| Link | Description |
| The Jews of Mariampole and Vicinity: Four Generations of History | A social history of Mariampole and its descendants with links to fascinating images. Learn to appreciate and understand the lives of your Jewish ancestors from Mariampole and similar communities in Lithuania. This site will shed light on the challenges faced by these people ? both in Mariampole and in the countries to which they emigrated. Discover the uplifting stories of the contributions to society made by those who survived. "The Jews of Mariampole and Vicinity: Four Generations of History" is for people searching for their roots. The site will encourage family historians to share their discoveries and support one another as they pursue the stories of their ancestors. A reader who wishes to add a biography of a noteworthy descendant should contact Sunnie Gordon at sunnieg@u.washington.edu or 206-783-1200. |
Universal Currency Converter | Convert Lithuanian Litas to US Dollars and other currencies. |
| Holocaust Names Project | This is the culmination of over five years of research into the names of those killed in the Holocaust in Lithuania. |
| Online exhibit, "Jews of Lithuania at the beginning of the 20th century" | After linking to the page, click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page; the next page will have a set of numbers representing pages. Click on the page numbers to access the web pages. |
| 1929 Polish Business Directory | Because
Vilna Gubernia was part of Poland between the two World Wars, the names of
thousands and thousands of Jews from towns in Vilna Gubernia can now be
found online in the 1929 Polish Business Directory. There are more villages
that surround larger shtetls.
This Town Index lists towns EXACTLY as they were in the 1929 Polish Business Directory, which means you must use the Polish spelling of a town to find its listing such as the Polish Wilno for today's Vilnius or Ejszyszki for Eisiskes. In addition, in 1929 the towns in the Lida District were part of the Nowogrodek
Province, and this Province's pages are not only available through the
Town Index, but these pages have been indexed and are searchable by name
and town at
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/NowogrodskieTowns.htm |
| 1872 letter on legal position of Jews in Russia | This 1872 letter on
legal position of Jews in Russia by a US Diplomat is extremely
informative, especially on the topic of the various taxes imposed. |
| IAJGS Cemetery Project | This is a project
to find where Jews are buried. So far information on more than 21,000 cemeteries has been
gathered. |
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A
Journey to Linkuva Lithuania by David Blumsohn |
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Balzekas
Museum of Lithuanian Culture |
This is the largest Lithuanian resource center outside Lithuania. |
| Eastern European FAQs | This document
attempts to provide basic information about accessing records of genealogical value from
Eastern Europe. It is in three parts:
(1) An introduction, describing the four ways to access records, and a bibliography of basic reference works. (2) A country-by- country description of resources. (3) A list of regions, former provinces, and counties, and where they are today. |
| Jewish Community of Lithuania | The
Lithuanian Jewish Communities home site.
The chairman of the project: Dr. Simon Alperovitch, Jewish Community of Lithuania
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| Jewish Family History Foundation | Dedicated to the preservation,
acquisition and dissemination of Jewish records from archives and other repositories in Eastern Europe,
with a focus primarily on the Grand Duchy of Lithuania-Kingdom of Poland Commonwealth, in the 18th century |
| JewishGen Family Links | Your fellow researchers
have prepared Web pages on their families. You may search for surnames/keywords or you may
browse by the letter of the alphabet. If you already have a Family Web Page you can link
it here. If you do NOT, JewishGen has provided a means for you to create your own, ONLINE. |
| The Levanda Index | A Legal Resource on Jewish Life in the Pale
For those interested in researching the effect of Czarist decrees on Jews, this site has material from three 19th century resources, including: * the translated text of some Czarist decrees |
| Life in Vilna |
An excerpt from the 1892 Foster Commission report, a U.S. Government commission investigating, in part, the causes of Russian Jewish emigration. |
| Lithuanian Museum Website | Over
two hundred Lithuanian museum web sites in English can be found through
the "Lithuanian Museum" web site directory.
Many of the museum web sites have email
contact information along with detailed descriptions of the museum and the
region in which the museum is located. |
| Lithuanian Travel Guide/Vilna, Lithuanian Travel Guide/Kaunas | This guide gives you
everything you ever wanted to know about Eastern Europe and the Baltic capital cities of
Vilnius, Riga & Tallinn, the Lithuanian cities
of Kaunas and Klaipeda, the Belarusian capital Minsk and the Russian enclave
of Kaliningrad.
Included are down-to-earth and up-to-date hotel, restaurant & club
reviews, what to see, how to call, how to get there, how to obtain visas and where to go
to find just about anything... |
| Lithuanian Resources | Mission:
To promote Lithuanian fellowship, culture, and history. To increase awareness of present social and economic conditions in Lithuania. To assist Lithuanians in discovering their heritage through genealogy exchange. To support and contribute to non-profit entities serving Lithuania. |
| The Museum of Family History | An internet-only museum
created by Steve Lasky that includes information of interest to Litvak researchers, such as unique
surnames for all the Vilnius landsmanshaftn plots in the New York metropolitan area, as well as a
list of those who last lived in Vilnius before immigrating through Ellis Island. Also on this site
are photos of modern-day Vilnius, family photographs from pre-war Vilnius, and photos of
Lithuania-associated Holocaust memorials located in New York, New Jersey, Lithuania, and elsewhere.
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Researching Jewish Genealogies in South Africa -
Part A &
Part B |
Researching Jewish Genealogies in South Africa by Saul Issroff, London UK: A JewishGen InfoFile |
| The Vilna Gaon | The grave of
Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shelomo
Zalman, the Vilna Gaon |
| The Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum | The Jewish State Museum continuously researches, collects, and exhibits material on Jewish history and culture in Lithuania. |
| Vsia Vilna 1915 | A Scott Noar contribution, containing over 17,400 entries from the 1915 city directory for Vilnius, Lithuania. |
| Life in Memel, East Prussia | A TIME TO KEEP by Cherie Goren, who was born in Memel, relates how life was in Memel, East Prussia, now Klaipeda, before WWII. |
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See information on preservation of of Joniskis synagogues.