We are happy to host Professor Tessa Rajak's article on the Schwabe Hebrew Gymnasium Kovno (now Kaunas). It was a bold and successful experiment, founded in 1920, that graduated many accomplished Litv

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Avraham Shalom, LitvakSIG joins the JewishGen community in expressing sincere condolences to Nancy's family and friends. Barouch dayan emet. Carol Hoffmanm PhD LitvakSIG President

Write to the National Library of Israel and to YIVO. Carol Hoffman, PhD Tel Aviv saftacarol@...

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Harlan Shalom, LitvakSIG uploaded the 1874-1875 Zasliai family list, and it is fully searchable on the ALD. Zasliai is in the Trakai District Research Group All the best and good luck with your resear

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Great news! Thank you - to all of the volunteers at LatviaSIG! Carol Hoffman, PhD LitvakSIG President

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Thank you for this important information, and thank you to all of the volunteers at LatviaSIG and the archivists who have been so helpful. Carol Hoffman, PhD LitvakSIG President

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Joe Shalom, Do you know when they died? Where? I suggest searching the All Lithuania Database of LitvakSIG in order to try to pin point cemeteries. All the best, Carol Hoffman, PhD Tel Aviv

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It is appropriate precisely on this date to post an article written by Ya'arit Glezer. Ya'arit's father, Pinia Krakinovksy z"l, hand drilled the hole in the heavy metal door of the 9th Fort in Kaunas

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f you have discovered family that came from Lithuania but to date have not searched this area perhaps you will be interested in a "Zoom" meeting entitled " The Kaunas District research materials in th

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LitvakSIG has an extensive database searchable on the ALD All Lithuania Database for the Suwalki Gubernia. A contribution of $100 entitles one to five full years of access to all of the excel sheets i

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LitvakSIG Suwalki Gubernia Research Group has extensive information for shtetlach in the area. Follow the link in the previous sentence and you will see the list of the shtetlach. A contribution of $1

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Patience. Y You will receive the document. The archivists in Lithuania are very busy and doing their best to reply in a timely fashion. The money sent was for research and a copy of the record. Carol

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When searching the ALD, I found the following. I hope it is helpful. Carol Hoffman, PhD LitvakSIG President Searching for Surname (phonetically like) : SHULMAN AND Town (DM soundex) : LOCOVA 5 matchin

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It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Jill Anderson, President of LitvakSIG. Losing a valiant battle with severe illness, Jill passed away peacefully in London on Saturday 2 Octo

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According to the JewishGen Gazeteer, see It is within a 10 mile radius of Rietavas. Try searching the ALD All Lithuania Database https://www.litvaksig.org/all-lithuania-database/search-ald/ for Groll

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Wonderful new website, clear to understand and navigate plus esthetically pleasant. Kudos Kol hakavod! Carol Hoffman

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Ginadel daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Gedalia Carol Hoffman

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Erika have you tried the following places: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum https://www.ushmm.org/ Central Archive for the History of the Jewish People http://cahjp.nli.org.il/. It is now part

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David try searching the LitvakSIG All Lithuania Database ALD. you would find a number of WOLK family information from Petkunai. Also if you search family name WOLK on the JewishGen Family Finder and a

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Yad Vashem has an automatic translation, see below: Last Name Ackerman Last Name Akerman First Name Roza Maiden Name Iakov Gender Female Date of Birth 28/01/1886 Place of Birth Polana,Czechoslovakia F

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