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}}A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Lithuania using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. | }}A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Lithuania using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. | ||
== Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation == | == Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation == | ||
[[File:Kaunas, Lithuania, RTR.png|thumb|561x561px|'''Welcome to Kaunas, Lithuania, 1993.''''''Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner. ]][[File:Miriam with Kaunas archivists.png|alt=|left|thumb|496x496px|'''Miriam Weiner presents copy of her book "Jewish Roots in Poland" to archivists in the Kaunas Regional Archives in Lithuania,''' 2001. '''Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.]] | [[File:Kaunas, Lithuania, RTR.png|thumb|561x561px|'''Welcome to Kaunas, Lithuania, 1993.''' '''Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner. ]][[File:Miriam with Kaunas archivists.png|alt=|left|thumb|496x496px|'''Miriam Weiner presents copy of her book "Jewish Roots in Poland" to archivists in the Kaunas Regional Archives in Lithuania,''' 2001. '''Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.]] | ||
The Routes to Roots Foundation was created by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Weiner_(genealogist) Miriam Weiner], who is a genealogist specializing in the research of Jewish roots in Poland and the former Soviet Union. In her 30+ years of experience in Eastern European archives, she collected vast amounts of information and material. Much of her data was originally published in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Ukraine_and_Moldova Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova]'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Poland Jewish Roots in Poland],'' but is now available online through the Routes to Roots Foundation website. The site includes many resources to help you research your Jewish roots including a town-by-town index/inventory of surviving Jewish records in archives, maps, surname and Holocaust list databases, informative articles, and much more! | The Routes to Roots Foundation was created by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Weiner_(genealogist) Miriam Weiner], who is a genealogist specializing in the research of Jewish roots in Poland and the former Soviet Union. In her 30+ years of experience in Eastern European archives, she collected vast amounts of information and material. Much of her data was originally published in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Ukraine_and_Moldova Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova]'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Poland Jewish Roots in Poland],'' but is now available online through the Routes to Roots Foundation website. The site includes many resources to help you research your Jewish roots including a town-by-town index/inventory of surviving Jewish records in archives, maps, surname and Holocaust list databases, informative articles, and much more! | ||
==Find the Town== | ==Find the Town== | ||