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  • Ilumäe kalmistu

    Olete teretulnud kõik need kes soovivad oma lähedased seoses selle rahupaigaga ära märkida ja projekti lisada. Projekt "Ilumäe kalmistu" koondab neid, kes on aegade jooksul seal oma rahu leidnud. Kultuurimälestise Riikliku Registri registrikanne vt. registrist ka kaasnevaid fotosid. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -----------------...

  • 1820 British Settlers in South Africa

    Objective The purpose of this project is to record as many of the ORIGINAL settlers (Heads of the family groups) so that researchers can identify family lines and descendants. Secondly, current researchers who are descendants of the 1820 Settlers will be able to identify fellow researchers. Historical Summary Encouraged by the British government to emigrate to the Cape colony, the first...

  • Jewish Families from Čkyně, Bohemia, Czech Republic

    The project seeks to assemble all of the Jewish families from the small town of Čkyně in Southern Bohemia. JewishGen Čkyně page Current Czech Name : Čkyně Other Names/Spellings : Ckyne, Ckyn, Czkyn, Kieselhof, Tschkyn, Tschkyn Location : Čkyně is a small town in Bohemia, Prachatice, Czech Republic, located at 49.07 longitude and 13.50 latitude. Ckyne is 120 km SSW of Prague, 16 km SSW o...

  • 1820 Settlers - White's Party

    White's Party Main References - The Settler Handbook by MD Nash and 1820 Settlers.com The aim of this project is to link profiles on Geni to the names in the list, and to expand notes about individuals - mostly on the Profile page in the "About Me" field, or here if no profile exists. To take part in any project - you do need to first be a collaborator - so join the project. See the d...

  • Ancient Rome

    Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community, founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BCE. Located along the Mediterranean Sea, and centered at the city of Rome, it became one of the largest empires in the ancient world. In its centuries of existence, Roman civilization shifted from a monarchy to an oligarchic republic to an increasingl...

  • Lodz Ghetto גטו לודז

    The Łódź Ghetto (German: Ghetto Litzmannstadt ) was the second-largest ghetto (after the Warsaw Ghetto) established for Jews and Roma in German-occupied Poland. Situated in the town of Łódź and originally intended as a temporary gathering point for Jews, the ghetto was transformed into a major industrial centre, providing much needed supplies for Nazi Germany and especially for the German Arm...

  • Robeson County, North Carolina, USA 1787 - 1900

    Robeson County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2010 it had a population of 134,168. Since then, it has been one of the 10% of United States counties that were majority-minority; its combined population of American Indian, African American and Latino residents comprise over 68% of the total. Native Americans make up 38% of the population. Robeson County was formed in 178...

  • American Colonization Society

    American Colonization Society The American Colonization Society (ACS) (in full, The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America), founded in 1816, was the primary vehicle to support the return of free African Americans to what was considered greater freedom in Africa. It helped to found the colony of Liberia in 1821–22 as a place for freedmen. Among its founders were Charl...

  • World War II

    World War II , or the Second World War (often abbreviated as WWII or WW2 ), was a global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved a vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million people serving in military...

  • The Children's Friend Society - Master South African List

    The Children's Friend Society - Master South African List The following is a list of list of children that were sent to South Africa as part of the Children's Friends Society. Some of these children were not really children and other's mere babes either taken away from their parents or sent from children's homes and workhouses in England. These were posted to Rootsweb by Heather MacAlister ...

  • Battle of Pearl Harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor (called Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (Operation Z in planning) and the Battle of Pearl Harbor) was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). From the standpoint of the defende...

  • Subjects of Sir Henry Raeburn

    Scope of Project This project is a place to gather together profiles who were subjects of Sir Henry Raeburn. Overview Sir Henry Raeburn FRSE RSA (4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter and Scotland's first significant portrait painter since the Union to remain based in Scotland. He served as Portrait Painter to His Majesty in Scotland. His subjects represent the Who...

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  • South Africans' Geni Landing Site. WELKOM CUZZINS!

    Hello!! "Welkom Cuzzins" is the SA Master Page, providing links to all the other South African based projects as a Site Map, Historical Timeline and Communication portal. Click on the 'Follow' button in the top right hand corner of the page if you want to join the SA Geni cuzzin community. We've also got a FACEBOOK PG FOR SA GENI as a Newsletter idea that you can check once a month or so - to k...

  • Marais of South Africa

    This project has been set up to service the Marais tree on Geni. We will post links to useful web pages here, but probably the most important purpose is to have somewhere where descendants can post queries and ask for help. Please do not add all your Marais profiles to this project - only those that there are queries about. We will add an outline of immediate descendants at the bottom of the ...

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  • The Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) - "Foot Soldiers"

    The Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) "Foot Soldiers" This project is an extension of the The Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) . The main focus of the main project is to feature the prominent figures of the war. This project is a place where we can add information about both British/Colonial and Boer foot soldiers who fought in the Anglo-Boer War, somewhere to assemble profiles of these men who are on G...

  • Eesti Vabadussõjas langenud

    Vabadussõjas langenud Valga lähistel hukkunud / surnud vabadussõdalased (Valga Peetri koguduse meetrikas): 23. jaanuar 1919 - 2. juuli 1919 5. juuli 1919 - 21. veebruar 1920 (suri soomusrongi Kapten Irv sõdur) 9. mai 1920 (tapeti üks staabisõdur - Aleksander Tomson Johan'i poeg) Vabadussõjas langenute koondnimekiri

  • Introduksjon til Geni.com - norsk

    I Norway For English speaking users with Norwegian relatives, see Norwegian Ancestry - information Dette prosjektet tar sikte på å forklare hvordan Geni fungerer, og være en veiledning til hvor man kan få hjelp. Om du nettopp er blitt lagt til i prosjektet av en Kurator, er dette for å gjøre deg oppmerksom på denne informasjonen. Legg gjerne til andre brukere slik at informasjonen her når u...

  • Policemen in England - 19th Century

    The Metropolitan Police To participate in any project - you do need to first be a collaborator - so join the project. Project Help: How to add Text to a Project - Starter Kit to get you going! In 1829, when Sir Robert Peel was Home Secretary, the first Metropolitan Police Act was passed and the Metropolitan Police Force was established. This new force superseded the local Watch in the L...

  • Pilgrim's Rest

    A project intended to record all the early pioneers and gold prospectors connected to Pilgrim's Rest who are on our Geni tree. Several South African families have their roots in Pilgrim's Rest when the gold rush in the late 1800's attracted diggers from worldwide. Brief History Mining in this region of Mpumalanga dates back many centuries, when unknown miners worked quartz reefs in the area...

  • Slovenski portal / Geni Slovenia

    ●▬▬▬▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬♥▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● V dolini tihi & Na golici-GUINNESS WORLD RECORD (1137 performers), Črni panter , prvoten grb Slovenije (Karantanije) This project aims to organise genealogical data for places and families of Slovenia. Mjesta / Places Bled : Blejsko jezero je ostanek velikega bohinjskega ledenika, ki je pokrival gorenjsko ravan. Po velikosti (1,33 kvadratne...

  • 5 klass

    Kohtla-Nõmme Põhikooli 5.klassi projekt 5 Klass* * Jarmo Noorsalu * Priit Juunior Parkman * Jarko Liiva * Sten Marten Raudver * Raiko Jool * Kennar Kriisa * Virje laht * Saskia renžer * Age Rand * Kristiina Lukk * Andrea Tohver * Meeli Liepkans * Iris Andersbuk [ ]

  • Great Migration: Passengers of the Planter, 1635

    Great Migration: Ships to New England 1633-1635 It an amazing story of Providence and the skill of English seamen that dozens of Atlantic ocean passages were made in little wooden ships bringing our Puritan ancestors to America almost without mishap in the 1630's; the unhappy exception being the harrowing story of the Angel Gabriel , 1635, which met a terrible storm and cast up on the coast o...

  • Sobibor Extermination Camp

    Sobibor was a Nazi German extermination camp located on the outskirts of the town of Sobibór, Lublin Voivodeship of occupied Poland as part of Operation Reinhard; the official German name was SS-Sonderkommando Sobibor. Jews from Poland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Czechoslovakia, as well as Soviet prisoners of war (POWs) (many of them Jewish), were transported to Sobibor by rail, an...

  • Namesakes

    Namesakes Places, organizations and things named after people. Who is your city or town, village or tribe named after? Or how about the company you work for, or the consumer product that you just bought at the store get its name? Have you ever wondered where a scientific discovery got its name? We often name our cities, towns, rivers, mountain rangers, airports, and universities after a pro...

  • The Yoder Project: Profiles Needing Sources

    This is a subproject of The Yoder Project. It is specifically for profiles that fit at least one of the three criteria for the main project but lack sources. For the purposes of this project, sources are documents that are both linked in the media section of a profile and cited in the sources tab of a profile. Citing a source document: Upload a document to the media section of the profi...

  • Other People in the American Civil War

    A project for the lesser figures in the American Civil War. Related Geni Projects For notable family members: "US Civil War Notables" For Battles and Units: The Civil War 1861-1865 Illinois Adjutant General's Report, Regimental and Unit Histories 1861– 1866 "Croatian Soldiers in American-Civil War, 1861-1865" "United States Colored Troops" Civil War Databases; ...

  • Acadians of New France

    To identify and verify the family histories of Acadians in New France, particularly before the deportation of the early 18th century. Please see to explore the scope of Acadia. First Steps: Please add any profiles that you have access to. Once the profiles have been identified, then the task of untangling can begin!

  • Pioneers of Bear Lake Valley Idaho

    To keep the pioneer theme, the date of 1885 was chosen as the closing year of birth. Those who were born after 1885 are not included. Foreword from "History of Bear lake Pioneers" Copyright 1968 by Daughters of Utah Pioneers Bear Lake County Idaho 2nd Edition 1974 More than one hundred years have passed since those hardy and courageous souls, obeying a call from President Brigham Young, str...

  • Barocas, Uziel and Related Sephardic Families

    Welcome! This project is intended to facilitate genealogical and historical collaboration among those interested in the Barocas, Uziel and Related Sephardic families now or formerly found in Israel, Turkey, France, Italy, Spain, South America, the United States and other points all over the world. How can you participate? (1) Add your branches to the Geni tree. This is a 100% shared colla...

  • Philadelphians Pictured in Fifty years' work of the Hebrew education society of Philadelphia: 1848-1898

    Prominent Jewish Philadelphians (and a few non-Philadelphians) whose portraits appear in 'Fifty years' work of the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia: 1848-1898 " published by the Society, 1899. From the preface: The first meeting for the formation of a society whose purpose was the education of Jewish youth in the city of Philadelphia was held on March 7 1847. On June 4 1848, a C...

  • Starbuck / Coffin Family

    Scope of Project To build a single, validated and documented shared family tree for the Starbuck , Coffin , Gardner and related families, from earlier origins to near modern times Overview The Starbuck and Coffin families were a group of whalers operating out of Nantucket, Massachusetts from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Some members of the family gained wider exposure due ...

  • The Kasztner Transports

    Rudolf (Israel) Kasztner , a Zionist leader in Hungary during World War II, headed the Relief and Rescue Committee, a small Jewish group that negotiated with Nazi officials to rescue Hungarian Jews in exchange for money, goods and military equipment. In June 1944, the "Kasztner Train," with 1,684 Jews on board, departed Budapest for the safety of neutral Switzerland. Kasztner's nego...

  • Británicos en Chile (British in Chile)

    Inmigración británica en Chile Los británicos han sido muy importantes en la formación de la nación chilena. Actualmente, Chile tiene la mayor población de descendientes de británicos en América Latina. Más de 700.000 chilenos descendientes de británicos (es decir, ingléses, galeses y escoceses) origenes. Historia Chile, frente al Océano Pacífico, tuvo una presencia británica importante. Má...

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  • DIVINE SRIKRISHNA (3112 BC TO 3031 BC)

    HISTORY OF SRIKRISHNA, SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM . Welcome to the site of the S'rîmad Bhâgavatam (or theBhâgavata Purâna). Here you will find the complete and up-to-date version maintained in Sanskrit, English and Dutch of this most important sacred book of stories of India. India knows many purânas or storybooks, but this collection of stories is generally accepted as being the most complete and impor...

  • Norske biskoper

    Summary in English: Bishops of the Christian churches in Norway, all churches, all times. The working language of the project is Norwegian. Prosjektets interessefelt Norske biskoper i alle kirkesamfunn i Norge, hele Norgeshistorien. Oversikt Det finnes mye dokumentasjon om biskoper i Norge opp gjennom historien. Det kan være greit å samle dem i en gruppe. Navnelister o...

  • Nauvoo Legion

    Author: Flammer, Philip M. The Illinois legislative act of December 1840 that incorporated the city of Nauvoo also authorized creation of a military body or militia that came to be known as the Nauvoo Legion. Perhaps influenced by genuine disgust with the way the Latter-day Saints had been treated in Missouri, the Illinois legislature acted liberally. Under the Nauvoo charter, Latter-day Sain...

  • French and Indian War

    This was one of the many wars that made up the French and Indian Wars. See the Master Project Indian Wars The summary is taken from French and Indian War and Atlas of the North American Indian, Revised Edition, 2000. French and Indian War What most historians call the French and Indian War was really the final conflict in a long series of wars among the the European colonial powers for wo...

  • Mormon Pioneers 1848

    1848 This project is a sub project of the Mormon Pioneers (1847-1868) Master Project This page covers the Mormon Pioneers of 1848 only. Finding Aids Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah Chronological Company List Pioneer Index Search How to Participate Please collaborate on a specific year's (1847-1868) project page. If you have an ancestor who was a Mormon pioneer consult the lin...

  • Gedeputeerde en Provinciale Staten van Zuid-Holland ‧ 1814-1861

    Gedeputeerde en Provinciale Staten ‧ 1814-1861 ‧ van de provincie Zuid-Holland ‧ Nederland ◾ ◾ ◾ Goeverneurs ◾ - under construction ◾ Gedeputeerde Staten Zuid-Holland ‧ 1814-1861 ◾ ‧ 1849-1873 ‧ Isaac Lambertus Cremer van den BERCH~BERGH ‧ 1811-1879 ‧ ◾ ‧ 1814-1815 ‧ Frederik Willem BOERS ‧ 1743-1815 ‧ ◾ ‧ 1814-1821 ‧ Willem Gustaaf Jacob van BOETZELAER van Kijfh...

  • Fødte og døpte Helligånd kirke (1713-1728) Helligånd sogn, Sokkelund herred, København amt, Danmark

    DIS Danmark: Kort over Danmarks amter fra 1793 til 1970 Statens Arkiver: Kom godt i gang med kirkebøger Fødte og døpte Helligånd kirke (1713-1728) Helligånd sogn, Sokkelund herred, København amt, Danmark Statens Arkiver: Find kirkebøger Fødte og døpte Opslag 3=jul 1713 - 10=1714 - 29=1715 - 48=1716 - 64=1717 - 81=1718 - 99=1719 - 115=1720 - 128=1721 - 140=1722 Opslag 8 - Anna Doro...

  • Døde Helligånd kirke (1713-1756) Helligånd sogn, Sokkelund herred, København amt, Danmark

    DIS Danmark: Kort over Danmarks amter fra 1793 til 1970 Statens Arkiver: Kom godt i gang med kirkebøger Døde Helligånd kirke (1713-1756) Helligånd sogn, Sokkelund herred, København amt, DanmarkStatens Arkiver: Find kirkebøger Døde - Opslag 3=1713 - 7=1714 - 11=1715 - * Opslag 6 - Friderich Smit - 29 aug 1713 - Far: Friderich Smit* Opslag 11 - Hans Jochum Rode - 26 feb 1715 - 38 aar

  • Viede Helligånd kirke (1702-1735) Helligånd sogn, Sokkelund herred, København amt, Danmark

    DIS Danmark: Kort over Danmarks amter fra 1793 til 1970 Statens Arkiver: Kom godt i gang med kirkebøger Viede Helligånd kirke (1702-1735) Helligånd sogn, Sokkelund herred, København amt, Danmark Statens Arkiver: Find kirkebøger Viede - Opslag 3=feb 1702 121=1720 - 128=1721 - 133=1722 - 138=1723 - 144=1724 - 151=1725 - 156=1726 - 161=1727 - 166=1728 - 171=1729 - 174=1730 - 177=1731 - 1...

  • Fødte Sankt Nikolai kirke (1742-1793) Holbæk Skt Nikolaj sogn, Merløse herred, Holbæk amt, Danmark

    Dansk Wikipedia: Sankt Nikolai Kirke (Holbæk Kommune) holbaekkirke.dk: Skt. Nikolai kirke • Kirkestræde 2A, 4300 Holbæk DIS Danmark: Kort over Danmarks amter fra 1793 til 1970 Statens Arkiver: Kom godt i gang med kirkebøger Fødte Sankt Nikolai kirke (1742-1793) Holbæk Skt Nikolaj sogn, Merløse herred, Holbæk amt, Danmark Statens Arkiver: Find kirkebøger Fødte - Opslag 1= 26 nov 1742...

  • Jewish Families of Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    This project concerns the 625 Jewish families identified in Alexander Dietz 's Stammbuch der Frankfurter Juden (1907). Many gravestones from the Frankfurt Jewish cemeteries are available online at Steinheim Institut . Some trees can be found at Jewish Families of Frankfurt am Main . Also available online is Ele Toldot (These are the Generations) , a collection of transcriptions of genealogical ...

  • Gildeskål in Nordland, Norway.

    Index: 1. About Gildeskål 2. Bailiffs (fogder) 3. Chairmen (ordførere) in Gildeskål 4. Chairmen (ordførere) in Beiarn 5. Vicars (prester) in Gildeskål 6. Vicars (prester) in Beiarn 7. Known persons from Gildeskål (kjente Gildeskålværinger) 8. Governors (lensherrer / amtmenn / fylkesmenn) in Nordland 9. Sheriffs 10. Parish clerks 11. Emigration from Gildeskål to USA 12....

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  • Vroedschap van Utrecht (1618-1795)

    The "Vroedschap" of Utrecht . De leden van het stadsbestuur van Utrecht sinds de anti-Spaanse opstand (1572) tot het einde van de Republiek (1795) The members of the city council of Utrecht since the Dutch revolt (1572) until the end of the Dutch Republic (1795) ______________________________ ______________________ De lijst is niet volledig. Graag toevoegen in volgorde van coöptatie (L...

  • Eesti poliitikud

    Siia kuuluvad kõik eestlastest või/ ja Eestis tegutsenud tuntud poliitikud nii parlamentaarsel kui omavalitsuslikul tasemel

  • Mormon Pioneers 1849

    1849 This project is a sub project of the Mormon Pioneers (1847-1868) Master Project This page covers the Mormon Pioneers of 1849 only. Finding Aids Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah Chronological Company List Pioneer Index Search How to Participate Please collaborate on a specific year's (1847-1868) project page. If you have an ancestor who was a Mormon pioneer consult the lin...

  • Finlands präster genom tiderna ~ Suomen papit kautta aikojen ~ Finnish priests of all time

    This is a master project covering the priests in Finland. Ett projekt med tanken att samla alla kyrkans män / kvinnor som är Präst vigda! (biskopar, kyrkoherdar, kaplaner, komministrar etc.) i Finland. Och exkludera icke religiösa roller som klockare, kyrkvärdar och kantorer. A project to collect all men of the church in Finland in one project (priests and bishops) there are approximate...

  • Üliõpilasselts Liivika

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  • Nederlandse & Vlaamse schilders ‧ 1700-1900

    Nederlandse & Vlaamse schilders ‧ 1700-1950 ‧ —A— • Jacobus Theodorus ABELS ‧ A'dam 1803-1866 Abcoude ‧ • Bernardus ACCAMA ‧ Burum 1697-1756 Leeuwarden ‧ • Johannes Evert Hendrik AKKERINGA ‧ Buitenzorg-Blinjoe 1861-1942 Amersfoort ‧ • Lodewijk Franciscus Hendrik -louis- APOL ‧ den Haag 1850-1937 den Haag ‧ • Paul ARNTZENIUS ‧ den Haag 1883-1956 • Pieter Florentius Nicolaas Jacobus ‧floris‧ ...

  • Schilders in de familie

    -2012-03-12-09:38+GMT-jMu-mede werking & aanvulling welkom, vooralsnog graag via profiel-link e/o document-links AAN en niet IN deze pagina. See also, Kijk ook voor overzichten bekende schilders: Nederlandse schilders 1500-1700 : Ⓓutch-◦-Painters-◦-1500-1700 Nederlandse schilders 1700-1900 : Ⓓutch-◦-Painters-◦-1700-1900 Nederlandse schilders 1900-heden : Painters~Schilders zie ...

  • Schrijvers in de familie

    -2011-06-25-15:34-jMu- Schrijvers in de familie Antilliaanse schrijvers —A— Frank Martinus ARION~Frank Efraim Martinus · · · • Caresse B. Isings-ECURY · · · • —B— Oda Blinder~Yolanda CORSEN · · · • Hubert BOOI · · · • Eric de BRABANDER · · · • P.H.F. BRENNEKER · · · • —C— D.R. CAPRILES · · · • Desiree CORREA · · · • Charles CORSEN · · · • Joseph Sickman CORSEN · · · ...

  • Uitgevers in de familie

    Uitgevers in de familie ‧ ‧ • * Alfabetisch —A— Han B. AALBERSE ‧ ‧ • Joseph ALBERDINGK THIJM ‧ ‧ • Johann ALSBACH ‧ ‧ • Andries van HOOGENHUYSEN ‧ ‧ • —B— Bert BAKKER (uitgever) ‧ ‧ • August Aimé BALKEMA ‧ ‧ • Frits BERNARD ‧ ‧ • Jacob Willem van den BIESEN ‧ ‧ • Andries BLITZ ‧ ‧ • Look J. BODEN ‧ ‧ • Nicolaes BORREMANS ‧ ‧ • Ad ten BOSCH ‧ ‧ • Cajo B...

  • Dichters in de familie

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  • Civil War-Union Side

    Feel free to add your Ancestors to this project if they fought for the Union side during the American Civil War. Add no inflammatory comments, be respectful. These are the Men, Fighting for a cause they believed in, that spilled their Blood, to help shape America Divided, into the United States of America. Main objectives for this War President of the Northern Union States: President Ab...

  • Ontario, Canada

    This project is for people associated with the province of Ontario, Canada . If you have a brickwall in your research on a profile that is associated with Ontario , please start a discussion on it. Sources available for researching Ontario people: The following sources are not intended to be an all-inclusive list, but a starting point for research. Civil Registration of births, marriage...

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  • Avinurme ja Lohusuu kandi pered kirikuraamatutes ja hingeloendites

    Torma kihlekonna ja sealhulgas Avinurme-Lohusuu kandi kohta on säilinud väga palju sugupuu uurimiseks vajalikku allikmaterjali. Aktiivsed on olnud ka sealt kandi juurtega uurijad, kes on Genisse sisestanud tohutul hulgal isikukirjeid. Projekti eesmärgiks on siduda olemasolev allikmaterjal ja Geni isikukirjed ühte ülevaatlikku projekti. Pered armulaualiste raamatus ~1776-1780 Lohusuu Metsp...

  • Quebec, Canada

    This project is to explore the families and people who lived in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Sources: Census: Federal (see Canada) census records are available for 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911. They can be accessed online at familysearch.org or Ancestry.com as well as various other websites.

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  • Minsk Ghetto גטו מינסק

    The Minsk Ghetto was created soon after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It was one of the largest in Eastern Europe , and the largest in the German-occupied territory of the Soviet Union. It housed close to 100,000 Jews, most of whom perished in The Holocaust. The ghetto was created soon after the German invasion of the Soviet Union and capture of the city of Minsk, capital of the Be...

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  • Freemasons in America

    Freemasons, or simply "Masons," have been an integral part of American culture since the Colonial period and have immeasurably shaped the Republic through their leadership, altruism, public service, and character. Although the most famous Freemasons have been presidents, CEOs, and other public figures, the vast majority of Freemasons were and are small-town members working in their own communit...

  • Women in Military Conflicts - Doctors, Nurses and others

    Women in Military Conflicts - Doctors, Nurses and others The object of this project is to assemble profiles of women who played a roll in Military conflicts - mainly Doctors and Nurses - who were involved in wars up to and including World War II. Early records indicate that nursing was originally conducted by monks and nuns of various religious orders. It was considered to be work of a sp...

  • Ambassadors of the United States

    Ambassadors of the United States Ambassadors of the United States to individual nations of the world, to international organizations, to past nations, and ambassadors-at-large are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Jon Huntsman - China Gary Locke - China General Walter Bedell Smith - Soviet Union Thomas J. Watson Jr - Soviet Union

  • American College & University Founders

    This project aims to gather together all of the Geni profiles of people who directly founded American colleges and universities. Anyone who solely founded an institution can be added. Who Is a Founder? Please read this section carefully before adding anyone to this project. Thanks! A specific founder is usually listed on the "History" page of any major college or university's website. In ...

  • Prominent Jewish Families of Vienna (Wer Einmal War)

    This project provides a basis for researching a number of prominent Jewish families from Vienna. Georg Gaugusch's 2011 book Wer einmal War (Vol. I: A-K) is the first comprehensive, published genealogy for many of these families. The goal of this project is to make the Geni tree as complete as possible, using the information from Gaugusch's book and other sources, such as Vienna IKG vital record...

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  • St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

    This project is to explore the connections between all people who are associated with St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

  • Norwegian American

    Emigration from Norway to the United States of America. This project is about emigrants from Norway to USA. Index Links Norwegian-American Settlements in The US From which county in Norway was the emigrants born? Østfold Akershus Oslo Hedmark Oppland Buskerud Vestfold Telemark Aust Agder Vest Agder Rogaland Hordaland Sogn og Fjordane Møre og Romsdal S...

  • American Civil War

    The American Civil War (1861–1865), also referred to as the War Between the States or simply the Civil War, was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ("the Confederacy"); the other 25...

  • 1820 Settlers - Neave's Party

    Neave's Party Main References - The Settler Handbook by MD Nash and 1820 Settlers.com The aim of this project is to link profiles on Geni to the names in the list, and to expand notes about individuals - mostly on the Profile page in the "About Me" field, or here if no profile exists. To take part in any project - you do need to first be a collaborator - so join the project. See the d...

  • Saint Michael - Knights : 1665-1791

    Ordre de Saint Michel < Back to main project Historical events in this timeframe In order of nomination 1666 : Michiel Adriaenszn. de Ruyter (1607‑1676) 1671 : François Caron (1600‑1673) 1671: Francois Caron (1634-1706) 1675: André Le Nôtre ou Le Nostre (1613-1700) 1676 : Jan III Sobieski , król Polski (King of Poland) (1629-1696) 1688 : Louis Grimaldi (1642-1701)

  • Members of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet

    The Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet is a private society of Scottish solicitors, dating back to 1594 and part of the College of Justice. Writers to the Signet originally had special privileges in relation to the drawing up of documents which required to be signeted, but these have since disappeared and the Society is now an independent, non-regulatory association of solicitors. The S...

  • Svećenici / Catholic priests from Croatia

    MAKARSKA DIOCESE is one of the oldest dioceses in Croatia. While, for example, the Zagreb diocese was founded 1094, Hvar 1147, Sibenik 1298, and Banja Luka and Mostar 1881., Makarska diocese was created before the arrival of the Croats on the Adriatic. It was first mentioned at a church council in ancient Salona 4th May 533, and some scholars believe that it is well established before that. Doc...

  • Saint Michael - Knights : 1565-1665

    Ordre de Saint Michel < Back to main project Historical events in this timeframe In order of nomination 1568 : Jean de Vassé 1569 : Adriano II Baglioni 1527-1574, des Baglioni de Pérouse, condottière italien 1570 : Jacques de Goué (1521-1574) 1571 : Guillaume Chohan de Coetcandec , du Chesnaye et de Rosnarho 1571 : Pierre de Dax (ou Dax) (1526-1600)

  • Saint Michael - Knights : 1469-1565

    Ordre de Saint Michel < Back to main project Historical events in this timeframe 1478 : The Austrian Habsburgs take control over the Low Countries 1480 : Start of the Spanish Inquisition, after which all jews and muslims are ordered to leave Spain 1488 : Bartolomeu Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope 1492 : Discovery of the Americas by Cristóbal Colón 1494 : Start of the Italian wars...

  • World War II - Pearl Harbor - USS Arizona

    USS Arizona was a Pennsylvania-class battleship built for and by the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state's recent admission into the union, the ship was the second and last of the Pennsylvania class of "super-dreadnought" battleships. Although commissioned in 1916, the ship remained stateside during World War I . Shortly after the end of the war, Arizona was on...

  • Väliseestlased / Estonians abroad / Utlandsester / Estländer im ausland

    See projekt on mõedud nendele kellel on sugulased välismaal või on elanud välismaal. Ka nendele kes üldse ei ole olnud Eestis ja on sugulased siin. Kõik kogemused ja sündmused on huvitavad. Keel ei pruugi olla eesti keel. This project is intended for those who have relatives abroad or has lived abroad. Also, for those who have not been in Estonia at all and have relatives here. All expe...

  • Eesti muusika

    Siia projekti soovime Genist kokku koguda tuntumaid Eesti muusikuid läbi kõigi ajajärkude. Eesti laulupidude üldjuhtide ja Eesti heliloojate tarbeks on eraldi projektid: Evi Liivak. Sünd ca.1925a. Tallinnas on imelaps, kes 11 aastase plikana esineb viiulikuntsnikuna. On mitmel suurel üritustel esinenud, esines ka Soomes. Otepää Teataja (1932-1944) nr.9 | 12. märts 1936 | lk 3

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  • The Hungarian Jewish Legacy

    Agnes Szegő - PhD 
Librarian and Historian, Jewish University Library, 
Budapest - Kehilah - Eger , Heves Megye A research team of Historians and IT professionals want to immortalize the memory of Hungarian Jewry. We would be very grateful for any help (family photos, documents) that you could provide to help celebrate the legendary Hungarian Jewish legacy of passion and genius. Ple...

  • Kukul külas 1000 (Eesti)

    Kukul külas Kuku külalissaade on ligi 20 aastat järjepanu igal pühapäeval eetris kõlav portreesaade. Läbi aegade on seal külas käinud, oma elust ja tegemistest rääkinud üle 1000 tähelepanuväärse isiku. Nende jutus on palju ka andmeid nende perest, eluolust ja muust, mis perekonnauurijale huvi pakub. Enamikust saadetest on veebis kuulatav salvestus, salvestused leiab kiiresti vikipeedia lehe...

  • Eesti ajakirjanikud

    Siia projekti soovime Genist kokku koguda tuntud Eesti ajakirjanikke (sealhulgas ka TV, raadio ning Internetiportaalide ajakirjanikke) läbi kõigi ajajärkude. Abivahendid isikute (avalikud, Genis) otsimisel:

  • Voortrekker Roetes en Kaarte van die Boere Republieke/Great Trek routes and Maps of Boer Republics

    Photo shows the routs of the Voortrekkers Voortrekker (Great Trek) Routes and Maps of the Boere Republics 1836-1886 All work and photo's supplied by Nantes Kruger from the Northern Transvaal Branch of GSSA How can you use this information? You will have to have names, districts, dates. All in all do research. Identify farmnames on death notices, inventaries, estates. Try a...

  • SA French Huguenot Settlers

    Fleeing religious persecution of Protestants in France after the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes (which had guaranteed their rights), 200 000 French Huguenots emigrated to countries such as Switzerland. Germany, England, America, and South Africa. Amongst the first Huguenots to come were Francois Villion (Viljoen) and the du Toit brothers, François and Guillaume . Actually, the very fi...

  • World War II - Pearl Harbor - USS California

    USS California (BB-44), one of two Tennessee-class battleships completed shortly after World War I, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 31st state. She was the last American Battleship built on the West Coast, and the only one to be a dreadnought type. She served in the Pacific her entire career, and for twenty years was the flagship of the Pacific Fleet. She was ...

  • Gardeners: Architects, Designers and Landscapers

    Gardeners: architects, designers and landscapers This project is an extension of the "Gardeners: Horticulturists, Nurserymen and Agriculturists" project. Those listed here were people who were well known garden designers, architects and landscapers, although they may also have had other strings to their bows - gardeners, botanists etc. The aim is to in time have all profiles linked to a pro...

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  • Sussex - Famous People

    Famous People Connected to Sussex Image right - John Logie Baird Please add information about people of renown connected to Sussex, England. If the person has a profile on Geni please add their profile to the project and add the link in bold . To participate in any project - you do need to first be a collaborator - so please join the project using the request link under "actions" at t...

  • Gardeners: Horticulturists, Nurserymen and Agriculturists

    A project paying homage to gardeners who have through the centuries made enormous contributions to the horticultural world worldwide. The aim is to link as many of these people to Profiles on Geni. If someone in your tree fits the bill please add them to the project. The trigger for this project was my acquisition of a book called "The Head Gardeners" Forgotten Heroes of Horticulture by Tob...

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  • Hastings/St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex and environs - People of Note

    Notable residents and connections from Hastings/St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex and environs People of Note William the Conquerer is the most famous person linked to Hastings, but many people of repute have had connections with the area! This project is a gathering of prominent and notable people with connections to Hastings and St. Leonards-on-Sea and environs, East Sussex. Related Pr...

  • Basque Genealogy

    Basque Genealogy / Genealogía Vasca / Généalogy Basque / Genealogy Euskal Este proyecto fue creado para reunir perfiles del País Vasco y las regiones de España y Francia. Ce projet a été créé pour recueillir des profils du Pays Basque et de ses régions de l'Espagne et de la France. Proiektu hau sortu zen, Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoan eta bere Espainia eta Frantziako eskualde profilak biltz...

  • Texas Rangers

    Please bring your Texas Ranger profiles on over to this project - must be set to "public." from Texas Department of Public Safety Silver Stars and Sixguns: The Texas Rangers "They were men who could not be stampeded" That's the way the late Colonel Homer Garrison, Jr., longtime director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, once described the men who have worn the silver or gold...

  • Agilolfing Dynasty

    From Wikipedia - a placeholder description The Agilolfings were a family of either Frankish or Bavarian nobility that ruled the Duchy of Bavaria on behalf of their Merovingian suzerains from about 550 until 788. Named after Agilulf, a semi-legendary prince of the Germanic Suebi tribe and descendant of King Hermeric of Galicia, the first duke of their line mentioned in any documents, and proba...

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  • Jewish Families from Brno (Brünn), Moravia, Czech Republic

    This project seeks to list representatives of all of the Jewish families from the Moravian town of Brno (Brünn) in the Czech Republic. BRNO (Ger. Bruenn), capital of Moravia, Czech Republic. A community was established there in the first half of the 13th century by Jews invited by the margrave of Moravia. A charter granted in 1254 guaranteed protection to Jewish lives and property, freed Jews...

  • Theresienstadt (Terezin) Lecturers and Teachers

    In the sheltering darkness of the long evenings, they were together in the cold and gloomy attic of a barrack, close under the roof. There they stood, pressed close to each other, to hear a talk about the Bible and the Talmud, about Plato, Aristotle, Maimonides, about Descartes and Spinoza, about Locke and Hume and Kant or about days and problems of history, about poetry and art and music, abou...

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  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a live US-American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC, a terrestrial television network in the United States, on October 11, 1975. Lorne Michaels had a vision: to bring live late-night comedy/variety to television. NBC was playing reruns of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson...

  • Fødte Sankt Nikolai kirke (1700-1742) Holbæk Skt Nikolaj sogn, Merløse herred, Holbæk amt, Danmark

    DIS Danmark: Kort over Danmarks amter fra 1793 til 1970 Statens Arkiver: Kom godt i gang med kirkebøger Fødte Sankt Nikolai kirke (1700-1742) Holbæk Skt Nikolaj sogn, Merløse herred, Holbæk amt, Danmark Statens Arkiver: Find kirkebøger Fødte - Opslag 242=1735 - 252=1736 - 262=1737 - 278=1738 - 294=1739 - 310=1740 - 325=1741 - 337=1742 Opslag 277 - Kirstine Kathrine Smit - 20 dec 173...

  • Idaho Pioneers

    Idaho Pioneers will include persons who lived in Idaho before Statehood, 3 July 1890. If you so desire, "The Idaho State Genealogical Society" issues certificates to those who can prove their descent from a Pioneer. There are 3 different certificates you can apply for: Pioneer certificates are issued to direct descendants of persons who lived in Idaho before Statehood, 3 July 1890. Applic...

  • Sellers & Sailors: The East India Companies

    Thank you to Geni for making us their Featured Project for July 11, 2011! From the 17th through 19th Centuries, thousands of European men set sail on behalf of joint-stock companies to reap the riches of the Indian subcontinent. Trading mainly in cotton, silk, indigo dye, saltpeter, tea, and opium, these companies became the original capitalist mega-corporations as each -- and its royal bac...

  • Nederlandse & Vlaamse schilders

    UNDER CONSTRUCTION Nederlandse & Vlaamse schilders Dit overzicht biedt iedereen de gelegenheid 'kunst'-schilders in het Nederlandse taalgebied in geni op naam te vinden en hun profiel-pagina te raadplegen voor meer informatie en links naar internet-documentatie. Zie ook de 'voorlopers' van dit project: dutch painters 1500-1700 dutch painters 1700-1900 dutch painters 1900-2000 De...

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