
Update - I am discovering that a large number of these early Muscatine families, especially those from Leckava, were related by blood and / or marriage. Reib/Rubenstein was related to Fryer and Weintrob. Gould turns out to be a COUSIN of Reib/Rubenstein. Jacob Brower and Joseph Blieden were cousins; their fathers were brothers, probably with an original surname of GOTS (Hotz). The three Shames ...
This project aims to identify notable Russians, whose family roots, life, education, achievements are associated with Lithuania.If in your family tree you have an individual that was a Lithuanian Russian 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 'Action...
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...
For basic profile naming principles on the GENI network, please refer to Geni Naming Conventions page . Area-specific rules are also listed 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 o...
The goal of this project is to assist researchers of Lithuanian genealogy in better understanding and recognizing given names used in the various languages found in Lithuanian Catholic Church parish records. The given names you will encounter for Lithuanians have varied origins. Some are used in many other areas of the world and have equivalents in other languages, while others originated with...
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 ...
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...
This is a shell for Jewish families from the town of Berzniki in the Suwalki Gubernia. Please feel free to join and develop this project.
Suwalki Gubernia Families - Marriages and Immigration Update: I visited several of these towns in June 2012. I'll add photographs to the project, but for the most part, I could not learn anything from the cemeteries. Either they were destroyed, or impassable, or the stones were mostly illegible. This project will look at marriages from the late 18th century to the early 20th century between v...
Druskieniki and Ratnycia, Lithuania: Remembering our Ancestors '"...On the 22nd of June, 1941, the Nazis attacked Lithuania but the news didn't reach Radnitsa until the next day when the refugees from Liskovo and Lipen arrived. There was nowhere to run, however, as the Nazis had already taken Vilna and the Kaunas fortress. Everyone stayed in their own homes. The Nazis, may their names be bl...
This project aims to identify officers of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army . If in your family tree you have an individual who was an officers, whose military career was associated with the Army of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, please add them to this project. It would be great if within profile description there would be a brief biography added. Within opened profile page use the 'Actions' button...
The project is dedicated to collecting in one place profiles and photos of people, who were elected to Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. All these persons should have a Master Profile created for them. If in your family tree you have persons who were elected members of the Lithuanian Seimas, please add them to this project. Also please specify this project under GENI photos, where members ...
Jewish Families: Poland, Lithuania, Galicia Galician European Jews Brody is no more Litvaks Margolis Frankel Families Frankel Family of Ratnycia and Merkine, Trakai Lithuainia Ratnycia and Druskieniki Lithuania - Remembering our ancestors Przerośl Poland Lomza Towns and Families Rajgrod, Szczuczyn and Grajewo