Jewish Community of Pasvalys (Posvol / פּאָסװאָל), Lithuania

This project seeks to unite Jewish families with ties to Pasvalys, Lithuania, also known as Posvol / Possvol / Poswol / Poswohl / פוסבול / פּאָסװאָל.

Please consider joining the project if you have ancestors from, or an interest in the Jewish community of Pasvalys, and add profiles of those who were born, who married, who lived, who worked, who celebrated simchas (happy occasions), who died, and/or who were buried in Pasvalys.

See also:

• Jewish Families from Joniskelis, Lithuania
• Mintz/Sandler Family from Vabalninkas and Pasvalys, Lithuania

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Resources for the Jewish Community of Pasvalys / Posvol / פּאָסװאָל : (in progress)

General Information:

• JewishGen KehilaLinks Pasvalys Page
• JewishGen Pasvalys Locality Page
• Pasvalys entry from Pinkas HaKehillot Lita (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Lithuania
• Photos and Stories from Posvol (collected by Eilat Gordin-Levitan)

Vital Records:

• JewishGen and its partner LitvakSIG have records for Jews from Pasvalys in the following databases (which require a free account to search): Jewish Religious Personnel in the Russian Empire, 1853-1854; Jewish Names in Selected US State Department Files (RG59), 1910-1929; LitvakSIGDirectories; The Hamelitz Database; Lithuania 1923 Medical Database; Lithuania Census 1897; Lithuania Births; Lithuania Deaths; Lithuania Marriages and Divorces; Lithuania Internal Passports Database, 1919-1940; LitvakSIGTax and Voters Lists; The All Lithuania Revision List Database - Part 1; The All Lithuania Revision List Database - Part 2; WWII Evacuees; Keidan/Kedainiai Jews Murdered During the Holocaust
• Harold Rhode visited in 1997 and filmed the index pages of vital records from Pasvalys for several years: Video 1 | Video 2