1,424
183Tamas14,0511:1,429
184Morar14,0411:1,430
185Cosma13,9371:1,441
185Visan13,9371:1,441
187Chirita13,8411:1,451
188Danciu13,8131:1,454
189Dogaru13,7821:1,457
190Gavrila13,7111:1,464
191Tudose13,7101:1,464
192Voinea13,7041:1,465
193Dascalu13,7011:1,465
194Moldoveanu13,6601:1,470
195Lazăr13,6191:1,474
196Pana13,4911:1,488
197Mihalcea13,4241:1,496
198Patrascu13,1061:1,532
199Negrea13,0451:1,539
200Trif13,0341:1,540