Guide to the 1923 Directory Volume II

Volume II consists of parts IV-The Old Kingdom and V-The New Romanian Annexed Provinces. These two parts are subdivided by counties (judet). Each county section begins with general information about the county, followed by information about the county seat, and then about other notable towns. Each county section then continues with "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 larger locality. The directory lists all the sites within a comuna and asterisks the site that serves as the administrative center. Volume II concludes with a table of urban and rural localities (Tabela Comunelor Urbane și Rurale) - organized into four regional indexes to the approximately 8,500 villages, towns and cities for which the directory provides information.

In this directory there are five separate paginations, all beginning anew with page 1. Part IV has one pagination; part V contains three paginations - the Bucovina region, the Ardeal region, and the Basarabian region; and the Table of Localities comprises the fifth pagination. Where the numbers on the original pages are used they are placed in [brackets]. Otherwise, all numbers below refer to the digital image numbers.

This finding aid provides the digital image numbers for each county, its seat, and 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 county seat but before the information in "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

Covers digital image numbers 7-848 [original page numbers 0-840].

Concludes with the two counties in the Dobrogea region acquired in 1918, and thus listed separately from the counties of Dobrogea that comprised part of the Old Kingdom.

County	County seat	Image range for county seat	Image range for other towns
Argeș	Pitești	9-14	15-34
Bacău	Bacău	35-39	40-58
Botoșani	Botoșani	59-64	65-76
Brăila	Brăila	77-107	108-118
Buzău	Buzău	119-123	123-146
Constanța	Constanța	147-162	163-182
Covurlui	Galați	183-234	235-244
Dâmbovița	Târgoviște	245-247	248-270
Dolj	Craiova	271-292	293-322
Dorohoiu	Dorohoiu	323-325	325-336
Falciu	Huși	337-339	339-346
Gorj	Târgu-Jiu	347-349	350-366
Ialomița	Călărași	367-369	369-390
Iași	Iași	391-416	417-428
Ilfov	București	see Vol I.	429-454
Mehedinți	Turnu-Severin	455-461	462-484
Muscel	Câmpulung	485-488	488-500
Neamțu	Piatra-Neamțu	501-507	507-520
Olt	Slatina	521-523	524-536
Prahova	Ploiești	537-556	557-598
Putna	Focșani	599-602	603-618
Râmnicu-Sărat	Râmnicu-Sărat	619-622	623-638
Roman	Roman	639-642	643-652
Romanați	Caracal	653-655	656-674
Suceava	Fălticeni	675-676	677-686
Tecuci	Tecuci	687-689	690-698
Teleorman	Turnu-Măgurele	699-701	701-728
Tulcea	Tulcea	729-731	731-744
Tutova	Bârlad	745-753	754-764
Vâlcea	Râmnicu-Vâlcea	765-767	768-786
Vaslui	Vaslui	787-788	789-798
Vlașca	Giurgiu	799-807	808-826
Caliacra	Bazargic (formerly Dobrici)	827-830	831-838
Durostor	Silistra	839-840	840-848

Other notable towns and corresponding image numbers in the Old Kingdom and Dobrogea Nouă

Adjudu-Nou 603	Curtea de Argeș 15	Mărășești 603-604	Slanic 563
Alexandria 701-703	Cuzgun 164	Medjidie 165-166	Slobozia 370
Babadag 731	Dobrogea Nuoă 827	Mihaileni 325-326	Strehaia 462
Baia-de-Arama 462	Drăgășani 768-769	Mizil 123-124	Sulina 733-735
Băilești 293	Filipești-de-Târg 559	Moinești 41-42	Târgu-Frumos 417
Balcic 831	Gaești 248	Ocnele-Mari 769	Târgu-Neamțu 508-509
Buhuș 507-508	Hârlau 65	Odobești 604-605	Târgu-Ocna 40-41
Calafat 293-294	Hârsova 164	Oltenița 429-430	Turtucaia 840
Câmpina 557-558	Herta 325	Ostrov 166	Urlati 564
Cavarna 832	Isaccea 732	Panciu 605-606	Urziceni 369-370
Cernavodă 163	Macin 732-733	Plenița 295	Valenii-de-Munte 564-565
Chilia-Veche 732	Mahmudia 733	Roșiori-de-Vede 704-706	Zimnicea 706-707
Corabia 656-57	Mangalia 165	Sinaia 561-563

Part V, The New Romanian Annexed Provinces - Nouile Provincii Alipite: Bucovina, Transilvania, Banat, Crișana, Maramureș, Basarabia

Begins with image number 849

Bucovina

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

County	First image no.	County seat + image range	Image range of other towns
Cernauți	854	Cernauți 855-888	889-896
Câmpu-lung	897	Câmpu-lung 897-898	898-904
Cotmani	905	Cotmani 905	905-908
Gura-Humorului	909	Gura-Humorului 909-911	911-916
Rădăuți	917	Rădăuți 917-919	919-924
Siret	925	Siret ;925	926-930
Storojineț	931	Storojineț 931-932	933-938
Suceava	939	Suceava 939-941	942-946
Văscăuți	947	Văscăuți 947	948-950
Vijnița	951	Vijnița 951-952	953-956
Zastavna	957	Zastavna 957	958-962

Other notable towns in Bucovina:
Vatra-Dornei 898-899
Foreign Advertisements 963-982

Ardealul: Transilvania, Banat, Crișana, Maramureș.

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.

County	First image no.	County seat + image range	Image range of other towns
Alba de Jos	1017	Aiud 1018-1020	1021-1046
Arad	1047	Arad 1048-1100	1101-1128
Bihor	1129	Oradea-Mare 1131-1164	1165-1212
Bistrița-Năsăud	1213	Bistrița 1214-1218	1219-1230
Brașov	1231	Brașov 1232-1260	1261-1268
Caraș-Severin	1269	Lugoj 1270-1276	1277-1320
Ciuc	1321	Mercurea-Ciuc 1322-1323	1324-1338
Cojocna	1339	Cluj 1341-1390	1391-1416
Făgăraș	1417	Făgăraș 1417-1420	1421-1432
Hunedoara	1433	Deva 1434-1436	1436-1474
Maramureș	1475	Sighetul-Marmației 1476-81	1482-1490
Mureș-Turda	1491	Târgu-Mureș 1492-1514	1515-1542
Odorhei	1543	Odorhei 1544-1545	1546-1560
Sălaj	1561	Zalău 1562-1565	1565-1592
Satmar	1593	Careii-Mari 1595-1599	1617-1642
Sibiu	1643	Sibiu 1645-1685	1686-1700
Solnoc-Dobaca	1701	Dej 1702-1706	1706-1736
Târnava-Mare	1737	Sighișoara 1738-1739	1740-1762
Târnava-Mică	1763	Diciosânmartin 1763-1767	1767-1782
Timiș-Torontal	1783	Timișoara 1785-1827	1828-1872
Trei-Scaune	1873	Sfântu Gheorghe 1874-1876	1877-1893
Turda-Arieș	1894	Turda 1894-1897	1898-1912

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

Abrud 1021-22	Caransebeș 1277-80	Ocna-Sibiului 1027	Sebeșul-Săsesc 1686
Alba-Iulia 1022-26	Gherla 1706-07	Reghinu-Săsesc 1515-19	Tg-Săcuesc 1877-78
Baia Mare 1613-15	Ibasfalău 1767-68	Șimleul-Silvaniei 1565-66
Baia-Sprie 1616	Mediaș 1740-46	Satu-Mare 1600-12

Basarabia

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

Județ (county)	First image no.	Image range of the county seat	Image range of other towns in that county
Bălți	1919	1919-1922	1923-1946
Cahul	1947	1947-1948	1949-1958
Cetatea-Albă	1959	1960-1967	1968-1990
Chișinău	1991	1993-2010	2011-2032
Hotin	2033	2033-2038	2039-2064
Ismail	2065	2066-2070	2071-2086
Orhei	2087	2087-2093	2094-2114
Șoroca	2115	2116-2121	2122-2144
Tighina	2145	2146-2150	2151-2168

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

Bolgrad 2071-2072	Leova 1949	Posad-Șaba 1968	Vâlcov 2076-2077
Chilia-Nouă 2072-2074	Popușoi 1968	Reni 2074-2076

Index of Urban and Rural Communes. Symbols used

Tabela Comunelor Urbane si rurale

The 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 county 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, Crișana, Maramureș 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 town 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 town has a long-distance telephone station.
The least used of these is an image of an anchor, which signifies that the town has a seaport.

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