
If you have in your family tree profiles of people who were students or teachers at Veiveriai Teachers' Seminary, please add them to this project. Note: Only public profiles may be added to projects. 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 ...
Please add this project to the profiles of students, teachers, or those who worked at Saulės-Gymnasim in Kaunas. Please specify this project under photos and documents, everything related to the Saulės-Gymnasium subject. Kaunas “Saulės” Gymnasium is a full-time, self-study general education school in Kaunas, Savanorių pr. 46, implementing secondary and additional education programs in the Li...
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...
The Order of Vytautas the Great is the Lithuanian Presidential Award. It may be conferred on the heads of Lithuania and foreign states, as well as their citizens, for distinguished services to the State of Lithuania. The Order was instituted in 1930 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas the Great. The badge of the Order, struck in pre-war Lithu...
Please specify this project under the profiles of people who were active members of the NKVD and later the KGB in Lithuania. From 1945 to 1990, the NKVD (later KGB) in Lithuania was a key force in suppressing opposition and maintaining Soviet rule through arrests, deportations, and executions. They targeted individuals based on their perceived anti-Soviet views, political affiliations, religi...
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...
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...
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...
This project aims to identify founders, notable teachers, and students of Vilnius University from 1579 to the present day. If you have an individual in your family tree 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 there were b...
The Order of the Cross of Vytis (Lithuanian: Vyčio Kryžiaus ordinas) is a Lithuanian presidential award conferred for heroic defense of Lithuania's freedom and independence. November 23 is a holiday in honor of the Order of the Cross of Vytis. This order was founded on July 30, 1919, in Kaunas, Lithuania. If in your family tree, you have a person who received the order of the Cross of Vytis, ...
Lithuanian Riflemen's Union is state supported volunteer paramilitary public organisation. Tasks of the organisation are: * to strenghten independence of Lithuania * to prepare for defence of Lithuania * assist the military in maintaining public order, protect key infrastructure * uphold Lithuanian ethnic cultureThe organization was established in 1919, closed in 1940. Members of the union have...
— Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — A. Old dynasties (holding princes' status before 1569, approved by the Union of Lublin) A.1. Existing to this day, which after the partitions were recognized in the partitioning states (Austria or Prussia) as families equal to the ruling ones (the title Durchlaucht , i.e. Brightly Enlightened , traditionally reserved for ruling dynasties, and the title Fürst f...
Please specify this project in the profiles of your oldest known ancestors, whose life is associated with Jonava. Also, please specify this project under Photos (portraits, historical property) and Documents from Jonava. Jonava is the ninth-largest city in Lithuania, with a population of around 30,000. It is located in Kaunas County, central Lithuania, 30 km (19 miles) northeast of Kaunas, th...
LITHUANIA Lithuania - Locations project is a networking forum for families researching their roots in Lithuania or the historical lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The project is growing, and we are inviting collaboration partners. It is easy to find more detailed projects from here, such as regional and locality projects. Many locality projects also include links to town- or settlement-le...
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...
Lithuanian History Factors This umbrella project lists all GENI projects related to the History of Lithuania. Here, you can learn major Lithuanian history facts, the evolution of laws and regulations specifically concerning genealogy, and other helpful information. This information was prepared explicitly to help in genealogy research, it is not a copy of Wikipedia or other online sources. If ...
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...
Notable Lithuanian sportspeople is a project made to honour Lithuanian athletes, sports referees, doctors, and coaches who have attained or helped to attain outstanding achievements in sports. Only public or MP profiles may be part of the project. Categories: Top 10 winners of national and international tournaments National, continental, or World record holders List of Projects - I...
This project is dedicated to collecting documents, photos, maps, memoirs, and letters related to the area of Ariogala town, Ariogala parish, Raseiniai district, Lithuania, in one place. If you have relatives who lived in the above-mentioned area in your family tree, please add them to this project. Please include a brief biography in the profile's description. Also, please add this project to ...
This project aims to collect profiles of people who participated in peaceful street gatherings and held hands with each other, surrounding Lithuanian key infrastructure buildings to protect them against Soviet military aggression. Only public profiles can be added to the projects. If you have photos of the events on January 13 in Lithuania, or of the days before and after, relevant to the subj...
This project honors the victims of Soviet military actions against Lithuania on 11 - 13 January 1991. During the January 13, 1991, Soviet attack on Lithuania, 14 civilians were killed and over 160 people were injured, with 26 suffering serious injuries. Many were shot by Soviet troops while attempting to defend the television tower and other government buildings. Most of those killed were shot ...
If you have people in your family tree who actively resisted the Soviet Union's occupation of Lithuania, please add their profiles to this project. A brief biography would be helpful in the profile description. Use the 'Actions' button to "Add to project" within the opened profile page. Select this project. To see it on the selection list, you must be among collaborators within this project. Y...
Please specify this project under the profiles of people who were known as Soviet politicians from Lithuania, whose lives and careers were associated with the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic between 1945 and 1990. During the Soviet period in Lithuania (1945-1990), key political figures included Antanas Sniečkus, Petras Griškevičius, Ringaudas Songaila, and Algirdas Brazauskas, who serve...
Please add this project to the profiles of people who were active members of Sąjūdis - the Reform Movement of Lithuania. The Sąjūdis, initially known as the Lithuanian Reform Movement (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Persitvarkymo Sąjūdis), is a political organization that led the struggle for Lithuanian independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was established on June 3, 1988, as the first opp...