Lithuania Vital Records: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:00, 19 August 2025

LITHUANIA DATABASE

WEBSITE:
Litvaksig.org] This site contains over 400,000 Lithuanian names.The categories are:

REVISION / FAMILY / CENSUS LISTS TABLE

1765-early 20th century
old Vilna
Kovno guberniyas
Family Lists
Census Lists
District Merchants’ Lists
Craftsmen’s Guilds Lists
Farmer Lists
Town Resident Lists

Also contains most towns in modern day:

Disna	Kaunas	Lida	Oshmiany
Panevezys	Raseniai	Siauliai	Telsiai
Trakai	Ukmerge	Vilnius

Examples of lists from these areas:

Jews originally living in Vilnius Guberniya now living in Kaunas Guberniya

Jews registered in Kaunas Guberniya living in Vilnius Guberniya

Jews originally from Kaunas Guberniya who were expelled from Riga, Latvia

TAX VOTERS TABLE

Voter lists from:

Lists of electors of rabbis

Municipal electors

Those listed as eligible to vote for the Russian Parliament (Duma)

Jewish community candle and box taxes

Business taxes

Savings book information

Real estate taxes

VITAL RECORDS

Birth
Marriage
Divorce
Death

VILNA GHETTO INDEX

Name and addresses

DIRECTORIES TABLE

Private original databases
Indexes of names appearing within Lithuanian business, street and telephone directories
Lists of Lithuanian Jews who survived the Holocaust
WW2 Ghetto Arrest Lists / Pages of Testimony (Yad Vashem)

EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS

By surviving Jews and Christians
Before, during, and after the Holocaust

LITHUANIAN MEDICAL PERSONNEL

Jewish medical personnel found in Lithuanian medical directories of 1923 and 1925

CEMETERY RECORDS

Kovno Cemetery List (1941-1943)
Keidan Cemeteries Database:Tombstone inscriptions from Keidaner cemeteries in Lithuania, New York, and Chicago.

HAMAGID LITHUANIAN DONORS 1871-72

Names of 5,000 donors to Persian famine relief

HAMELITZ LITHUANIAN AND LATVIAN DONORS- 1893 TO 1903

Names of about 20,000 Lithuanian and Latvian charity donors

SUGIHARA DATABASE

Names and visa dates of 2,139 Lithuanian, Polish, German, and Russian Jews, saved by passports from the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara in 1940

KELME DATABASE

Indexes to archival and published records from Kelme, 1816-1944

VSIA VILNA 1915 DATABASE

17,400 entries from the 1915 city directory for Vilnius, Lithuania

SEARCH THE ALD DATABASE (Old Database)

Click on desired database.

SEARCH LITHUANIA GIVEN NAMES DATABASE

Jewish given names used in Lithuania 1795-1925

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 '''Examples of lists from these areas:'''
-::Jews originally living in Vilnius Guberniya now living in Kaunas Guberniya
+{{Block indent|Jews originally living in Vilnius Guberniya now living in Kaunas Guberniya|2}}
-::Jews registered in Kaunas Guberniya living in Vilnius Guberniya
+{{Block indent|Jews registered in Kaunas Guberniya living in Vilnius Guberniya|2}}
-::Jews originally from Kaunas Guberniya who were expelled from Riga, Latvia
+{{Block indent|Jews originally from Kaunas Guberniya who were expelled from Riga, Latvia|2}}
 ===='''TAX VOTERS TABLE'''====
 '''Voter lists from:'''
-::Lists of electors of rabbis
+{{Block indent|Lists of electors of rabbis|2}}
-::Municipal electors
+{{Block indent|Municipal electors|2}}
-::Those listed as eligible to vote for the Russian Parliament (Duma)<br>
+{{Block indent|Those listed as eligible to vote for the Russian Parliament (Duma)<br>|2}}
-::Jewish community candle and box taxes
+{{Block indent|Jewish community candle and box taxes|2}}
-::Business taxes
+{{Block indent|Business taxes|2}}
-::Savings book information
+{{Block indent|Savings book information|2}}
-::Real estate taxes
+{{Block indent|Real estate taxes|2}}
 ===='''VITAL RECORDS'''====
 Birth<br>Marriage<br>Divorce<br>Death
-====VILNA GHETTO INDEX====
+===='''VILNA GHETTO INDEX'''====
 Name and addresses
-====DIRECTORIES TABLE====
+===='''DIRECTORIES TABLE'''====
 Private original databases<br>Indexes of names appearing within Lithuanian business, street and telephone directories<br>Lists of Lithuanian Jews who survived the Holocaust<br>WW2 Ghetto Arrest Lists / Pages of Testimony (Yad Vashem)
-====EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS====
+===='''EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS'''====
 By surviving Jews and Christians<br>Before, during, and after the Holocaust
-====LITHUANIAN MEDICAL PERSONNEL====
+===='''LITHUANIAN MEDICAL PERSONNEL'''====
 <br>Jewish medical personnel found in Lithuanian medical directories of 1923 and 1925
 ===='''CEMETERY RECORDS'''====
-Kovno Cemetery List (1941-1943)<br>Keidan Cemeteries Database- Tombstone inscriptions from Keidaner cemeteries in Lithuania, New York, and Chicago.
+'''Kovno Cemetery List (1941-1943)'''<br>'''Keidan Cemeteries Database:'''Tombstone inscriptions from Keidaner cemeteries in Lithuania, New York, and Chicago.
-====HAMAGID LITHUANIAN DONORS 1871-72====
+===='''HAMAGID LITHUANIAN DONORS 1871-72'''====
 Names of 5,000 donors to Persian famine relief
-====HAMELITZ LITHUANIAN AND LATVIAN DONORS- 1893 TO 1903====
+===='''HAMELITZ LITHUANIAN AND LATVIAN DONORS- 1893 TO 1903'''====
 Names of about 20,000 Lithuanian and Latvian charity donors
-====SUGIHARA DATABASE====
+===='''SUGIHARA DATABASE'''====
 Names and visa dates of 2,139 Lithuanian, Polish, German, and Russian Jews, saved by passports from the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara in 1940
-====KELME DATABASE====
+===='''KELME DATABASE'''====
 Indexes to archival and published records from Kelme, 1816-1944
-====VSIA VILNA 1915 DATABASE====
+===='''VSIA VILNA 1915 DATABASE'''====
 ,400 entries from the 1915 city directory for Vilnius, Lithuania
-====SEARCH THE ALD DATABASE====
+===='''SEARCH THE ALD DATABASE (Old Database)'''====
-Click on desired database
+Click on desired database.
-====SEARCH LITHUANIA GIVEN NAMES DATABASE====
+===='''SEARCH LITHUANIA GIVEN NAMES DATABASE'''====
 Jewish given names used in Lithuania 1795-1925 <br>
-[[Category:Lithuania|Vital]]
+[[Category:Lithuania Online Research Sites]]