Harghita County Genealogical Records

Harghita County Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

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

Harghita County 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 Harghita County

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.

Harghita County 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.

Harghita County 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.

Harghita County 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.

Harghita County 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.

Harghita County 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.

Harghita County Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Harghita County

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.

Harghita County 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.

Harghita County 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.

Harghita County Reference Works

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

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

Most Common Surnames in Harghita County

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Romania
1Nagy5,8361:5314.13%49
2Szabo3,4441:9011.18%84
3Balint3,0621:10118.33%157
4Peter3,0331:10234.88%310
5Antal2,9661:10426.78%232
6Kovacs2,8991:10711.19%98
7Gyorgy2,5741:12050.06%534
8Biro2,4111:12824.63%263
9Marton2,3251:13329.78%348
10Ambrus2,2961:13550.83%597
11Pal2,2771:13622.24%251
12Balazs2,2581:13727.15%326
13Ferencz2,2011:14148.19%591
13Gal2,2011:14118.93%223
15Tanko2,0951:14875.20%949
16Laszlo1,9711:15731.34%422
17Tamas1,9521:15913.89%183
18Gergely1,8851:16432.05%469
19Jakab1,8471:16833.06%490
20Szocs1,8271:16937.26%559
21Simon1,7991:17211.29%164
22Fazakas1,7891:17330.77%475
23Andras1,7601:17640.89%623
24Benedek1,7321:17946.08%720
24Szasz1,7321:17915.62%231
26Mihaly1,6841:18443.06%692
27Kovács1,6171:19138.48%642
27Molnar1,6171:1919.62%153
29Csiki1,5791:19634.48%589
30Kiss1,5311:2029.71%165
30Sandor1,5311:20216.95%291
32Lorincz1,4641:21133.50%619
33Albert1,4451:21427.41%517
34Farkas1,4261:21717.53%333
35Bálint1,4061:22075.63%1,409
35Szabó1,4061:22032.97%631
37Fulop1,3201:23424.12%499
38Demeter1,3011:23816.09%335
38Miklos1,3011:23831.90%662
40Orban1,2341:25118.72%404
41Barabas1,2151:25523.26%523
41Gabor1,2151:2558.45%179
41Kelemen1,2151:25521.60%489
44Lukacs1,1961:25922.69%518
45Moldovan1,1861:2612.09%25
45Péter1,1861:26168.52%1,501
47Kedves1,1771:26383.42%1,827
48Simo1,1391:27243.61%1,009
49Varga1,1001:2814.49%106
50Both1,0811:28648.26%1,190
50Lakatos1,0811:28626.94%674
52Portik1,0721:28961.64%1,494
53Márton1,0331:30080.51%2,008
54Pop1,0241:3020.88%3
55Szekely1,0141:3058.55%219
56Mathe1,0051:30831.58%846
57Pál9951:31168.24%1,770
57Tankó9951:31181.16%2,102
59Gál9281:33360.93%1,689
60Bara9091:34019.23%571
61Biró8901:34855.28%1,586