The Virtual Genealogical Archive (ArhGenVirt): A Pilot Digitization Project of the Parish and Civil Status Registers in the Bucharest and Brașov County Archives (Romania)
The Virtual Genealogical Archive (ArhGenVirt): A Pilot Digitization Project of the Parish and Civil Status Registers in the Bucharest and Brașov County Archives (Romania)
Author(s): Rafael Dorian ChelaruSubject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Academia Română – Centrul de Studii Transilvane
Keywords: parish registers; civil status registers; digitization of archival patrimony; research projects
Summary/Abstract: The Virtual Genealogical Archive (ArhGenVirt): A Pilot Digitization Project of the Parish and Civil Status Registers in the Bucharest and Brașov County Archives (Romania) – The present article describes the pre-requisites, the development and the results of the research project “The Virtual Genealogical Archive: A Pilot Project Destined to the National Archives of Romania and Third-Party Users” (July 2014–September 2017) within the context of the digitization of archival patrimony in Romania. Alongside the historical overview of the parish and civil registers, the article focuses on the archival collection of civil status registers in the Bucharest and Brașov county archives, underlining their main features and significance for users.
Journal: Transylvanian Review
- Issue Year: XXVII/2018
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 140-154
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English