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From: "Janet Kozlay" <>
Subject: Re: [HUNGARY] [GenRoG] --RE:Re: Genealogical Research in Romania
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:25:40 -0500
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Thank you for your different perspective. It should provide some comfort for
those who are seeking information on their ancestors in Romania.

Janet


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:34 PM
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Subject: [HUNGARY] [GenRoG] --RE:Re: Genealogical Research in Romania

When I was last time in Budapest I had to wait for several days until the
certain document in which I was interested was made available for research
[bureaucracy!] and I never complain about this because you have the same
problem everywhere [including in USA / at FHL].
When I was in Germany, and studied a book from the XVI century, the
librarian was all the time beside me. I was even asked to writhe only with
their pencil and I did not complained.
The regulations in Romania changed at the end 2007 and now you will receive
the records on spot [and you do not need an earlier approval from Bucuresti
for research anymore] and you can make copies by yourself with a
photo-camera [there are some fees involved in this].
BTW, Romania in not the only country in Europe / World which did not permit
to the Mormons [an american sect without any important for Romania] to film
their archives.

Best Regards,
S o r i n

----- Original Message -----
From: "Janet Kozlay"
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008
Subject: Re: [HUNGARY] [GenRoG] --Genealogical Research in Romania
> Well, I am happy to hear that you had a better experience. However, I have
> heard from several Hungarian-Romanians who have complained of hostile
> attitudes, being made to wait several days, not being permitted to make
> copies of records, being "supervised" by authorities while researching,
etc.
> Perhaps it depends on where you go.
> Then, too, you mustn't discount the fact that so far Romania has not
> permitted filming of their records, which means research must be done
> on-site.
> Janet
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008
> Subject: [HUNGARY] [GenRoG] --Genealogical Research in Romania
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janet Kozlay"
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008
> Subject: Re: [HUNGARY] Janos Hunyadi
> ...
> A further complication is that records from present-day Romania are
> generally difficult to access. Even Hungarians who are Romanian citizens
are
> discouraged from searching the records.
> ...
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> This is not quite accurate! You can search without any problems what you
> want.
>
> GenealogyRO Group
> http://www.genealogy.ro
> http://www.genealogy.ro/contributions.htm


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