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}}A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Lithuania using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. {{Lithuania-sidebar}} | }}A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Lithuania using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. {{Lithuania-sidebar}} | ||
[[File:Miriam with Kaunas archivists.png|left|thumb| | [[File:Miriam with Kaunas archivists.png|left|thumb|497x497px|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. |alt=]] | ||
== Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation == | == Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation == | ||
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! | ||
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*Use the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/lnsearch.php Standard Surname Database] if you know your ancestor's given name, surname, or town name. This database is comprised of name lists from local historians and heads of Jewish communities, name lists from books, and name lists from various archives. Most collections in this database cannot be found online elsewhere. | *Use the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/lnsearch.php Standard Surname Database] if you know your ancestor's given name, surname, or town name. This database is comprised of name lists from local historians and heads of Jewish communities, name lists from books, and name lists from various archives. Most collections in this database cannot be found online elsewhere. | ||
**To search, enter a surname, given name, and/or town name into the search box. Collection results will then appear. The first column lists the collection type, while the second column contains the Collection Description (CD). The Collection Description includes information such as how the collection was acquired, references to Miriam Weiner's first visit to the town, photos (current and pre-World War I), links to other resources for the town, and/or document examples. The final column lists the number of records associated with the search term(s). Click on the blue hyperlinked number to view records, then click on the blue hyperlinked surname to see more details about the record. | **To search, enter a surname, given name, and/or town name into the search box. Collection results will then appear. The first column lists the collection type, while the second column contains the Collection Description (CD). The Collection Description includes information such as how the collection was acquired, references to Miriam Weiner's first visit to the town, photos (current and pre-World War I), links to other resources for the town, and/or document examples. The final column lists the number of records associated with the search term(s). Click on the blue hyperlinked number to view records, then click on the blue hyperlinked surname to see more details about the record. | ||
[[File:Lithuania - Surname Database Example.png|left|thumb| | [[File:Lithuania - Surname Database Example.png|left|thumb|632x632px|'''Standard Surname Search Result''', [http://www.rtrfoundation.org rtrfoundation.org.]]] | ||
[[File:Lithuania 7-up.jpg|none|thumb|900x900px|Examples of various Jewish documents from Lithuania. Click on the image to enlarge it. '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.]] | [[File:Lithuania 7-up.jpg|none|thumb|900x900px|Examples of various Jewish documents from Lithuania. Click on the image to enlarge it. '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.]] | ||