Useful
Links
The JewishGen Lithuania
Database is a multiple-database search, containing more than more than 1.8 million entries
from Lithuania which incorporates all of the following databases: JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF), Yizkor Book
Necrologies, JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), HaMagid Lithuanian Donors 1871-72, HaMelitz
Lithuanian and Latvian Donors, Lithuanian Medical Personnel, Sugihara Database, 1897 Census for Lithuania,
Lithuania Internal Passports, 1919-1940, Revision Lists, Tax and Voters Lists and much more. . The database
is a work in progress and new entries are being added regularly.
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/
Translation of “Raseyn” chapter
from Yahadut Lita (Lithuanian Jewry), Vol. 3
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania2/lit2_00359.html
Raseiniai - Protecting Our Litvak Heritage
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Lithuania6/Lit6_230.html
Jews in Kaunas
guberniya
http://www.archyvai.lt/exhibitions/kz_en/paroda.htm
International Jewish Cemetery
Project - Description of the Raseiniai Cemetery
http://www.iajgs.org/cemetery/lithuania/raseiniai.html
Centropa. ‘My Family History’
http://www.centropa.org/biography/tobijas-jafetas
LitvakSIG is the primary internet resource for
Lithuanian-Jewish ("Litvak") genealogy research worldwide
https://www.litvaksig.org
JewishGen InfoFile Index
JewishGen InfoFiles provide information at your fingertips on
topics of relevance to Jewish genealogical research. InfoFiles are a service of JewishGen, made possible by
its many global participants.
http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles
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 (Germany) and Havre (France). 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
Overview of archive documents
pertaining to Jews
A Selected Overview of Documents in the
Lithuanian State Historical Archives Pertaining to Jewish
Institutions/Organizations.
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/webart/B&LChInsertGalina.pdf
American
Jewish Archives
Ghetto Fighter's House
Museum
The Central Archive for the History of the Jewish People
Jerusalem
The Montefiore censuses of the Jewish Population in
Erezt Israel
Maps of Lithuania going back to
the year 1500
A wide range of maps of the
area
http://lithuanianmaps.com/index.html
Map of
1552
![Map from 1552 Map from 1552](images/1552_munster_nuoua_polonia_raremaps%202.jpg)
People of a Thousand Towns
online
photographic database - requires you to join (free)
Good picture
of Cattle Street and the Kalte Synagogue
http://yivo1000towns.cjh.org/default.asp
Sephardic Jews in Lithuania and Latvia by Kevin Alan Brook
http://www.khazaria.com/sephardim-baltics.html
Resource Guide: Searching for your Jewish Ancestors in Lithuania
http://genealogy.org.il/resources/resource-guide-lithuania/
Routes to Routes
Foundation is a
family history and genealogy guide to Jewish and civil records in Eastern Europe. Click on the map of Lithuania and
follow the subjects you would like. The site is rich in useful tools and archival
information.
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/index.shtml
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