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Enhancements to the LitvakSIG All-Lithuania Database
#lithuania
#announcements
Users of the LitvakSIG All-Lithuania Database (ALD) may have noticed some recent changes. As we bring the ALD into alignment with behind-the-scenes technical changes at JewishGen, which hosts the ALD,
Users of the LitvakSIG All-Lithuania Database (ALD) may have noticed some recent changes. As we bring the ALD into alignment with behind-the-scenes technical changes at JewishGen, which hosts the ALD,
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how to obtain a microfilmed record
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To Jan McDonald's questions: 1. Yes, -/- means the record wasn't microfilmed (at least at the time the translation was done). 2. The archival citation (NHABMinsk/2412/1/1, or whatever) is included, or
To Jan McDonald's questions: 1. Yes, -/- means the record wasn't microfilmed (at least at the time the translation was done). 2. The archival citation (NHABMinsk/2412/1/1, or whatever) is included, or
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Russ Maurer
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how to obtain a microfilmed record
#records
The record you want is the last one on the right side of this image. The key to finding it, once you get close, is the record number, M96 (96th male in this list). The female and male record numbers a
The record you want is the last one on the right side of this image. The key to finding it, once you get close, is the record number, M96 (96th male in this list). The female and male record numbers a
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Russ Maurer
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Recording of the LitvakSIG Passports/Vilnius Household Registers program is now available
#announcements
#lithuania
LitvakSIG held a virtual birds-of-a-feather program on March 13 focusing on internal and foreign passport applications and the Vilnius household registers project. The content of these record sets was
LitvakSIG held a virtual birds-of-a-feather program on March 13 focusing on internal and foreign passport applications and the Vilnius household registers project. The content of these record sets was
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Russ Maurer
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Translation Help with Birth Record
#lithuania
#records
According to the Russian side, the newborn was Zelman. His father was Movsha MIKLISHANSKIY, son of Mendel, from Butrimonys. Zelman's mother was Sora Rivka (no maiden name), daughter of Mordukh. The da
According to the Russian side, the newborn was Zelman. His father was Movsha MIKLISHANSKIY, son of Mendel, from Butrimonys. Zelman's mother was Sora Rivka (no maiden name), daughter of Mordukh. The da
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Russ Maurer
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LitvakSIG BOF for Passports and Vilnius Household Registers - Reminder and Clarification
#lithuania
#events
#announcements
The LitvakSIG BOF for Passports and Vilnius Household Registers is coming up this Sunday. You can still register using one of the links in the original post, quoted below. PLEASE NOTE THIS CLARIFICATI
The LitvakSIG BOF for Passports and Vilnius Household Registers is coming up this Sunday. You can still register using one of the links in the original post, quoted below. PLEASE NOTE THIS CLARIFICATI
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Russ Maurer
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LitvakSIG Public BOF Zoom meeting for Passports and Vilnius Household Registers
#announcements
#lithuania
#events
If your relatives were anywhere in Lithuania during the interwar years, you won't want to miss the upcoming LitvakSIG Birds-of-a-Feather session focusing on passport applications and Vilnius household
If your relatives were anywhere in Lithuania during the interwar years, you won't want to miss the upcoming LitvakSIG Birds-of-a-Feather session focusing on passport applications and Vilnius household
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Russ Maurer
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Help Locating the 1813 Vilna Revision List
#lithuania
The 1813 Vilna City revision list was translated by LitvakSIG and posted to the All-Lithuania database several months ago. The archival reference for this revision list is LVIA/515/15/193, which means
The 1813 Vilna City revision list was translated by LitvakSIG and posted to the All-Lithuania database several months ago. The archival reference for this revision list is LVIA/515/15/193, which means
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Russ Maurer
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Have you found using data from LitvakSIG useful?
#lithuania
#general
Harlan, LitvakSIG has indexed well over 2 million records and made them freely available through our own website (www.litvaksig.org/search-ald) and via JewishGen. Among these are the extant birth reco
Harlan, LitvakSIG has indexed well over 2 million records and made them freely available through our own website (www.litvaksig.org/search-ald) and via JewishGen. Among these are the extant birth reco
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Russ Maurer
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Town in Galicia
#galicia
Maybe Austria. Or could it be Oest. Gal meaning east(ern) Galicia? Russ Maurer Pepper Pike, OH
Maybe Austria. Or could it be Oest. Gal meaning east(ern) Galicia? Russ Maurer Pepper Pike, OH
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Russ Maurer
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HKP Jewish Labor Camp 1943-1944
#holocaust
Also, the website, https://searchformajorplagge.com/ is definitely worth examining. It is especially rich in testimonies and interviews, and includes its own list of 1234 HKP prisoners and their fates
Also, the website, https://searchformajorplagge.com/ is definitely worth examining. It is especially rich in testimonies and interviews, and includes its own list of 1234 HKP prisoners and their fates
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Russ Maurer
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HKP Jewish Labor Camp 1943-1944
#holocaust
Hi Mindy, There is no comprehensive list, but quite a bit of fragmentary information from items such as work group lists, daily sick lists, and the like. These were all researched and assembled into a
Hi Mindy, There is no comprehensive list, but quite a bit of fragmentary information from items such as work group lists, daily sick lists, and the like. These were all researched and assembled into a
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Russ Maurer
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Translation of Cause of Death in Galician Polish Language Record
#galicia
#translation
I see zamordowany przez szizal...murdered by ? Google doesn't seem to recognize szizal or anything close to it, which would be the murder instrument. Maybe I'm misreading it. Russ Maurer
I see zamordowany przez szizal...murdered by ? Google doesn't seem to recognize szizal or anything close to it, which would be the murder instrument. Maybe I'm misreading it. Russ Maurer
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Russ Maurer
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Names of Kagan and Cohen from the all Lithuania Database
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I can't improve on Michele Lock's excellent strategies for this particular name search. I think it is helpful for researchers to keep in mind that civil records were recorded in the prevailing languag
I can't improve on Michele Lock's excellent strategies for this particular name search. I think it is helpful for researchers to keep in mind that civil records were recorded in the prevailing languag
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Russ Maurer
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Tracking down family in Lithuania!
#lithuania
jackiebaron7, Steve Goldberg, The vast majority of Lithuanian vital records up to the WWWI era were filmed by the Family History Library and are posted on familysearch. However, they are not indexed o
jackiebaron7, Steve Goldberg, The vast majority of Lithuanian vital records up to the WWWI era were filmed by the Family History Library and are posted on familysearch. However, they are not indexed o
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Russ Maurer
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Original Documents of the Lithuanian Census & Family Lists: Are They Available Online?
#lithuania
Hi Marilyn, The record you want is not online, but the FHL is currently in the process of scanning and posting LVIA/515/15. They have already posted up to file 721 and I know the scanning has progress
Hi Marilyn, The record you want is not online, but the FHL is currently in the process of scanning and posting LVIA/515/15. They have already posted up to file 721 and I know the scanning has progress
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Russ Maurer
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Jews deported to Siberia from Lithuania
#lithuania
Hi Audrey, In 1999, the Genocide & Resistance Research Center of Lithuania published the names and other information of about 30,000 Lithuanians repressed during the Soviet occupation, gathered from v
Hi Audrey, In 1999, the Genocide & Resistance Research Center of Lithuania published the names and other information of about 30,000 Lithuanians repressed during the Soviet occupation, gathered from v
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Russ Maurer
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meaning of index number in Jewishgen search result
#general
Hi June, I am replying to the group because some tips here may be of general interest. I reproduced your search and found that this record came from the Mogilev Birth Index for Boys 1864-1894 Database
Hi June, I am replying to the group because some tips here may be of general interest. I reproduced your search and found that this record came from the Mogilev Birth Index for Boys 1864-1894 Database
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Russ Maurer
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Where to find 19th-century records from East Prussian Memelland, now Klaipeda province of Lithuania; re: my SINGER family
#lithuania
#germany
Civil registration began in East Prussia (including Memelland) in late 1874. The books include some delayed registrations from earlier years, but very few. All the civil registration books from the 19
Civil registration began in East Prussia (including Memelland) in late 1874. The books include some delayed registrations from earlier years, but very few. All the civil registration books from the 19
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Russ Maurer
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Where are these records
#lithuania
#records
Hello Herman, The standard archival designation is organized as archive/fond/inventory/file. Thus the example you gave works out to KRA - the Kaunas regional archive (other archival abbreviations freq
Hello Herman, The standard archival designation is organized as archive/fond/inventory/file. Thus the example you gave works out to KRA - the Kaunas regional archive (other archival abbreviations freq
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Russ Maurer
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