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This is an umbrella project for all of the projects related to the Jews of Belarus, plus some links to closely related discussions. "Belarus was once a major center of European Jews, with 10% of the population being Jewish. But since the mid-20th century, the number of Jews has been reduced by the Holocaust, deportation, and emigration, so that today it is a very small minority of less than one...
Jews in Finland====Finland has a Jewish community of about 1200 individuals although the number is somewhat larger than that because not all the secular Jews are registered in Jewish communities. A majority of the Jews in Finland live in the Helsinki metropolitan area and a substantial number of them are bilingual having Swedish as their first language.======There are two synagogues in Finland,...
This project seeks to document the Jewish families of Radenin Cemetery Earliest known Jewish community was before 1723. 1930 Jewish population was 9. Jews moved to big towns after 1848; independent congregation disbanded after 1921. Birthplace of prominent Czechoslovak diplomat Gustav Winter (1899-1943). The landmarked Jewish cemetery originated before 1723 with last known Conservative or P...
The towns of Turov (Turau, Turaw, Тураў) and Zhitkovichi (Zhitkovich, Zhytkavichy, Zytkowicze) are on either side of the Pripyat River, in the southern Polesia region, now in Belarus.The two towns are genealogically connected because some families had members in both, or even moved back and forth between the the two. Turov is one of the oldest cities in the area, is situated right on the south ...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Papilė, Lithuania.Papilė (Alternate names: Papilė [Lith], Popelyan [Yid], Popelyany [Rus], Popielany [Pol], Popelian, Papilės, Popyle) The Jewish Community of Papile from Beit Hatfutsot JewishGen Papile Site
This is a project for Jewish families from the town of Radomyshl (Yiddish: ראַדאָמישל, Russian: Радомышль, Ukrainian: Радомишль) in what is now the Zhytomyr Oblast of Ukraine. Before the establishment of the modern state of Ukraine, the town was part of the Kiev Governate of the Russian Empire, and later the Zhytomyr Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR. Radomyshl is situated on the left bank of Teteriv...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the village of Choustník (Chaustnik), Bohemia, Czech Republic Choustník is a village and municipality (obec) in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The municipality covers an area of 12.62 square kilometres (4.87 sq mi). Choustník lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-east of Tábor, 49 km (3...
This project seeks to unite Jewish families with ties to Bauska, Latvia, also known as Bausk, Bauske, Boisk, Boysk, Бауск / Бауска, and בויסק.Please consider joining the project if you have ancestors from, or an interest in the Jewish community of Bauska, and add profiles of those who were born, who married, who lived, who worked, who celebrated simchas (happy occasions), who died, and/or who w...
The area around the city of Chernivtsi/Czernowitz in Bukovina, now in Ukraine, included many Jewish communities linked by history, commerce, and family. The major nearby communities were Storojinet in the southwest, and Sahdhora to the north, and several smaller Jewish communities were also nearby. This project seeks to help bring together the families with roots in the Czernowitz-Sadhora-Storo...
This project focuses on the Jewish families who settled at Alliance Colony in Vineland, New Jersey and the surrounding communities including Brotmanville, Rosenhayn, Carmel, and Norma. The First Settlers of Alliance, NJ, who arrived in 1882: Eli & Ethel Abramowitz, Eli & Feigeh Bakerman , Moses & Ethel Bayuk , Abraham & Channah Leah Berman , William & Beckie Cohen , Hersh & Jennie Coltun , Jos...
A project mapping the genealogy of families associated with Montreal's (Westmount) historic Congregation Shaar Hashomayim.
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Coordinates : 50°00'N 26°38'E Modern Region: Khmelnytski (Khmel’nyts’ka Oblast’) Country: Ukraine Town History * Early 1600s: Jews in small numbers were present. Belogorodka then in the Kingdom of Poland. * 1747: Blood Libel court case in Zaszlav regarding a murder that took place at the Zachaliska Inn, located on the main road between Belogorodka and Mishnow (now Mykhniz). One of the defen...
This is an umbrella project for all of the Jewish communities in Romania. Here you'll find a brief historical summary, then some sections of links: Geni projects organized by geography, projects for Romania in general, and links to related outside resources. The information included and its organization are primarily oriented toward what will be most helpful to genealogy researchers while stayi...
This project aims to compile the names of all the Jewish citizens of Uzhhorod.Uzhhorod (Russian: Uzhgorod, Czech: Užhorod, Hungarian: Ungvár) is a city in western Ukraine. It is situated along the Uzh River just east of the Slovak border. For centuries Uzhhorod has been an important cultural, educational, religious, and economic centre of the Carpathian Mountains region.It was founded in the 8t...
Welcome to the portal / project of Židovska zajednica u Hrvatskoj/Jewish Network in Croatia on the Geni Please join us! Your participation are welcome on this portal / project. For join to this portal / project (select ACTIONS (top right) and click Join Project) if you are or would like to become a part and participation of this project/portal. For instructions on how to use Geni, refer to the...
This project is for all Jewish families that originate from Zheimel (Zeimelis) in Lithuania. Alternate names: Žeimelis [Lith], Zheĭmeli [Rus], Zheimel [Yid], Žeimele [Latv], Żejmele [Pol], Scheimeln [Ger], Zheymelis, Zheyme, Žeimys, Žeimelio, Zheiml, ZemelLocation: latitude: 56° 17´ longitude: 24° 00´ 121.9 miles NNW of Vilnius very close to the Latvian border.Zheimel (Zeimelis) Zheimel (Zeimel...
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
This is an umbrella project for all projects related to Jews from South Dakota . One of the people mentioned in this article is Blanche Colman, one of the first women to practice law in South Dakota. Her picture is available here.
Coordinates : 49°36' N, 26°31' E Modern Region: Khmelnytski (Khmel’nyts’ka Oblast’) Country: Ukraine Kupel (aka Kupil, Kippel) – Shtetl (village) located in Wolyn province of western Ukraine, 187 miles W/SW of Kiev. Population 4,333 in 1897 (2,727 Jews = 63%); app. 2,200 in 2012. Known to have had Hebrew publications as far back as 1796. “Many of the Jews in Kupel made their living by buying...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Buttenhausen, Germany. General Community Information: JewishGen-Buttenhausen Town Page Historical Tour of Buttenhausen - Münsingen [PDF in English and German; sites of Jewish interest] Buttenhausen Jüdische Geschichte / Synagoge [from Allemania Judaica, in German] The Jews of Buttenhausen [blog, possibly inactive] Civ...