I have found that several of the families I am researching moved from
Vilna to Berlin in the 1860s-1870s. Was moving to Germany
a common occurrence?

My G-Grandmother and some of her siblings moved >from Vabalninkas to Berlin
in the 1890s. When they wrote home or to other family members, it was in
German. Was it common to speak German among Lithuanian Jews?

Regards,

Bob Shustack
Montreal, Canada

Researching: BASS, Wien; BRAUDE, Vabalninkas (Lith); GRAF, Wien,
Mikulov (Cz); GROTTE, Mlada Boleslav (Cz); HELLER, Wien, Kopidlno, Licno
(Cz); KOBLER, Wien; MOSCOVITCH, Russia; REICHNER, Wien; ROMAN,
Wien; SCHIFFMANN, Berlin; SCHLANGER, (Lith); SCHWARZ, Mikulov
(Cz); SEIDEL, Vabalninkas (Lith); SHUSTACK, Shchuchyn (Bel);
STRASS, Mlada Boleslav (Cz); TOCH, Wien; WAGNER, Russia; WINTERSTEIN, Wien.