Hungarian Records physically residing in Romania

Deanna Louise Jenkins

My father was born in Nagyvarad, Hungary which at the end of WWI became Oradea, Romania.

My questions are:

Are there talks/negotiations with the Romanian government to release the civil or church records for pre-WW1 Hungarian records?

Is there a partnership with FamilySearch for another entity for the Romanian government to allow their records to be digitalized?

I just thought I would ask in case their have been advances in regards to gaining access to previously unatainable records.

I welcome your thoughts and comments. Thank you!

PABulfinch

Dear Deanna:

Our heart goes out to you on this.

Here is the link to the FamilySearch Wiki for Hungary https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Hungary_Genealogy.

Here is the link to the FamilySearch Wiki for Romania https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Romania_Genealogy

There are lots of records of each. There is a FamilySearch Romania, but it speaks the Romania language.

Please keep me informed of your journey, OK? I love to hear our guests' stories. I am a great cheerleader during times of success and frustration. PaulaAnn

ZoltanKelemen4

Hi Deanna,

while not on FamilySearch, a lot of church records of Nagyvárad are available as digital photos through the Transylvanian Genealogical Society: http://erdelygen.uw.hu/forrasok.php

They may be able to help you one way or another.

The records are not indexed, so searching through them is a bit of tedious work, but it is what it is.

They have the following records:

• Nagyvárad – augsburg confession records 1801-1915 535pages 
• Nagyvárad – greek catholic church records 1838-1916 1.298p
• Nagyvárad – orthodox church records 1783-1904 1.740p
• Nagyvárad – civil records 1895-1915 births.13.440p 
• Nagyvárad – civil records 1907-1913 marriages 1.220p 
• Nagyvárad – reformed church records 1784-1895 6.065p 
• Nagyvárad – roman catholic records 1727-1915 6.455p
• Nagyvárad – ruthenian records 1780-1915 219p

If you have known relatives in the timeframes above, you're likely in luck. If not it will be a bit more complicated. Records more recent than the above are likely still at the city's local archives.