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Finding Aid to volume II (Provincia) of Anuarul "Socec" al României-Mari

Index to this page:
Introduction   Part IV, the Old Kingdom   Part V, The New Romanian Annexed Provinces  Table of Locales

Introduction

Volume II consists of parts IV-The Old Kingdom and V-The New Romanian Annexed Provinces. These two parts are subdivided by judet, an administrative district. Each judet section begins with general information about the judet, followed by information about the judet capital, and then about other notable towns. Each judet section then continues with a point "II. Comune rurale," which describes villages, often with populations under 1,500. A "comuna" is a small administrative district often consisting of two or more villages or other populated sites, but sometimes consisting of just one site. The directory lists all the sites within a comuna and asterisks the site that serves as the administrative center for the comuna. Volume II concludes with Table of Locales (Tabela Comunelor Urbane si Rurale) - four regional indexes to the approximately 8,500 villages, towns and cities for which the directory provides information.

The original work contains five separate paginations, all beginning anew with page 1. Part IV is the first pagination; part V contains three paginations - the Bucovina region, the Ardeal region, and the Bessarabian region; and the Table of Locales comprises the fifth pagination. The number ranges of the original pages are indicated below only once each in [brackets]. Otherwise, all numbers below refer to the digital image numbers.

This finding aid provides the digital image numbers for each judet, its capital, and its other populated sites. It also lists for each region "Other notable towns," which are the towns and larger villages that are listed immediately after the information for each judet capital but before the information in point "II. Comune rurale." Virtually all of the "other notable towns" have populations over 1,500, whereas most sites listed under point "II. Comune rurale" have populations under 1,500.

PART IV, The Old Kingdom - Provinciile Vechiului Regat: Oltenia, Muntenia, Moldova, Dobrogea.

Other notable towns (and corresponding image numbers) in the Old Kingdom and Dobrogea Noua:

PART V, The New Romanian Annexed Provinces - Nouile Provincii Alipite: Bucovina; Ardealul: Transilvania, Banat, Crisana, Maramures; Basarabia.

Begins with image number 849

Bucovina

Covers digital image numbers 851-962 [corresponding to original page numbers 1-112]

Other notable towns in Bucovina:
        Vatra-Dornei 898-899

Foreign Advertisements 963-982

Ardealul: Transilvania, Banat, Crisana, Maramures.

Covers digital image numbers 983-1912 [corresponding to original page numbers 1-896]. Images 983-1016 provide general information and statistics on Ardeal, in French, German and Romanian.

Other notable towns (and corresponding image numbers) in Ardeal:

Basarabia

Covers digital image numbers 1913-2168 [corresponding to original page numbers 1-256].

Other notable towns (and corresponding image numbers) in Basarabia:

Tabela Comunelor Urbane si rurale - Index of Urban and Rural Communes.

Covers digital image numbers 2169-2234 [corresponding to original page numbers 1-66].

These indexes give the name of the site, the name of the judet in which it is located, and the original page numbers. For index III (Transylvania, etc), the names of the sites are given as usual in Romanian, but also in Hungarian. A "comuna" is a small administrative district usually consisting of two or more villages or other populated sites, but sometimes consisting of just one site. A word of warning: Do not confuse the original page numbers provided in the four indexes with the digital image numbers provided in this online finding aid.

I. Vechiul Regat - The Old Kingdom 2169-2189
II. Bucovina 2190-2193
III. Ardealul (Transilvania), Banat, Crisana, Maramures 2194-2226
IV. Basarabia 2227-2234

Advertisements 2235-2240

Symbols

At least five symbols are used in conjunction with villages, towns and cities. A train locomotive signifies that the locale has a train station. A curved musical horn indicates a post office. A bell with a straight wire through it indicates a telegraph station. An old-fashioned telephone receiver with a curving wire protruding from it indicates that the locale has a long-distance telephone station. The least used of these is an image of an anchor, which signifies that the locale has a seaport.

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