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		INTRODUCTION

TOWNS AND REPOSITORIES IN MOLDOVA

The database relates to towns within the current borders of Moldova and some towns that were formerly in the geographical region known as Bukovina.

The documents are located in the following repositories:

Kishinev (A=National Archives)	Moldova National Archives 67b Gheorghe Asachi Street Kishinev 277028, Republic of Moldova Tel: 373/0422/73-58-27
(Z=ZAGS Archives)	Archives of Ancient Acts (civil registrations) 82, 31 August Street Kishinev 277019, Republic of Moldova Tel/Fax: 373/0422/23-70-50

Note: To contact a specific ZAGS office in towns throughout Moldova, first write to the above office, specifiy the town that interests you (using current spelling) and request address, telephone number and name of director of ZAGS office in that town. Make your inquiry very brief as few people in this office are fluent in English. Then write to director of ZAGS office in the town that interests you, again keeping your inquiry brief and specific.

Included in this database are repositories outside of Moldova holding documents for towns within the current borders of Moldova including:

State Archive of Chernivtsy Oblast
ul. Shevchenka 2
Chernivtsy 274000, Ukraine
Tel: 380/3722/2-30-29

Kamyanets Podilsky City-State Archives
ul. Frantsiskanska 14
Kamyanets Podilsky 32300, Ukraine
Tel: 380/3849/2-10-45

Russian State Historical Archives
Angliiskaia nab. (formerly Krasnogo Flota), 4
St. Petersburg 190000 Russia
Tel: 7/812/311-0926; Fax: 7/812/311-2252
E-mail: rgia@NP7758.spb.edu
Website: http://www.rusarchives.ru/federal/rgia/
Also see: http://www.iisg.nl/~abb/abb_b3.html

Note: Regarding the Romanian alphabet, for simplicity purposes and other logistical issues, towns in Moldova are listed in the Roman alphabet (after 1917) and without the Romanian accents.

Regarding transliteration, town names are transliterated from the Russian spelling (all documents prior to 1917). Therefore, the entry for the capital of Moldova is spelled Kishinev, not Chisinau (current spelling).

Note: For additional information about documents, archives and towns in Moldova, visit:
CIA The World Factbook/ Moldova:
      https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
JewishGen: http://www.jewishgen.org (many related sites available here)
Romania Special Interest Group: http://www.jewishgen.org/romsig/
Family History Library:
      http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
      (search by place name to see if your ancestral town has been microfilmed)
Embassy of Moldova: http://www.embassy.org/embassies/md.html
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova:
      http://www.un.int/moldova/
Jewish Web Index: http://jewishwebindex.com

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