Romania Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1607-1914 Romania, Vital Records from Selected Regions, 1607-1914 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1833-1969 Romania, Iași, Civil Status Records at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1865-1903 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images ($) Localities include Bolgrad in Ismail County, Hreaţca in Suceava County and various places in Cahul County. Records are held by the National Archive of the Republic of Moldova.
 * Historical Population Database of Transylvania
 * World Miscellaneous Births, Marriages, Deaths - My Heritage ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms at Findmypast - index and images ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages at Findmypast - index and images ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials at Findmypast - index and images ($)

Offices to Contact
Existing civil registration records of Romania are located in local offices of civil registration (Oficiile stării civile) in each city or town, who maintain records for the past one hundred years.

Older records are sent to the National Archives of Romania (Arhivele Naționale ale României) or one of its regional archives.

Arhivele Naţionale ale României (The National Archives of Romania) Bd. Regina Elisabeta nr. 49, sector 5 Bucureşti 050013 Romania

Telephone: 021 / 314 43 31
 * 021 / 313 92 95

Fax: 021/312 58 41
 * 021/313 18 38
 * 021/313 18 38

Email: [mailto:secretariat@arhivelenationale.ro secretariat@arhivelenationale.ro]

Online Research, National Archives of Romania

Forty-two regional branches operate, one in each county of Romania and another one in Bucharest (holding documents pertaining specifically to the city)."


 * Information on locations of records
 * Historical Population database of Transylvania

No civil registration records are available through the FamilySearch Library at this time.

Historical Background
Records of births, marriages and deaths created and maintained by civil government are called civil registration (starea civilă). Civil registration began as early as 1865 in some regions in Romania. These records are an extremely reliable and valuable source for studying and linking families and relationships; they are the most important genealogical source from 1865 to the present.


 * Catalogul registrelor parohiale de stare civilă și al registrelor de stare civilă municipale din Transilvania accesibile la filialele județene ale arhivelor Naționale ale României, destinat utilizatorilor (Catalog of parish registers of civil status and municipal civil status registers in Transylvania, accessible at the county branches of the National Archives of Romania), Historical Population Database of Transylvania, 2017. No names of people.

Coverage and Compliance
National civil registration was introduced into Romania (Wallachia and Moldavia) by official decree in 1865. The Hungarian provinces of Transylvania and Banat began in 1895. In Bukovina, Bessarabia and Dobrogea civil registration was not introduced until 1919. Local civil registries were begun earlier on a city by city basis, the earliest dating back to 1607 in Sibiu. Records less than 100 years old can only be accessed by direct descendants in accordance with privacy laws of the European Union. Birth registration is available until 1930, marriage registration is available until 1950, and death registration is available to the present. 85-95% of the population can be found in these records.

Birth Records

 * Name of child
 * Date of birth
 * Names and ages of parents

Marriage records

 * Names of bride and groom
 * Date and place of marriage
 * Birth dates or ages and birthplaces of bride and groom
 * Names of parents

Death records

 * Name of deceased
 * Place of death
 * Date of death
 * Age
 * Birthplace
 * Parents' names

Divorce records

 * Names of parties
 * Date of final decrees