Re: Needing advice, suggestions, etc. --for planning a trip to Vilna (Vilnius) #lithuania
Susan
I visited Vilnius in 2016. It is a beautiful small city, easy to walk everywhere within the old part of the city.
Recommendations: Travel agent - www.lithuanianholidays.lt (travel@...). They arranged for a guide and car for our visits to other towns, and were very helpful. Hotel - Radisson Blu Astorija, Didzioji 35/2 (Tel: +370 5 212 0110; Fax: +370 5 212 1762; Email: info.vilnius@...; website: www.radissonblu.com/hotel-vilnius); It is in the very center of town so extremely convenient. Very nice and had a great breakfast buffet.
Archives: if you want to obtain copies of ORIGINAL documents from the archives, I would suggest that you write to them now, tell them what you want (they will want all of the information from a JewishGen search). They will tell you how much, and you can arrange to pick up the documents when you are there. A visit to the State Archives is fascinating.
Guide: our guide was Ruta Puisyte ((rutapuisyte@...;). Her English is very good, and she will research individual towns if she can prior to visiting them.
Recommendations: Travel agent - www.lithuanianholidays.lt (travel@...). They arranged for a guide and car for our visits to other towns, and were very helpful. Hotel - Radisson Blu Astorija, Didzioji 35/2 (Tel: +370 5 212 0110; Fax: +370 5 212 1762; Email: info.vilnius@...; website: www.radissonblu.com/hotel-vilnius); It is in the very center of town so extremely convenient. Very nice and had a great breakfast buffet.
Archives: if you want to obtain copies of ORIGINAL documents from the archives, I would suggest that you write to them now, tell them what you want (they will want all of the information from a JewishGen search). They will tell you how much, and you can arrange to pick up the documents when you are there. A visit to the State Archives is fascinating.
Guide: our guide was Ruta Puisyte ((rutapuisyte@...;). Her English is very good, and she will research individual towns if she can prior to visiting them.
Susan Gray, Chicago
Searching:
-FELDSTEIN / FELDSZTAJN / FELTON / FELTYN etc.; GOLDBERG; WEINSTEIN / WEINSZTEIN etc. from Warsaw, Lutsk, Kamenets Podolskiy, Kholm.
-APPLE / APPEL / APEL etc; TAUB; LINEAL / LINIAL; KLEIN from Burshtyn, Rogatin, Sarniki, Putyatinsy, Dem'yanov, Solova.
-PAILET / PEYLET / PAILED / PEJLET etc; ITZCOVITZ / ITSKOVITCH etc. from Butrimonys, Panosiskes, Nemajunai, Vilnius, Drosgusitz.
-RATSAN / RACAN; SIROTA from Butrimonys, Jieznas, Brishton.