In lithuania we hired local genealogist ruth lieserowitz, who was able to help david. At the confluence of the neiman nemunas and neris rivers, 100 km west of vilna vilnius. The jews of kovno text and photos by jono david at the corner of ariogalos and linkuvos streets in the vilijampole district of kaunas, lithuania, stands a simple, lone granite memorial to those jews who perished at the hands of the nazis in world war ii. The territory of the government of kovno was part of the grand duchy of lithuania of polandlithuania until 1795, when it was annexed by the russian empire. Please note that while the worldgenweb project is free and does not even require registration, some partnerslinks may require a sign up andor membership fees. It was formed on 18 december 1842 by tsar nicholas i from the western part of vilna governorate, and the order was carried out on 1 july 1843.
American historical society of germans from russia ahsgr information on goals, membership benefits and enrollment, how to order publications, news, conventions, and preserving our heritage. In 1795, during the third division of poland, the kovno area was annexed to the russian empire. Holocaust memorial museum exhibit on the experiences of kovno ghetto residents during world war ii, as they secretly photographed and artistically recorded them. Penn states jewish genealogy gopher scattered information about jewish genealogy religious personnel in russia searchable database of mostly rabbis of religious personnel in russia from 18531854 sinai congregation, chicago, marriages database this is a database information on 526 marriages, originally contained. Genealogy freelancers is the easiest way to connect you to a professional genealogist researcher, translator and other genealogy specialists in nearly any country of your ancestral roots. A huge database of people born in the territory of contemporary ukraine between 1650 and 1920 became available online this week. While most of the records were destroyed, the remaining remnants provide valuable genealogical data for those who can find their families on the census records that. In the russian empire, it was the capital of the kaunas governorate from 1843 to 1915. Historically the second city of lithuania, it was the capital from 19181940. She told david that isidor spoke german rather than russian, and showed him. Daniel strauss 10 apr 1870 kovno, russia 17 sep 1901 darlington, south carolina view record max swarts 17 feb 1852 kovno, russia 14 jul 1920 san francisco, california view record max swarts 17 feb 1852 kovno state, russia 4 apr 1923 s f, cal view record louis sworsky 10 aug 1849 kovno gov, kovno, russia 9 jun 1898 present at new york, new york.
This is exactly what you need to dig deep into your family roots. From there during january and february 1942 they were sent in transports of over 1,000 persons to the villages in the nearby counties, where they were murdered by romanian policemen, local germans, and subunits. Lithuania 1897 census database extracts of the jewish records in the 1897 russian census translated by the lithuanian state historical archives commissioned and donated by howard margol and peggy mosinger freedman for the american fund for lithuanianlatvian jews, inc. Huge genealogical database of ukrainians born in 16501920.
During this era, according to the national biography of finland, some 500 finns who rose to the ranks of general or admiral in the imperial russian army are. Kauno gubernija or government of kaunas was a governorate of the russian empire. We always knew they came from russia but were curious to find out more. Only a few localities are included and the time period varies by locality. It specifically excludes the baltic states estonia, latvia, and lithuania. Office of the chief archivist of lithuania genealogical. In the 15th century, the russian state has been distinguished by centralized, generally autocratic rule, strongly dependent upon a service class, the serfs or peasants. Jacob rose 5 jul 1879 kovno, russia 3 may 1917 philadelphia, pennsylvania view record charles e rosen 15 aug 1871 kovno, russia may 1915 boro of brooklyn new york city, new york view record simon rosenburg 15 may 1874 lithwania kovno formerly russia 1 mar 1923 bklyn, new york view record. Its society has been divided basically into a russian social unit between peasants and aristocrats.
This database contains over 20,000 births from lithuania. On january 10, 1942, the romanian city commandant ordered the jews to move to the slobodka suburb of kovno, lithuania, within two days. In 1808, the town elkost was annexed by napoleon to the warsaw princedom that split from prussia. Russia has a long, complex history that extends over the two continents of asia and europe, and the country encompasses a wide variety of ethnicities. Us passport applications for those who were born in. Village of frank, russia orginial settlers and description of the village of frank, russia. This odnodnevnaya perepsis would collect data on age, gender, literacy, nationality, place of birth, etc. Everything to the east of poland and the baltic states is included specific regions included in this scope are.
The jewish community of kovna, kaunas bh open databases. It is a river port and an industrial center with industries producing machin. The jewishgen lithuania database is a multipledatabase search. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets. Russia, and benjamins birthplace was said to be krottingen, kovno, russia. Family stories and a search for our baltic roots the jewish chronicle. Even then, thousands of jews stayed in exile in russia. Volume 35 inventories of old places, names, farms and villages for the second half of the xviii century.
Jewish families from odessa, ukraine genealogy project. The jacob rader marcus center of the american jewish archives has a large and growing genealogy collection, with over 1,000 family genealogy files. Each gubernia was in turn divided into seven uyezds districts. Some of these records are also available on family history library microfilm rolls 21578882343143, family history library, salt lake city, utah. Looking for ancestors from kovno genealogy freelancers. To search for a family in kovno, lithuania, type in one or all of the following searches using the aja online catalog. Jaroslav, at the convergence of the nemunas and neris rivers. Germans from russia genealogy over 70 genealogy links.
Ancestry is a program that, for a certain fee, provides you with an opportunity to find. Many jews from the nearby shtetls settled here, and the town became the center of commerce and administration in lithuania. However, the antisemitism did not quell in kovno during russian. What makes kovno unique is the single minded effort that the jewish leaders took to documenting ghetto life for future generations. During world war i, in 1915, the town was conquered by germany, although it was soon liberated from the german occupants and became part of poland. Kaunas meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples. A vast land for centuries covering europe and asia is russia. Bessarabia, black sea colonies, caucasus, crimea, kazakhstan, siberia, ukraine, volga region and volhynia. Vilna, russia by carol epperley march 11, 2009 at 04. In 1795, lithuania was annexed by russia, and kovno became a regional central town in the vilna gubernija in 1796.
Although the russian empire, later known as the soviet union, has broken up into many different countries that once existed under communist rule, many russian immigrants from. Sugihara database 2,9 lithuanian, polish and russian jewish names. Smaller donations could be made over time to build up to the qualification level. The town of kovno was established in the year 1030 by the lithuanian prince koinas. Using the current name allows other researchers, and genealogy programs such as, to accurately plot the location of norka on a digital map. Message boards localities asia russia general kovno, russia. Kaunas is the secondlargest city in lithuania after vilnius and an important centre of. We believe that the best way to track down those pesky, elusive ancestors is through freely sharing information and connecting with other black sea german researchers around the world. Lithuania, tax and voters lists, 18391949 various years. Any books, articles you can direct me to, i would appreciate it.
The truth is that researching your family roots is timeconsuming and takes a handful of resources but the good news is that our genealogists are ready to go the extra mile and uncover everything about your russian genealogy. The project was largely financed by the eea grants program promotion of. Russian genealogy russiagenweb worldgenweb project. Records of 527,394 passengers who arrived at the united states between 1834 through 1897 and. The first settlement built stands on ground of the present day kaunas old town, however due to continual invasions and war, the town was demolished and rebuilt fourteen consecutive times. Historically, kovno is known as the second city of lithuania and was its capital from 19181940. Probably the most extensive web site of genealogy resources for jews tracing their. This oversized 255 page volume is based a november 1991 through october 1999 u. It was also a border town, as the suburb elkost belonged to prussia. Vilnius, kaunas and riga are welldocumented cities, but would our. I am looking for any information on vilna, russia specifically 18901915.
Revision lists more than 940,000 records from reviska skazka, 19th century czarist tax censuses. English, hebrew, polish and russian and includes maps, photos and text, and. Kaunas lithuanian kovna, kovne is located at the confluence of the neiman nemunas and neris rivers, 100 km west of vilna vilnius. During 18081917, in a time spanning a little more than 100 years, after the finnish war and until the independence of finland in 1917, finland was an autonomous grand duchy of russia. Lithuania online genealogy records genealogy familysearch wiki. Dobrinka, russia, the mother colony, was the first village in the area, founded on 29 june 1764 by 353 lutherans from several countries. Genealogy in russian for further indepth genealogical research guidance please continue to our worldgenweb country partner or country link. In order to find out more about your family during the genealogical. Not until the 20th century did a great deal of that. Kovno became the temporary capital of lithuania in the years 19191939. Its opening crowned the fouryear efforts of activists to digitize, systematize, and assemble countless entries from historical documentsbut is not the final point of the project.
Kaunas was the biggest city and the centre of a county in the duchy of trakai of the grand duchy of lithuania and trakai palatinate since 14. This data is provided by litvaksig, an independent organization, in partnership with. The vital records project began in 2000 and was organized by the three lithuanian guberniyas. Alberta family histories society, calgary, alberta. Persecutioneven massacresof people belonging to wrong classes discouraged the transition of family memories to young generations, he says.
Russian empire genealogy resources 190 190 volume 35 inventories of old places, names, farms and villages for the second half of the xviii century. A genealogy community dedicated to sharing information about our german russian ancestors in the black sea area. By an agreement of about the same date between kusko nakhimovich, a kovno jew, and ambrosius bilduke, a citizen of wilna, it would seem that the latter had beaten and wounded the kovno rabbi todros, and thatkusko, in consideration of 2 kop groschen, had settled the case and was to have no further claim against bilduke l. The extensive links section provides many web page sources including germans from russia family and villages. Kovno definition and meaning collins english dictionary. The jews of kovno under russian rule in 1795, lithuania was annexed by russia, and kovno became a regional central town in the vilna gubernija in 1796. Germanrussian genealogy links german russian roots large database of names with email contacts here. Although genealogy flourished in czarist russia at the beginning of the 20th century, he notes, it was quashed after the revolution in 1917.
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