This register records deaths occuring from 1893-1903 in the Jewish community of Turda and surrounding villages. This registry is kept in Hungarian; the Hebrew name is sometimes noted. Name; date, place and cause of death; gender; marital status; age; occupation; birth place and residence; and burial information (place, date, officiant) is recorded.
This register records marriages occuring from 1885-1900 in the Jewish community of Turda. This registry is kept in Hungarian, with occasional notes in Romanian (made after 1918). The Hebrew date is sometimes noted. Name and birth information for the bride and groom; parent names; age; wedding announcement information; place and date of the ceremony; and names of witnesses and officiant are recorded.
This register records births occuring from 1892-1907 in the Jewish community of Turda. After 1908 births are recorded only sporadically. Please note that at the time of the present survey (2016), births dating later than 1914 were not legally accessible. This registry is kept in Hungarian, with occasional notes in Romanian (made after 1918). The Hebrew name is sometimes noted. Name; date; gender; parents; marital status of parents; parent residence; midwife name; circumcision or naming ceremony details and name of witnesses or godparents are provided.
This item is an index of births occuring from 1857-1885 for Jews from villages around Turda. Very few births recorded took place in Turda itself. It is not clear when the index was created. The book is arranged by year beginning with 1850 but the first birth recorded is in 1857. The child's name; his/her parents' names; birth place and date are recorded as well as a number referencing the full birth entry in a birth register; this registry can be found under call number 236/12.
This register records deaths for Jews living in and around Turda. The headings and entries are in Hungarian. The register was kept quite thoroughly with all data completed clearly in most instances. Please note the registry was officially closed in 1892 but two entries were added in 1902. Name; date, place and cause of death; gender; marital status; age; birth place and residence; and burial information is recorded.
This register records deaths for Jews living in and around Turda. The headings are in German and entries are in German until the 1880s when they switch to Hungarian. The register was kept quite thoroughly with all data completed clearly in most instances. Name; date, place and cause of death; gender; marital status; age; birth place and residence; and burial information is recorded.
This register records marriages for Jews living in and around Turda. The headings are in German and entries are in German until the 1880s when they switch to Hungarian. The register was kept quite thoroughly with all data completed clearly in most instances. Name and birth information for the bride and groom; parent names; age; wedding announcement information; place and date of the ceremony; and names of witnesses and officiant are recorded.
This register records births for Jews living in and around Turda. The headings and entries are in Hungarian, with Hebrew dates frequently included. The register was kept quite thoroughly with all data completed clearly in most instances. Name; date; gender; parents; marital status of parents; parent residence; midwife name; circumcision or naming ceremony details and name of witnesses or godparents are provided.
This register records births for Jews from villages around Turda. Very few births recorded took place in Turda itself. The entries are not made chronologically and thus it is not clear when the book was begun, probably in the 1880s or 1890s. The earliest birth entered took place in 1835 and the latest in 1894. The headings and entries are in Hungarian. The register was kept quite thoroughly with all data completed clearly in most instances. Name, date, gender, parents, marital status of parents, parent residence, midwife name, circumcision or naming ceremony details and name of witnesses or godparents are provided. Please also see item under call number 236/17, which is an index, by birth year, for this birth registery. That index, however, begins with births in 1857 and goes only until 1885.
This register records births for Jews living in and around Turda. The first entry in the book is for 1848 though it seems, due to the consistency of the handwriting and the fact that it is in Hungarian, whereas German was generally used in the mid-19th century, that the book may have been created at a much later date. Still, the information was, in general, entered chronologically, with a few exceptions (births from 1837 and later entered in the last pages). The headings and entries are in Hungarian. The register was kept quite thoroughly with all data completed clearly in most instances. Name; date; gender; parents; marital status of parents; parent residence; midwife name; circumcision or naming ceremony details and name of witnesses or godparents are provided.
This collection comprises civil registers recording births, marriages, and deaths. Originally the registers were kept by each respective parish, church, synagogue, etc. In the 1950s they were collected by the National Archives and made into this overarching collection. The collection is organized alphabetically by location, then by religious community. All Jewish registers held at the Cluj archives are described in detail below; please click on a title for more information.
The Jewish Communities of Romania Collection (sometimes also described by the Romanian National Archives as the Documents Collection of the Jewish Communities of Romania) contains documents created and received by Jewish communities and organizations functioning in Romania from the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century.
The documents until World War II are composed of a variety of items reflecting community life, including statutes, correspondence, reports, and membership lists. Documents from the World War II period generally address the plight of Romanian Jews during this period. This material includes reports on persecutions and expropriations, correspondence and other documents related to deportees, and emigration paperwork. The post-World War II material generally deals with the repatriation of Jewish deportees to the Romanian-organized camps in Transnistria, the welfare of survivors, emigration, and the activities of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania and of the Jewish Democratic Committee (communist Jewish organization). For the complete inventory list of the collection, please see this link (in Romanian only).
JBAT archivists surveyed folders containing material related specifically to Bukovina and Transylvania. For details on the contents of these folders, please see the list below and click on any link.