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This project is for profiles of people of Lithuanian heritage. This effort is part of The Lithuanian Heritage Project (LHP), a group on Facebook whose members work collaboratively to build the information bridge between countries and generations, to collect information that enables Lithuanians globally to connect with their Lithuanian family members. Those wanting to join this project should b...
The goal of this project is to use United States census records to document the Lithuanians living in various communities between 1920 - 1940 (e.g., Waterbury, Connecticut, Chicago, Illinois, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, Grand Rapids, Michigan, etc.) This effort is part of the Lithuanian Heritage Project (LHP), a group on Facebook to work collaboratively to build the information bridge between ...
This is for profiles created as part of the Lithuanian Heritage Project, a group on Facebook. The goal of the Lithuanian Heritage Project is to work collaboratively to build the information bridge between countries and generations, to collect information that enables Lithuanians globally to connect with their Lithuanian family members. The Marriage Project included profiles of Lithuanians marri...
Great Northern War==== The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I of Russia, Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway and Augustus II the Strong of Saxony – Poland–Lithuania . Frederick IV...
If in your family tree you have a persons that ware the Lithuanian deportees by the Soviet system, please add them to this project. Please add within a profile description some biography facts.* Within opened profile page use the 'Actions' button to "Add to project". Select this project (you must be on the list of collaborators in this project to see it on the selection list). You may add any p...
The Order of Saint Stanislaus (Polish: Order św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika, Russian: Орден Святого Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Poniatowski of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It remained under the Kingdom of Poland between 1765 and 1831, and was incorporated under the Russian Empire from 1831 to 1917, unti...
This project aims to identify notable people of Polish nationality, whose family roots, life, education are associated with Lithuania, whose professional achievements were dedicated to Lithuania.Please do not add notable Polish speaking Lithuanians to this project . Historically Lithuanian language was banned for usage in writing. Education in Lithuanian language was not available till 20 centu...
If in your family tree you have an individual that was a Lithuanian known for her/his life achievements, please add her/him to this project. It would be great if within profile description there would be brief biography. Nevertheless, even if individual was born and lived in other country, but was associating herself/himself with Lithuanian culture, Lithuanian roots, the profile should be added...
The University of Tartu (UT; Estonian: Tartu Ülikool, Latin: Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia and the only classical university in the country, and also the biggest and most prestigious university in Estonia. It was founded under the name of Academia Gustaviana in 1632 by Baron Johan Skytte , the Governor- General ...
Funeral directors were generally prominent figures in Lithuanian-American communities (as they were in all communities). If they were born in Lithuania, they generally became well-assimilated in the United States, and often were the "go-to" people for others in the Lithuanian community. This project is for Lithuanian-American funeral directors. Please add only public profiles.
The project is aimed at the study of landowners and nobility living in Northern Lithuania. All information is conatines within the Lithuanian description of this project.
Great Northern War 1700-1721. Prisoners of war and their descendants in Russia. There were many non-ethnic Swedes. From the Baltic States, Ingermanlandia (Kexholm, Vyborg, Narva, Noteburg (Oreshka), Nyenskans). Joining projects: in the project page, click "Actions" > "Join project". This also includes Swedish soldiers who were captured in Poltava, Russian Empire during the great Northern wa...
(2023) -- This project seeks to remember " the Greatest Generation " by adding their names below, creating a Geni.com tree * building a Tree , * tips . Some Surnames already have a Geni link (blue surname) of a "Person / Couple" born in Lithuania - who resided or died or was buried in Canada. Surname may be followed by (cousins, in-laws, grandparents - not all in Canada). Please go ahead and "A...
❢IMPORTANT❢==Do not start adding random people to this project. It helps nobody and will quickly turn it into some sort of flame-war regarding who belongs and who doesn't. Please read the goal of the project below. After you understand what the project is about and you want to add relevant people, please make sure that you inform Volodya Mozhenkov , so that profiles are not duplicated.==About==...
If in your family tree, you have Lithuanians who were serving within Napoleon's Great Army (La Grande Armée), please add their profiles and army photos to this project. It would be great if, within the profile description, there would be a brief biography added. Within opened profile page use the 'Actions' button to "Add to project". Select this project - Lithuanians Within Napoleon's Great A...
The Lithuanian press ban (Lithuanian: spaudos draudimas) was a ban on all Lithuanian language publications printed in the Latin alphabet in force from 1865 to 1904 within the Russian Empire, which controlled Lithuania at the time. Lithuanian-language publications that used Cyrillic were allowed and even encouraged.The concept arose after the failed January Uprising of 1863, taking the form of a...
If in your family tree you have Lithuanians who participated in WWII resistance, please add them to this project. It would be great if within the profile description there would be a brief biography added. This should include not only local Lithuania's resistance participants, but also people of various nationalities and citizens of other countries, who's families are descending from Lithuania....
Monasticism==Please add profiles of Lithuanian Cenobites or equivalent, of any religion, to this project. Roman Catholicism, Greek Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Old Believers Orthodoxy, Protestantism, including Evangelical Lutheranism, Calvinism, Evangelical Reformed, Islamism, Buddhism, Judaism, Karaite Judaism and any other religion practiced in Lithuania will fit this project.Please add pr...
The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress Poland's military academy revolted, led by lieutenant Piotr Wysocki. They were soon join...
This project aims to identify founders, notable teachers, and students of Vilnius University from 1579 to the present day. If in your family tree you have an individual who was a notable professor, administrator, or student of high professional achievement (later in life), whose education was associated with Vilnius University, please add them to this project. It would be great if within the ...
Terminology of archival records keeping in different languages: Lithuanian, Polish, Latin, Russian. This project is aimed to assist researchers in understanding the terminology used in archival documents of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russian Empire. If you are working with archival records of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire, please join and participate ...
This project is dedicated to tracing ancestors in Lithuania at its present territories and Lithuania Propria historical lands. This portal provides a list of online genealogy sources, such as registries and archives of Lithuanian documents. If you have Lithuanian ancestors or study ancestral lines deriving from Lithuania Propria, please follow and participate in this project. Lithuanian La...
1863 January Uprising - Lithuanian and Polish revolt against Imperial Russia. Started in 1862, suppressed by the Russian Imperial Army in 1864. Uprising participants were harshly punished: nobility titles were removed, property confiscated, and people executed, imprisoned, or sent to exile. Some escaped and lived their remaining years in foreign countries. Please add profiles of participants ...
This project aims to identify founders, notable teachers and students of Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas from 1922 to present day. Timeline of Major Events in VMU History* 1922 – University of Lithuania is established in Kaunas* 1930 – University of Lithuania is granted the name of Vytautas Magnus.* 1950 – Vytautas Magnus University is closed.* 1989 – Vytautas Magnus University is re-estab...
Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in (or were notable for their ties to) Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Greenpoint to the north; Bedford-Stuyvesant to the south; Bushwick and East Williamsburg to the east; and the East River to the west. It was an independent city until 1855, when it was ann...