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Moldova

Languages

Moldovan is the same as Romanian and is written in Latin script. Even though Moldovan is the official language, many Moldovans are more familiar with Russian. The records are written in Russian, while some are in Moldovan written in old Cyrillic script.^[1]

For word lists and help researching in Moldovan records, see:

Russian Genealogical Word List

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References

↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Moldova,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.

[profile-1] The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Moldova,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.

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