Mureș County Genealogical Records

Mureș 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.

Mureș 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 Mureș 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.

Mureș 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.

Mureș 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.

Mureș 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.

Mureș 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.

Mureș 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.

Mureș County Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Mureș 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.

Mureș 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.

Mureș 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.

Mureș 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 Mureș County

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Romania
1Moldovan14,2911:3825.16%25
2Pop9,2801:597.97%3
3Nagy8,7361:6321.16%49
4Szabo5,2101:10516.91%84
5Suciu5,0011:11017.30%88
6Kiss3,5051:15622.24%165
6Oltean3,5051:15623.57%173
8Kovacs3,4521:15913.32%98
9Szasz3,4211:16030.85%231
10Szekely2,9291:18724.69%219
11Varga2,8251:19411.54%106
12Simon2,7101:20217.00%164
13Molnar2,6261:20915.62%153
14Rusu2,4901:2203.43%10
15Gliga2,3231:23649.99%579
16Florea2,3121:2373.73%16
16Popa2,3121:2371.35%1
18Stoica2,2811:2402.85%7
19Farcas2,2391:24515.37%175
20Demeter2,2181:24727.44%335
21Todoran2,1871:25039.29%491
22Muresan2,1551:2546.78%79
23Man2,1031:26020.75%254
24Matei2,0921:2622.72%9
25Rus2,0821:2635.78%66
26Biro2,0611:26621.06%263
27Dan1,9881:2756.88%89
28Bartha1,9671:27838.77%543
29Gabor1,8621:29412.96%179
30Muntean1,8201:3017.08%100
31Farkas1,8101:30322.25%333
32Toth1,7471:31312.06%178
33Fulop1,7261:31731.54%499
34Lazar1,6631:3293.48%35
35Oprea1,6421:3342.81%22
36Bucur1,5801:3474.58%68
36Sandor1,5801:34717.49%291
38Radu1,5691:3491.42%4
39Laszlo1,5381:35624.46%422
40Barabas1,5271:35929.24%523
41Marton1,4541:37718.62%348
42Blaga1,4021:39111.84%220
42Chiorean1,4021:39121.51%410
44Luca1,3911:3944.08%69
45Maier1,3811:39722.22%437
45Marginean1,3811:39716.80%330
47Orban1,3701:40020.78%404
47Szakacs1,3701:40025.91%515
49Fekete1,3291:41228.48%576
50Morar1,3181:4169.39%184
51Feier1,3081:41937.36%773
52Csiki1,2971:42228.32%589
53Baciu1,2761:4294.08%83
53Nemes1,2761:42917.07%364
55Gal1,2341:44410.62%223
56Moga1,2141:45113.07%280
56Roman1,2141:4513.04%55
58Balint1,2031:4557.20%157
58Fodor1,2031:45512.50%267
60Bogdan1,1721:4674.12%91
61Balazs1,1611:47213.96%326
61Torok1,1611:47223.09%548
63Szanto1,1191:48944.85%1,061
64Kelemen1,1091:49419.71%489
64Nistor1,1091:4943.02%61
66Precup1,0881:50321.81%554
67Gorea1,0781:50839.13%960
68Grama1,0571:51815.39%393
68Jakab1,0571:51818.92%490
70Truta1,0461:52429.36%759
71Szilagyi1,0361:52914.00%365
72Cotoi1,0151:54035.79%934
72Marian1,0151:5406.50%166
74Horvath1,0041:54516.91%466
75Mate9941:55123.86%647
76Costea9731:5633.00%73
76Pal9731:5639.50%251
76Vass9731:56326.79%752
79Gyorgy9421:58118.32%534
79Papp9421:58119.54%566
81Fazakas9211:59515.84%475