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== History == | == History == | ||
Before World war II, Lithuania had avery strong Jewish population. The Jewish population was about 150,000 people, which was more than 5% of the total population. Vilnius (Wilno) was home to a population of about 100,000 Jews which was nearly half of that cities population. This population was almost entirely wiped out during the Holocaust. Today the Jewish population is most likely less than 7,000 people. Many of those who survived the Holocaust have emigrated to other countries, such as Israel, United States, South Africa and Brazil, which all have communities of Jews of Lithuanian descent. | Before World war II, Lithuania had avery strong Jewish population. The Jewish population was about 150,000 people, which was more than 5% of the total population. Vilnius (Wilno) was home to a population of about 100,000 Jews which was nearly half of that cities population. This population was almost entirely wiped out during the Holocaust. Today the Jewish population is most likely less than 7,000 people. Many of those who survived the Holocaust have emigrated to other countries, such as Israel, United States, South Africa and Brazil, which all have communities of Jews of Lithuanian descent. | ||
=== Maps of Lithuania === | |||
*To view present-day Lithuania at Google Maps, click [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=lithuania&hl=en&ll=55.166319,23.884277&spn=5.650241,16.907959&sll=51.165691,10.451526&sspn=12.413452,33.815918&hnear=Lithuania&t=m&z=7 here]. | |||
*For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click [[Jewish Population Maps|here]]. | |||
*For a map showing the percentage of Jews in the Pale of Settlement and Congress Poland, c. 1905, click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_showing_percentage_of_Jews_in_the_Pale_of_Settlement_and_Congress_Poland,_c._1905.png here]. | |||
*To view an additional historical map showing the historical percentage of Jews in governments, click [http://books.google.com/books?id=sr85AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA531&lpg=PA531&dq=%22percentage+of+jews+in+governments%22+map&source=bl&ots=BK42kcedcz&sig=Eb1EvyRT9xaaOxNAlNit1-q2_yU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PcwMU5-xMcGBogTyqYKABg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22percentage%20of%20jews%20in%20governments%22%20map&f=false here].<br>Definition of "Pale of Settlement" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Settlement Wikipedia.org]:<br>The Pale of Settlement (Russian: Черта́ осе́длости, chertá osédlosti, Yiddish: דער תּחום-המושבֿ, der tkhum-ha-moyshəv, Hebrew: תְּחוּם הַמּוֹשָב, tḥùm ha-mosháv) was the term given to a region of Imperial Russia in which permanent residency by Jews was allowed and beyond which Jewish permanent residency was generally prohibited. It extended from the eastern pale, or demarcation line, to the western Russian border with the Kingdom of Prussia (later the German Empire) and with Austria-Hungary. The English term "pale" is derived from the Latin word "palus", a stake, extended to mean the area enclosed by a fence or boundary. | |||
=== Jewish History in Lithuania === | |||
*Read the Wikipedia.org article ''Lithuanian Jews'', by clicking [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_Jews here]]. | |||
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=== [[Lithuania Jewish Records]] === | |||
*Read a FamilySearch Wiki article about Lithuanian Jewish Records by clicking [[Lithuania Jewish Records|here]]. Includes great links! | |||
=== The JewishGen Lithuania Databases === | |||
*More than 1.5 million records for Lithuania, from a variety of sources, including: vital records, Revision Lists, business directories, voter lists, Yizkor books, cemetery records, Holocaust sources, and more. This database includes the LitvakSIG “All Lithuania” Database. ''Requires free registration.'' To search, click [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/#Lithuania here]. | |||
=== Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation === | |||
*For ''A Genealogical and Family History guide to Jewish and civil records in Eastern Europe'', click [http://www.rtrfoundation.org/ here] and '''hover over Lithuania'''. | |||
=== Archives of Lithuania === | |||
*Visit the Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania website by clicking [http://www.archyvai.lt/en/news.html | |||
*To view the ''Genealogical Search'' page at the archives, click [http://www.archyvai.lt/en/genealogical-search.html here]. | |||
*To search for online Lithuanian vital records, click [http://www.epaveldas.lt/vbspi/ here]. | |||
== Archives and Libraries == | == Archives and Libraries == | ||
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