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This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the Vilnius city, capital of Lithuania. Alternate names: Vilna, Vilne, Wilno, Вильнюс, Вильна. Vilnius, also known as Vilna, was a major center of Jewish life in Eastern Europe, particularly before World War II. In the early 20th century, the Jewish population of Vilnius was substantial, representing a significant portion of the c...
This Umbrella Project aims to collect all GENI information (list of other projects) related to Jewish culture and localities in historical Lithuania. If you developed a Jewish Locality project that was territorially associated with historical Lithuania, please add it to the list. Please use the Project Discussion part (top right of this page) for all questions, ideas, and conversations. Lithu...
This project aims to highlight the profiles of those Jewish people who converted to Christianity. Please add this project to profiles that match the criteria. Also, please specify this project under records and photos that reflect these facts. Specific Lithuanian Jewish family names who converted to Christianity are difficult to pinpoint without extensive research, as conversions were not un...
This project was established in order to keep all the available data about Lithuanian Jews. Please add links to your Lithuanian Family Projects etc. מטרת פרויקט זה היא לאסוף למקום מרכזי אחד את כל המשפחות של יוצאי ליטא, מקור המידע העיקרי הוא Lithuanian-Jewish ("Litvak") Genealogy JewishGen Data Sources Vilna (Vilnius) web page, family pictures, history, etc. In order to make sur...
Jews of Vishtinets (English) | ווישטינעץ (Yiddish) | וישטיטיס (Hebrew) | Wisztyniec (Polish) | Wyschtiten, Wistiten (German) | today: Vištytis, Lithuania This Jewish shtetl project attempts to build a virtual intergenerational Jewish community of persons who were born and/or lived in the small town Vishtinets near the Eastprussian border. During the years 1795-1807, Vishtinets was under Pruss...
Please add this project to the profiles of your Jewish ancestors whose lives are associated with Jonava. Also, please specify this project under Photos and Documents from Jonava. Jewish Families from Jonava (Janeve, Yaneve, Yanova, Janovo, יונאבה, יאנובה), Kaunas dist., Lithuania In the 18th century, Jonava consisted of a manor and a settlement, which was located on the right bank of the N...
Ashkenazi Jewish family with origins in Eastern Europe. The surname "Przedmiejski" is of Polish origin. In Polish, "przedmieście" means "suburb" or "outskirts," which comes from "przed" (before) and "mieście" (city). Thus, "Przedmiejski" likely refers to someone who lived in or originated from the suburbs or outskirts of a city. Another possible theory is that the surname originated from Przej...
The project is created for descendants of both Varshavchik (Warshavtzik/Warshaw) and Ginzberg (Gintzberg/Gunzberg) families from Kauans, Lithuania. If you have such ancestry, please join this site and add key family members to the project.In my case, my 2x Great-Grandfather was Faivuch/Feivel Varshavchik, (ben Elyash), who was a Jewish Merchant in Kaunas. His house was referenced in Nijolė Lukš...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Ariogala, Kaunas county, Lithuania. Alternate names: Ariogala [Lith], Eragala [Yid], Ragala [Yid], Eiragola [Rus], Ejragoła [Pol], Ėĭragola, Ayragula, Ariogalos, Arëgala, Airiogala, Iragola, Ragola, Ragole JewishGen Locality Page A history of the Jewish Community of Ariogala From the book Lithuanian Jewish Commun...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Panevėžys, Lithuania. Panevezys (Ponevezh), Lithuania, Part l , Part ll JewishGen Panevėžys, Ponevezh, Ponivezh, or Ponevich was included in Kovno guberniia. Most of the Jews of Panevėžys lived in the Slobodka quarter.Until the mid-nineteenth century, Panevėžys was a typical traditional Jewish community, most of whose mem...
This project is intended to match up and connect all the trees of Zel families originating in The Keidania region of Lithuania - including the towns of Dotnowa, Keidan and others.
Welcome!=>>This project is intended to facilitate genealogical and historical collaboration among those interested in the Sharpe family of Vilna, Lithuania and Nashua, New Hampshire (USA).How can you participate?(1) Add your branches to the Geni tree. This is a 100% shared collaboration and the tree belongs to all of us. Please do not duplicate existing entries.(2) Upload photographs and docume...
Update: I have connected the Kybartai, Lithuania > Israel and another Israeli branch (April 2019).They are from the Tsalko (Betzael) branch, wheeas I'm from the Girsh branch. Once again, there are a ton of Frankel cousin marriages. By the way, probably 30 Frankel descendants have done autosomal DNA testing and we share more DNA than usual due to endogamy. Contact me, Hatte Blejer, if you want t...
Welcome!=This project is intended to facilitate genealogical and historical collaboration among those interested in the Jewish Kapilevich, Kopelovich and Kalmen families of Belarus and Lithuania. The surname has been spelled and modified in countless ways as the family made its way around the world, including Kaplan, Koppel, Kapp, Kaplowitz, Koplowitz, Kaplow, Kapilevich, and Kopelovich , among...
Kuršena (Kushany) in the Siauliai (Shavli) District, Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania Jewish families of the Kurshany shtetl (Kurseniaia, Kurshan, Kurshany, Kurshjan). Who were they? Where did they go? Families Adelshteyn Adelzon Bloch Browde (Broude) Fridman Gelman (Helman) Glezer Glick Gold Greenspon (Greenspoon) Gurvich (Hurwich) Kan Kagan Kats Katsev Kleyn Ko...
Akmen (Okmyany), Shavli (Siauliai) District, Kovno (Kaunas) Province, Lithuania Jewish families of the Akmene shtetl. Who were they? Where did they go? Please add the surnames of families if they were born or lived in Akmene (Okmyany) Families: Berkhauz (Berghaus) Blank Dimond Eppel Friedman, Fridman Gavronsky Grinberg Grinblat Goldberg Goldblat Goldfus Goldvasher ...
Jewish Families from Viekšniai, Šiauliai dist., Lithuania Town Viekšniai (Vecksna, pronunciation for English speakers: Veksh-ney) is located in the Šiauliai (Shavli) District, Kaunas (Kovno) governorship, Lithuania. This project aims to share records, useful links, and family facts (described within the "About" section in profiles) to help genealogical research for families that lived in the ...
Jewish Families from Jurbarkas, Lithuania This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Jurbarkas, Kaunas County, Lithuania. Alternate names: Ariogala [Lith], Yurburg [Yid], יורבורג [Heb], Юрбаркас or Юрбург [Rus], Jurbork [Pol], Georgenburg, Jurgenburg, and Eurburg. If you have persons in your family tree who were residents of the Jurbarkas Jewish Community, Lit...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Zagare, Siauliai, Kovno, Lithuania.Alternative names: Žagarė [Lith], Zhager [Yid], Zhagare [Rus], Schagarren [Ger], Žagare [Latv], Żagory [Pol], Zhagar, Zager, Žagarės JewishGen Locality Page
The project is created to restore the connections between the Keidaners. By Andrey Vinokurov: As for my family story - Exploring my own genealogy, I discovered that fact, that my great-grandmother Sheyne Nese Shores was born in1880 in a family of Elyash Beker - a carpenter-cabinetry from Kedainiai. She was married there to Aizik Shores and moved to Vilijampole (Kovno), where my Grandmother ...
Tracing Lithuanian Jewish FamiliesTrying to locate and map out Lithuanian families: Zisman, Zausman, Levin(e), Jaffe, Yoffe, Kader, and other various versions and many other names. == Jaffe Family Read about the history of the illustrious Yaffe family starting from 15th century Rabbi Mordecai Jaffe and Descendants in Lithuania and Galicia in " An Ancient lineage: European Roots of a Jewish Fami...
Shores - Beker Family from Kaunas (Vilijampole-Aleksotas), Lithuania This project is created to find relatives and friends
Update - Margolis and related families are included in Volume I of the Third Edition of The Unbroken Chain which was published in 2017 by Avotaynu, written by Neil Rosenstein. Many of us in the family tree on Geni contributed to this new edition. Update - Summer 2019 will be the third summer during which descendants of Margolis and Frankel and other families, including the related Bramson and A...
Jewish Families of Ukmerge District, Lithuania autosomal DNA Group. The mission of this group is to try and unite those individuals who have conducted an autosomal DNA test through companies such as Family Tree DNA, 23andMe, or Ancestry.com to other Jewish individuals and families who came from Ukmerge District Lithuania. Shtetls in Ukmerge Uyezd : Anyksciai, Balninkai, Debekiai, Kavarskas, Ku...