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For basic profile naming principles on the GENI network please refer to Geni Naming Conventions page . Area-specific rules are also listed on under Geni Naming Conventions page under the Area Specific Rules sub-heading. Specifics of Lithuanian names are described in a Lithuanian name Wikipedia article . Please take a look at the most popular names in Lithuania . Please read this article...
Volunteers of the Lithuanian Armed Forces (1918–1923) When Lithuanian independence was declared, volunteers of the Lithuanian Army Forces started to gather in October, 1918. On 23rd November, 1918 the first order for the Defense Ministery was signed. This day is considered the day of restoration of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. At that time there were 100 military officers, officials, doctors a...
Purpose of this project is to list profiles of notable performers of Lithuania. Every person, who performed on the stage in Lithuania or was known as performer from Lithuanian in other countries will fit this project. This will include theater, ballet, concert stage, folk stage and field performers, market and street festival performers, music, dance, poetry, storytelling, acrobatic and magic s...
Wikipedia: Jelgava Gymnasium Jelgava Gymnasium or Academia Petrina is the oldest higher educational establishment in Latvia. Only public profiles may be added to this project
Kovno Ghetto * Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto * Kovno Pogrom > The Kaunas (Kovno) pogrom, under the direction of the Nazi SS Brigadeführer Franz Walter Stahlecker, was a massacre of Jewish people living in Kaunas, Lithuania that took place in from June 25 to June 29, 1941 – the first days of the Operation Barbarossa and of Nazi occupation of Lithuania. The most infamous incident occurred in...
Wikipedia: Veiveriai Teachers' Seminary was a seminary in Veiveriai, Suwałki Governorate, Congress Poland (now Lithuania). It was established as teachers' courses in 1866 and reorganized into a seminary in 1872. It prepared teachers for elementary schools in the Suwałki Governorate. During World War I, the seminary was evacuated into Russia and subsequently disbanded.[1] During its existence, t...
This project aims to identify Battle of Kircholm participantcs . If in your family tree you have an individual who was in the Battle of Kircholm, please add them 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 (you must be on the list of co...
1st and 2nd Prep Schools (gymnasium) were located on the premises of the abolished Vilnius University. 1803 April 4 Tsar Alexander I signed the act of transforming this preparatory school under the Duchy of Lithuania (former Vilnius Jesuit Academy) into a gymnasium.Originally the 1st Prep School for Boys was named after Tsar Alexander I, and unlike other schools in Russian Empire it consisted o...
Kviečiu prisijungti tuos, kurių protėviai gyveno šiaurinėje Lietuvos dalyje (Vaškų, Saločių, Grūžių, Skrebotiškio, Kyburių, Linkuvos, Joniškėlio, Lauksodžio, Pašvitinio, Žeimelio, Švobiškio ir kitų aplinkinių parapijų kaimuose, miesteliuose.Pasidalinkime turima informacija apie šiose vietovėse gyvenusius protėvius
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, Lithuania, please add them to this project. I...
This project aims to identify notable Jews, whose family roots, education, professional achievements are associated with Lithuania . If in your family tree you have an individual that was a Lithuanian Jew known for her/his life achievements, please add them to this project. It would be great if within profile description there would be brief biography.* Within opened profile page use the 'Actio...
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...
Wikipedia: The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 11 (Lithuanian: Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo) was an independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on March 11, 1990, signed by all members of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania led by Sąjūdis. The act emphasized restoration and legal continuity of the interwar-period Lith...
The Cross for the Rescue of the Perishing is an award of the State of Lithuania, which, by decree of the President of the Republic of Lithuania, is awarded to persons who, regardless of the imminent danger to their lives, distinguished themselves by rescuing people who are dying. Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and foreign countries who saved people on the territory of the Republic of Lit...
Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in (or were notable for their ties to) Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn. Vinegar Hill is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City on the East River Waterfront between Dumbo and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The neighborhood is locally governed by Brooklyn Community Board 2 and is policed by the New York City Police Department's 84th...
This project is dedicated to information purposes only. Please do not attach profiles to this project. Please join this project and share additional information sources (websites, books) by adding text at the bottom of this page. There are census document images within the Photos and Documents section of this project. Please feel free to add them as Sources to profiles in your family tree, if y...
The Pomorian soglasiye (Согласие, which means "creed" or "confession") is a group of bespopovtsy ("priestless") Old Believers, who abandoned the practice of receiving "runaway priests" after the death of the last pre-Raskol (schism) priests of the Russian Orthodox Church. In the absence of the priesthood, they began to elect literate laity to conduct services. The Pomorian creed was formed in ...
This project is dedicated to tracing Lithuanian nobility ancestors and providing information of historical content in relation to genealogy. If you have Lithuanian nobility ancestors, or if you study ancestral lines deriving from Grand Duchy of Lithuania , please follow and participate in this project. Nobility titles in Lithuania There are the following titles of Lithuanian nobility: ...
This project is dedicated to the memory of the volunteer creators of the Army of the Republic of Lithuania (1918–1923) See for additional information.
The project is dedicated to collecting in one place profiles and photos of people, who were part of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Also, the Presidents of Lithuania should be included in this project. All these persons should have a Master Profile created for them. If in your family tree you have persons who worked in the Lithuanian Government, please add them to this project. A...
Krekenava pirmą kartą paminėta 1409 m. Aplink miestelį buvę dvarų, kurie saugojo tautos kultūrą, tradicijas, palaikė amatų vystymąsi. Neatsitiktinai ir pirmos bažnyčios fundatoriai buvo Rodų dvaro savininkai Stanislovas ir Aleksas Vizgirdos. Tą patvirtina ir pakelėje iš Panevėžio link Krekenavos stovinti dvarininkų Švoinickių giminės koplyčia – mauzoliejus. Vos už keletos kilometrų – Šteinos, L...
If in your family tree you have a persons that were participants of the Great Sejm, please add them to this project. It would be great if within profile description there would be brief biography. Do not add relatives, only add electoral members of the Great Sejm. * Within opened profile page use the 'Actions' button to "Add to project". Select this project (you must be on the list of collabora...
The traditions of the Lithuanian police were developed over decades. Their roots were in 1918-1924 when the organisation of militia was established in Lithuania and the militia volunteers were working. On January 1, 1924 the militia was officially renamed into the police. Wikipedia: Lithuanian Police Force Police Forces History Please add public profiles that served in Lithuanian Police Force i...
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...