Romania Archives and Libraries

Online Archives

 * Romanian Historical Archives project
 * The Medieval Archive of Romania
 * Endangered Archives: Romania

National Archives of Romania
Arhivele Nationale ale Romaniei Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta 49 050013 Bucuresti 5, Romania Mailing address: Str. Leaota no. 2A, postal code 061476, sector 6, Bucharest Phone: 021.312.67.04 Fax: 0040-21/313 18 38; 0040-21/312 58 41 E-mail: secretariat@arhivelenationale.ro Website Alphabetical list of fonds and collections

Regional Archives

 * County Archives Clickable Map Each county page has an online searchable inventory of records.
 * Choose one of the 42 branches to find out exact information. The pages of the county services/offices contain information about the management of the institution, contact details, full address, schedule of the study hall, audiences and relations with the public, the history of the respective branch, important documents, list of funds and collections, publications, etc. You just have to choose a branch from the map.

Boundary Changes:
 * Transylvania was part of the Hungarian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire up to 1918, after which they were ceded to Romania.
 * The "Banat," an integral part of the Hungarian half of the Empire until 1918, was afterwards divided between Hungary, Serbia, and Romania.
 * The Hungarian records have been microfilmed, but the records in the Romanian part can be viewed at the archives of Timisoara and the material in the Serbian part can be viewed in Belgrade.

Addresses
Correspondence to regional archives should be addressed to: Directia Judeteanu [name of judet] a Arhivelor Nationale. For more information on how to write letters, visit the Romania Letter Writing Guide wiki page.

Please note that all phone numbers in Romania begin with zero, this corresponds to Romania's country code of 40. For example, the switchboard at the central archive is listed as 021/303 7080, the number from outside Romania is +(40) 21 303 7080.

Some cities in Romania have the same name. This can occur when the two cities were originally in different countries, or one city was destroyed, another built, and then the original city was rebuilt. In correspondence, two things can distinguish cities, the postal code and if you add the county code to the address after the city name, just like the state code in a United States address. County codes appear below in parentheses after the county name. Bucuresti does not use a code, but you should specify which sector (1-6) the address is in.

Romanian Military Archives
The Romanian Military Archives has two locations:
 * Just as with the National Archives, a permit is required for onsite access the archives and can be obtained onsite via postal mail or via email. An application for a permit can be found on the Archives' website.
 * All military records are classified, therefore a security check is required before the permit is issued.
 * The issuance of the permit take a month or more for non-Romanians, so it is advised that application be made in advance to the onsite visit. The time is just a few days for Romanians, so advance application may not be necessary. *In addition, records may viewed only by a direct descendant of the person the record is about.

Center for Studies of the Securitate
The Securitate was the secret police that functioned under the Communist government from 1945 - 1989. The archive is located at:

Consiliul National Pentru Studiera Archivelor Securitate Strada Matei Basarab 55-57 030671 Bucuresti 3, ROMANIA
 * A permit is not required to access the records of the archive.
 * A person can view his or her own file, and the files of deceased ancestors.
 * Files for living ancestors can only viewed with the permission of the person.
 * Certified researchers can access all archive files. Certification requires an application and is free. Applicants must have a college degree and submit a Letter of Intent detailing the scope of their research.

Libraries
Biblioteca Naţională a României (National Library of Romania) Boulevard Unirii, no. 22 030833 Bucharest, Sector 3, Romania Website Special Collections Catalogues and Databases National Digital Library

Museums
National Museum of Romanian History (Muzeul National de Istorie a României) Cale Victoriei 12, 030248 Bucuresti Bucharest, Romania Phone: +40 213158207, 3157055 E-mail: direct@mnir.ro Website

Record Offices
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 or one of its regional archives. (See above.)