English: An excerpt from the Monographic sketch of Sălaj County concerning the state of the community in 1908 (translated from Romanian): "Giurtelecul Şimleului (Hungarian Somlyógyörgytelek, pretura Şimleu) is the largest Romanian community around Şimleu. Old inhabitants were serfs belonging to Şimleu fort and almost all were Romanian. In 1733 the community formed by 12 families was served by the Greek Catholic priest George.

Today Giurtelecu has 280 households, with 1,237 Greek Catholics. The stone church was built in 1819, with money raised from the parishioners. Religious school of stone is under construction and has a qualified teacher with a salary of 1,400 krone, of which 800 krone is paid by the state. There are 60 children enrolled in school and all of them are literate; there are also 51 students in the program of education for those between the ages of 12 and 15.

There are more than 120 literate adults, of whom only 11 know Hungarian. The settlement has 2,048 arpents, of which 1,395 are in the hands of the Romanians. The price of an arpent ranges from 600 to 1,200 krones. There are 80 voters, of whom 40 know to read and write Romanian and 5 Hungarian as well."