Jewish Household Heirlooms
Brief explanations of the role that some everyday items played in the lives of our ancestors. They very often meant so much that they were carted over long distances to foreign countries far away from their
ancestral shtetls.
By Ann Rabinowitz , September 2009
Keywords: Samovar,Sbiten, Black Tea, Singer Sewing Machines, Cholent Pot, Perina, Mortar and Pestle, Candlesticks
What's in a Name?
The problem of name changes in the search for family roots
By Professor Gilbert Herbert , December 2007
Another Surnamer Surfaces
Tracing the worldwide migratory movement of a family that can be traced back to circa 1654.
By Judith Langer-Surnamer Caplan , October 2005
On the Front Line in Lithuania, 1915
Narratives of Jewish Eye-Witnesses in the fond of the Jewish Historical and Ethnographical Society (Part 2). Translated by Gordon McDaniel.
By Anatolij Chayesh , August 2005
Box-Tax Paperwork Records
As a source of information about the life of Jewish communities and their personal structure
By Anatolij Chayesh , June 2003
Spiritual Resistance in the Vilna Ghetto by Rachel Kostanian Danzig
Commitment to Remember
By Debbie Berliner , June 2003
My Mother's Letter
A description of the the fate of most of the adult Jewish population of Zasliai, 1941.
By Raja Schiff Shlom-Berkman , November 2002
Experiences with Jewish Genealogical Requests and a Review of the Records Stored in the Lithuanian State Historical Archives
Speech Given by the Head Archivist of the Vilnius Archives at the IAJGS Conference in London, July 8-13, 2001
By Galina Baranova , August 2001
Keywords: Vilnius Lithuanian State Historical Archives
Lithuanian Archives in the Past and at Present
Speech Given by the Director of the Vilnius Lithuanian State Historical Archives at the IAJGS Conference in London, July 8-13, 2001
By Laima Tautvaisaite , August 2001
Keywords: Vilnius Lithuanian State Historical Archives
New Sources of Genealogical Information in the Kaunas Regional Archives
Speech Given by the Head Archivist of the Kaunas Regional Archives at the IAJGS Conference in London, July 8-13, 2001
By Vitalija Gircyte , August 2001
Keywords: Kaunas Regional Archives
On the Front Line in Lithuania, 1915
Narratives of Jewish Eye-Witnesses in the fond of the Jewish Historical and Ethnographical Society (Part 1). Translated by Gordon McDaniel.
By Anatolij Chayesh , August 2001
From Here to Kovno
For Upper West Side Documentary Filmmaker, Search for Grandfather’s House Leads to Family Revelations.
By Susan Josephs , March 2001
Litvak Prayer Rituals
What rite or ritual for prayer was in general use among Jews in Lithuania?
By Shalom Bronstein , June 2000
Keywords: Nusah, Nushaot
As I Explained to Rodger Kamenetz
By Shulamith Surnamer , May 2000
Ellis Island Villenelloid
By Shulamith Surnamer , May 2000
My Litvak Ancestor
By Barbara F. Lefcowitz , May 2000
Pardon
By Judy Baston , May 2000
Poems Across the Generations
By Kurt Dreifuss Offenburg, Judith Hamilton , May 2000
Still Life: Mother and Daughter
By Marjorie Stamm Rosenfeld , May 2000
Taking her Place on the Jewish Family Tree of Ancient and New Litvaks
By Shulamith Surnamer , May 2000
To Research or Not To Research
By Shulamith Surnamer , May 2000
Visitng Leckava Jewish Cemetery
Over 150 names found in the Jewish Cemetery in Leckava, Lithuania
By Aleksandrs Feigmanis , May 2000
Litvaks and Their Calendars
How to Navigate Between the Torah Portion and the Hebrew, Gregorian, and Julian Calendars
By Jacob Bleadon , April 2000
Keywords: Calendar, Convert Calendar Dates
Lituanie Juive 1918-1940 by Yves Plasseraud and Henri Minczeles
Editors Yves Plasseraud and Henri Minczeles devoted themselves to restore an almost forgotten and nearly perished culture to its full historical glory, through its survivors' memories and reflections: the culture of Litvakia.
By Joost van Beek , March 2000
Keywords: Litvakia
The Expulsion of the Jews from Lithuania in the Spring of 1915
A description of political events preceding and accompanying the expulsion of Jews from the western part of Kovno Gubernia, based on the periodical press of 1914-15, the stenographic minutes of the State Duma, and publications primarily from the interwar period
By Anatolij Chayesh , February 2000
List of Jews in Kelme
Compiled by Mrs. Emilija Valanciene, April 8, 1988. Translation by LitvakSIG.
By Emilija Valanciene , December 1999
The Jews of Uzventis in 1941
This is a list of Jewish People, compiled in 1977, by Mrs. Stases Butkeviciene from the town of Uzventis. Translation by LitvakSIG.
By Stases Butkeviciene , December 1999
Afrikaner Yidishe Tseitung Article
This Yiddish-language weekly newspaper published in Johannesburg from 1942 to 1971 ran a series of pictures that were taken in Lithuania shtetls before WWII.
By Ada Green , May 1999
Keywords: Afrikaner Yidishe Tseitung, Yiddish-language newspaper
Jewish Genealogical Resources at the Kaunas Regional Archives
Presentation given at the 18th Annual IAJGS Jewish Genealogy Conference, July 13, 1998, Los Angeles, CA
By Vitalija Gircyte , December 1998
Keywords: Kaunas Regional Archives, Vilnius Archives, Box Tax Lists, Candle Tax Lists, Internal Passport, Vital Records, Inheritance Files
Excel, Schmexcel, Dig Up Those Relatives
When you have identified 100 likely relatives on the 1858 Revision List, how do you know they are really your relatives?
By Barry Spinak , March 1998
Keywords: Revision List, Naming Patterns, Excel
