Jewish Cemeteries in Romania

JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR)

The JOWBR cemetery database contains information on nearly 150,000 Jewish burials from 70 cemeteries in Romania (including over 7,000 photos); see below for the complete list. You can search the JOWBR database here. 

Jewish Romanian Cemeteries and Local Records — Your Support Needed!

We have been granted broad access to Jewish Romanian cemeteries for purposes of photographing and documenting Jewish graves. We have also been granted access to local community burial registers and other types of documents that survive with the local communities. This is a first of its kind agreement that will allow us to greatly expand our documentation of life in Romania. The focus of this project will be in the historically Romanian regions of Moldavia and Wallachia/Muntenia, covering towns such Bucharest, Iași, Galați, Bacău, Brăila, Botoșani and many others throughout southern and eastern Romania. 

**This project does not include historically Hungarian Transylvania and the Maramureș regions of Romania**

But we need your help! This is a very expansive project, so to carry it out, your support is needed. We expect that we may need to expend significant funds to clean cemeteries and gravestones, which are in part completely covered in vegetation. Many stones are literally under trees and bushes and require individual cleaning. We may also need to hire photographers if we are not able to locate enough local volunteers.

We greatly appreciate all contributions!

See more - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-preserve-and-document-jewish-cemeteries-in-romania 

**If you want to receive a charitable contribution receipt for tax purposes, donate to the JewishGen Romania Cemetery Project fund here**

If you wish to volunteer, please fill out our volunteer form here:

https://romania.jewishgen.org/contribute/volunteer

Thank you very much!

Please contact us if there is a new cemetery project you would like to discuss, or other resources regarding Jewish cemeteries in Romania.

Complete List of Indexed Romanian Cemeteries in the JOWBR Database

The cemeteries from Romania span the following regions: Banat (2), Bucovina (9), Crisana (8), Maramures (21), Moldavia (10), Oltenia (1), and Transylvania (19). A complete catalogue of the cemeteries included in JOWBR is available here. The complete list of indexed Romanian cemeteries in the JOWBR database includes:

Arad, Arbore, Bara, Batiz, Bistrita, Bixad, Borod, Borșa, Botoșani, Bucecea, Buhuşi, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Cehu Silvaniei, Cîrlibaba, Ciucea, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Csikszereda (Miercurea Ciuc), Elöpatak, Făgăraş, Focsani, Giulesti, Glod, Gura Humorului, Gurahonţ, Halmeu, Hilda, Hîrlau, Iara, Iasi, Ileanda, Livada Mica, Ludus, Luşca-Nasaud, Mara, Medias, Moinești, Moldovita, Odoreu, Oradea, Orașu Nou, Piatra Neamţ, Podu Iloaiei, Radauti (Radautz), Roman, Rona de Jos, Rona de Sus, Ruscova, Sacel, Satu Mare, Seini, Sighetu Marmaţiei, Şimleu Silvaniei, Şintereag, Suceava, Târgu-Mureș, Timisoara, Tirgu Lapus, Turț, Vadu Izei, Valei lui Mihai, Vama 

IAJGS International Jewish Cemetery Project

The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) has compiled a database of cemeteries around the world. They have documented over 1,200 cemeteries in Romania, which is available here.

Additional Resources

• Moinesti Jewish Cemetery Project

• The Cemeteries of Oradea

• Jewish Cemetery of Raducaneni

• Documentation of the Jewish Cemeteries in Satu Mare

• Sighet Jewish Cemetery

• Jewish Cemeteries from Mureş and Harghita Counties

• Jewish Cemeteries from Târgu Mureș

• Selected Jewish Cemeteries in Bukovina and Galicia (Jewish Galicia & Bukovina)

• Report on Jewish cemeteries in Romania (Federaţia Comunităţilor Evreiești din România)

• Preliminary Report on Legislation & Practice Relating to the Protection and Preservation of Jewish Burial Grounds in Romania (Lo Tishkach Foundation)