There seem to be a confusion here -- the popular song is about Belz at the border of todays Poland and Ukraine. The Balti (Belts in Yiddish) is in Moldova former Bessarabia. And it is a rather large t

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After WW2 there were about 435,000 Jews within the new borders of Romania. In 1965 via several waves of emigration, about 100,00 were left. I very much doubt such a list exists but likely Israeli immi

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Likely there are multiple choices. For Dutu (sounds like Dutzu) one could be SANDU which is also a nickname from Alexandru. Fanciu -- never heard of but could be from STEFAN.FANE/FANCIU. Luc Radu Grea

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One has to make a distinction when referring to Romania since it was different for areas which became part of modern Romania in 1918 — Transylvania, Banat, Maramures, Bucovina all part of Austria Hung

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Most likely SECURENI, a town in Bukovina now in Ukraine. Was in Romania 1918-1940. On the Naturalization Petition the current then country was indicated while when born was Austria Hungary. For the ye

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Correction -- Secureni is actually at the "border" between Bucovina and Bessarabia and between 1812-1918 was part of the Hotin county of Bessarabia. Therefore the pre WW1 civil records are from the Ru

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Votkana does not sound as any location in Romania. Many Jews which lived in the mid/late 1800 in the places you listed may have come from, say, current Ukraine. If their children were born in any of t

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The language is Romanian written in cyrillic script. Same as in the Catagrafii found at the Iasi National Archives. Luc Radu Great Neck, NY

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The darker paragraph on top of a table reads -- "Dupa porunca prea stralucitului feldmarsal... ci s-au fost dat ca asupra ...urilor cetatilor si sa puie bir si sa implineasca s-au facut urmare porunci

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I take that by "employed by the Czar" you mean DIRECTLY employed. There are such cases but all those Jews were practicing the Russian Orthodox faith. Luc Radu Great Neck, NY

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Joe, The is no Grunberg - whatever spelling variation - in Stefanesti 1865 to 1900. The first child recorded for Herscu and Ghitla was born in 1878. Judging from the age of wife, a marriage may have t

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I assume you have tried with the Iasi National Archives. The reason it may not have worked is that that Archive (for the largest - except Bucuresti -- Jewish community in the Old KIngdom) is not set u

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There is a particular challenge for people looking for ancestors which came from the Old Kingdom of Romania (mostly Moldova). While the vast majority of Jews living in that area in 1850 +/ - decades,

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In Romanian baltă is a Lake or Swamp. balti is the plural. Balta in Podolia was Russian from ca 1800 except 1941-44 when administered by Romania as part of Transnistria. Also from 1924 to 1929 was the

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Records older than 100 years would be at the Baia Mare office on National Archives. Later ones at the civill office of the Town Hall (Primarie) of place of birth. The law about getting them (officiall

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Issued at Mohilau aka Mogilev Podolsk in 1942 by the Bureau of Jewish Labor -- the person is exempt of doing labor for medical reasons for some period. Luc Radu Great Neck, NY

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The Holocaust Museum has a number of records for Iosif Sternberg, born in Bucuresti in 1912, an MD and you can request them -- listed on JewishGen He appears to have been in Cernauti and was deported

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We do have ALL civil records from BUHUSI 1865 thru 1915 Luc Radu Great Neck NT

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There is a marriage in 1909 of Haim son of Copel Cojocariu with Ides daughter of Saia Harabagiu. The names in the Romanian civil records do not always fit with what descendants may know. If interested

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Few notes: 1) Romania adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1919. There are 12-13 days difference from the Julian used. 2) The date in the birth ledger is the date when the entry was made by the Civil Off

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