
St. Euphrosyne Orthodox Cemetery is located in Vilnius, on Liepkalnio Street, next to the Old Believers Cemetery. It covers an area of 9.5 hectares and has mostly stone tombstones. St. Euphrosyne Orthodox Cemetery was established in 1808 on a hill, on the former land of F. Kossobudzki, after the Vilnius magistrate allocated two margas (about 1.12 hectares) of land; the cemetery was called init...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the Vilnius city, capital of Lithuania. Alternate names: Vilna, Vilne, Wilno, Вильнюс, Вильна. Vilnius, also known as Vilna, was a major center of Jewish life in Eastern Europe, particularly before World War II. In the early 20th century, the Jewish population of Vilnius was substantial, representing a significant portion of the c...
Please add to this project profiles of the founders and people who dedicated their lives to the YiVO Institute, including writers whose work was published by YiVO. Also, please add this project under photos and documents related to the YiVO Institute. The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was founded in 1925 by scholars and intellectuals in Vilna, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania), to document...
This project is aimed to collect all other projects associated with Vilnius and its nearest suburbs (Vilnius urban area). This is a place for collaboration and information sharing. Also, this project can be added under old photos, documents, maps - everything related to the subject. Please join and participate in this project. Vilnius (Polish: Wilno, Russian: Вильнюс Вильна, Litvak: Vilna) 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...
Vilnius Vytautas Magnus Gymnasium (Lithuanian: Vilniaus Vytauto Didžiojo gimnazija) is a gymnasium (high school) in Vilnius, Lithuania. Established in 1915, it became the first Lithuanian-language high school in the city. During the interwar period, the school was one of the key Lithuanian institutions in Vilnius Region which was incorporated into the Second Polish Republic and claimed by Lithu...
If in your family tree you have persons that were participants of the 1834 Vilna Governorate Nobility elections (a list of their names is provided below), please add them to this project. It would be great if within the profile description there would be brief biography. Within opened profile page use the 'Actions' button to "Add to project". Select this project (you must be on the list of ...