Collection of civil records (Suceava county)

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Suceava

Postal address:: Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Suceava, Strada Ştefan cel Mare nr. 33, cod 720003, jud. Suceava Romania

Scope and content:: This is a collection of records of birth, marriage and death, usually in the form of register books kept by religious officials. Depending on the time period and the size of the congregation civil registers may consist of separate volumes or be contained in a single volume. This collection consists of register books for localities within the boundaries of Suceava county, established after the second World War. Suceava County (Județ) includes all of Southern Bukovina (i.e. the part of Austrian Bukovina now within Romania's borders), as well as some additional territories which were never part of the Austrian province of Bukovina. For details on the Jewish community record books contained in this collection, see the entry for this item at http://jbat.lbi.org/, subfield ‘contains’, and click on any link.

Archival history:: Civil register books were normally maintained by the parish authorities of each town or village. At some point in the post-World War II period these records were collected by the National Archives.

Access points: locations:: Bukovina; Burdujeni; Câmpulung Moldovenesc; Gura Humorului; Radăuți; Solca; Suceava; Vatra Dornei

System of arrangement:: The collection is arranged alphabetically by the name of the locality, and then if applicable subdivided into subparts by religious denomination.