Useful Links   

“Ramygala” - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Lithuania

Translation of the “Ramygala” chapter from  Pinkas Hakehillot Lita

http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_lita/lit_00640.html

LitvakSIG

https://www.litvaksig.org/

JewishGen  

jewishgen.org

Detailed  map of Lithuania

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/LietuvosSeniunijos.png

 "  Ramygala” - Encyclopedia of Jewish     Communities in Lithuania  http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_lita/lit_00640.html      

For mor information on Lithuanian names   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_name  #Change_of_name 

http://jewishcurrents.org/the-origins-and-meanings-of-ashkenazic-last-names-12849    

http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/newsletter/Turovnames.pdf      

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/features/.premium-1.584816      

http://www.jewishjournal.com/culture/article/the_origins_and_meanings_of_ashkenazic_last_names      

The murder of Lithuanian Rabbis - Joseph Zak      

http://www.lithuanianjews.org.il/HTMLs/article_list4.aspx?C2014=14314&BSP=14307&BSS59=13971        

International Jewish Cemetery Project

https://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/lithuania/ramygala-panevys.html

Mir Yeshiva

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_yeshiva_(Belarus)

The Untold Stories  (The murder sites of the Jews in the occupied territories of the former USSR)

https://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/lithuania/ramygala-panevys.html

Taxes paid

https://www.litvaksig.org/information-and-tools/online-journal/jewish-genealogical-resources-at-the-kaunas-regional-archives  

Family Finder

JewishGen.org has a section entitled "JewishGen Family Finder Search" where  researchers can list, or search for other researcher who are interested in the same town or family name

http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/jgffweb.asp

Panevezys Jewish Community today  

http://www.jewishpanevezys.lt/en/panevezys-jews-today 

The Holocaust

http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/einsatz/lithuaniamurders.html

The Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art  

http://cja.huji.ac.il/?mode=set&id=8941 

Books

Protecting Our Litvak Heritage by Josef Rosin

Published by The Friends of the Yurburg Jewish Cemetry, Inc.  Coral Gables, Florids

What did it cost to travel?  

Rates from the HAMBURG AMERICAN PACKET CO. for travel from the interior of Germany, Austria and Switzerland to Hamburg and Havre.  January 1885.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2009/20091023001ha/20091023001ha.pdf 

For more info on travel costs, look at:-

http://www.polishroots.org/Portals/0/Gendobry/GenDobry_IX_9.pdf?ver=2015-06-20-224108-510

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